January 4, 2023 | Our Favorite Books of 2022

In our first Staff Book Reviews post of 2023, we're  looking back at our favorite reads of 2022! Any books that we reviewed last year have links directly to the review posts.

There were so many great books that we read last year, it was very hard to narrow down favorites, so our honorable mentions are at the end of the post!

All books are available in print either from EPLD or through interlibrary loan, some can be checked out in large print, and many can be found as ebooks or audiobooks as well - just do a quick search in RSAcat!

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American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics 

Hazzard, Kevin

2022, Hachette Books

Nonfiction

Availability

EPLD: print

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Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the World 

Wright, Ian

​2019, The Experiment

Nonfiction

Availability

​ILL: print

Read our review.

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Cloche and Dagger

McKinlay, Jenn

2013, Berkley Prime Crime

Fiction

Availability

ILL: print & large print

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Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together

Tsurumi, Andrea

2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Fiction

Grades: Pre-K - 3

Availability

EPLD: print
eBook: Hoopla

Print copy at library

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The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

Brunsvold, Sara

​2022, Revell

Fiction

Availability

EPLD: print & large print
eBook: Libby & Hoopla
eAudiobook: Hoopla

Read our review.

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A Girl With a Knife

Rubin, Alina

2022, Self Published

Fiction

Availability

​EPLD: print

Read our review.

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Heartstopper series

Oseman, Alice

2020. Graphix

Fiction

Grades: 8 - 12

Availability

ILL: print
​eBook: Libby, Boundless, & Hoopla

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The Inheritance Games series

Barnes, Jennifer Lynn

2021, Little, Brown and Company

Fiction

Grades: 7 - 12; Lexile: 640L

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: audiobook & Playaway
eBook: Libby & Boundless
eAudiobook: Libby

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The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

Pataki, Allison

2022, Ballantine Books

Fiction

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: large print
eBook: Libby
eAudiobook: Libby

Read our review.

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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe

Webber, Heather

2020, Forge

Fiction

Availability

ILL: print, large print, & audiobook
​eAudiobook: Libby & Hoopla

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Survivor Tree

Colleen, Marcie
Becker, Aaron - illustrator

​2021, Little, Brown and Company

​Nonfiction

Grades: Pre-K - 3

Availability

EPLD: print

Read our review.

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The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

Ryan, Jennifer

​2022, Ballantine Books

Fiction

Availability

EPLD: print & large print
eBook: Libby & Boundless
eAudiobook: Boundless

Read our review.

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Our honorable mentions for 2022:

Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen; Are You a Cheeseburger? By Monica Arnaldo; Long Way Home by Lynn Austin; The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today by Shannon Bream; Fresh Brewed Murder by Emmeline Duncan; Simply Korean: Easy Recipes for Korean Favorites That Anyone Can Make by Aaron Huh; The Christmas Owl: Based on the True Story of a Little Owl Named Rockefeller by Ellen Kalish; When Perfect Isn’t Enough: How I Conquered My Fear of the Proverbs 31 Woman by Nancy Kennedy; Shoe Dog: Young Readers Edition by Philip H. Knight; The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman; A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall Smith; Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire; Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala; Saturday at the Food Pantry by Diane O'Neill; Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian by Jacob Sager Weinstein; Emmett and Jez (Adventures in Fosterland) by Hannah Shaw; Crave by Tracy Wolff. 


Happy New Year! We'll be back with new book reviews next week!