The new year may be a time for new beginnings, but it’s also kind of cold and gloomy, so why not put your plans on hold for a while and curl up with a good book? Seattle Public Library just revealed a list of the most checked-out books in 2022, and there are some excellent titles on it.
We also asked ParentMap readers to share their favorite reads of the year, and they gave us even more brilliant recommendations.
So, if the thought of January is getting you down, plan a little (literary) escape with one of these 50 fantastic reads.
Seattle Public Library’s most popular adult fiction books of 2022:
“The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich
“The Maid” by Nita Prose
“Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St. John Mandel
“The Final Case” by David Guterson
“The Swimmers” by Julie Otsuka
“Book Lovers” by Emily Henry
“One Italian Summer” by Rebecca Serle
“This Time Tomorrow” by Emma Straub
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt
“The Candy House” by Jennifer Egan
Seattle Public Library’s most popular adult fiction ebooks of 2022:
“The House of Broken Angels” by Luis Alberto Urrea
“Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr
“The Last Thing He Told Me” by Laura Dave
“Apples Never Fall” by Liane Moriarty
“The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles
“Anxious People” by Fredrik Bachman
“The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by Victoria Schwab
“The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah
“The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Seattle Public Library’s most popular adult nonfiction books of 2022:
“Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience” by Brené Brown
“The Weekday Vegetarians” by Jenny Rosenstrach
“From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life” by Arthur C. Brooks
“Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention — and How to Think Deeply Again” by Johann Hari
“Happy-Go-Lucky” by David Sedaris
“Secret Seattle: An Illustrated Guide to the City's Offbeat and Overlooked History” by Susanna Ryan
“Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home” by Eric Kim
“Crying in H Mart: A Memoir” by Michelle Zauner
“Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way With Grains” by Joshua McFadden, with Martha Holmberg
“Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk” by Sasha LaPointe
Seattle Public Library’s most popular adult nonfiction ebooks:
“Crying in H Mart: A Memoir” by Michelle Zauner
“Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist and Our Lives Revealed” by Lori Gottlieb
“Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience” by Brené Brown
“Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover
“Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood” by Trevor Noah
“Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones” by James Clear
“I'm Glad My Mom Died” by Jeanette McCurdy
“Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law” by Mary Roach
“The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Bessell A. Van Der Kolk
“The Premonition: A Pandemic Story” by Michael Lewis
ParentMap reader favorites
“Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus
“The Winners” by Fredrik Backman
“The Violin Conspiracy” by Brendan Slocumb
“Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkin Reid
“Less Is Lost” by Andrew Sean Greer
“One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow” by Olivia Hawker
“Take My Hand” by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
“Fairy Tale” by Stephen King
“Verity” by Colleen Hoover
“South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation” by Imani Perry
