2022 Book Club Lists

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 2022 Book Club Lists

Listed below are some of book club lists and other popular lists from 2022.  

Jenna Bush Hager’s 2022 Book Club

Jan.      The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

Feb.      Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

March  Groundskeeping by Lee Cole

April     Memphis by Tara Stringfellow

May      Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

June     These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany

July      The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Aug.     Many Daughters of Afong May by Jamie Ford

Sept.    Solito by Javier Zamora

Oct.      Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

Nov.     The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Dec.     The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Reese Witherspoon’s 2022 Book Club

Jan.      Honor by Thrity Umgar

Feb.      The Christie Affair by Nina de Gromont

March  The Club by Ellery Lloyd

April     True Biz by Sara Novik

May     Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

June     Counterfeit by Kristen Chen

July      Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

Aug.     Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

Sept.    On the Rooftop by Margaret Sexton

Oct.      Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Nov.     Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Dec.     Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Annette’s 2022 Book Club

Jan       Fingersmith  by Sarah Waters -

Feb      I Am Malala  by Cristina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai  (Non-Fiction)

March Silent Patient  by Alex Michaelides  

April    Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux 

May     Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 

June     The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes 

July      The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 

Aug      Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Non-Fiction)

Sept     The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

Oct      In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park (Non-Fiction)

Nov     American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins 


Barak Obama’s Summer 2022 Reading List

 

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

Silverview by John le Carre

The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

Razoblade Tears by S.A. Cosby



GoodReads 2022 Choice Awards

 

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Fiction)

The Maid by Nina Prose (Mystery/Thriller)

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Historical Fiction)

House of Sky and Breath by Sara Maas (Fantasy)

Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Romance)

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Sci-fi)   

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak  (Horror)

The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey (Humor)



Well-Read Moose Bookstore 2022 Gems 

 

The Maid by Nina Prose

Love & Saffron by Kim Fay

What the Fireflies Knew  by Kai Harris

French Braid  by Anne Tyler

Remarkably Bright Creatures  by Shelby Van Pelt

The Latecomer  by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Angel of Rome by Jess Walter

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

We Are the Light by Matthew Quick

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro


Happy reading!

Annette



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