2022 Gretchen’s book list

I never read a book through if I don’t immediately like it.

Here are some titles I’ve loved this year, including some previewed for Middle Grade readers, ages 8-12.

Daisy darker. Alice Feeney

No one will miss her. Kat Rosenfeld

Teenager. Bud smith

Greenwich park. Faulkner

Hide. Kiersten White

What Big Teeth. Rose Szabo

The Paris Apartment. Lucy Foley

This Time Tomorrow. Emma Straub

Dolphin Junction. Mick Heron

Woman Eating. Claire Kohda

Blood Sugar. Sascha Rothchild

Good Rich People. Liza Brazier

Mercy Street. Jennifer Haigh

The Swimmers. Julie Otsuka

The Maid. Nita Prose

A Novel Obsession. Caitlyn Barasch

The People We Keep. Allison Larkin

Five Tuesdays in Winter. Lily King

My Monticello. Jocelyn Nichole Johnson

Children’s Bible. Lydia Millet

The Island. Adrian Mckinty

The Guide. Peter Heller.

The Silence That Binds Us. Joanna Ho. (Middle Grade)

Wretched Water Park. Kiersten White (Middle Grade)

King and the Dragonflies. Kacen Cellender. (Middle Grade)

Playing the Cards You’re Dealt. Variant Johnson (Middle Grade)

96 Miles. JL Esplin (Middle Grade)

Pony. Rj Palacio. (Middle Grade)