What's Tops for 2022?

 

WHAT’S TOPS FOR 2022! 

(Even though we have started 2023).  Late again, BUT!  Better late than never, so there.  I have read some wonderful stories this year, and here are the really super-stand-out titles (in no particular order) that thrilled me to the marrow in 2022 – and we’ll all have to admit that there wasn’t much else about the year just gone that was uplifting, heartwarming and optimistic, except the marvelous escapism of great fiction.  Let’s get started:
 

The Hungry and the Fat, byTimur Vermes

 

Never, by Ken Follett

 

Crossroads, by Jonathan Franzen

 

We Are Not Like Them, by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

 

Greta and Valdin, by Rebecca K. Riley (NZ fiction)

 

City of Ice, by Brian Klingborg

 

The Fish, by Lloyd Jones (NZ fiction)

 

Harbouring, by Jenny Pattrick (NZ fiction)

 

Legendborn, by Tracy Deonn  (Young Adults)

 

Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

 

Vine Street, by Dominic Nolan

 

Managing Expectations, by Minnie Driver  (Non-fiction)

 

City on Fire, by Don Winslow

 

These Days, by Lucy Caldwell

 Have a safe and healthy 2023, everyone, and happy, happy reading!