My Favourite Books of 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, I’d like to share my favourite books of this year. Not all have been published in 2022 but I have had the pleasure of reading them between January and December. I really struggled to narrow down my choices this year. There have been so many incredible books. Here are 24 (+) stories that everyone needs to read.

These are books that have stayed with me – ones I can still remember where I was when I read them and elements of the story keep coming back to me. These are all books I’m sure I will still be reading and recommending for many years to come.

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Beyond the Frozen Horizon by Nicola Penfold (Little Tiger)

The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll (Faber Children’s)

Resist by Tom Palmer (Barrington Stoke)

The Secrets Act by Alison Weatherby (Chicken House)

Escape Room by Christopher Edge (Nosy Crow)

Birdsong by Katya Balen (Barrington Stoke)

The Light in Everything by Katya Balen (Bloomsbury)

Tyger by SF Said (David Fickling Books)

While the Storm Rages by Phil Earle (Andersen Press)

The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll (Simon & Schuster)

Firesong by Vashti Hardy (Scholastic)

Festergirmm by Thomas Taylor (Walker Books)

The Arctic Railway Assassin by MG Leonard, Sam Sedgman & Elisa Paganelli (Macmillan)

Dread Wood & Fear Ground by Jennifer Killick (Farshore)

Fake by Ele Fountain (Pushkin Children’s)

Wren by Lucy Hope (Nosy Crow)

The Great Fox Illusion by Justyn Edwards (Walker Books)

I did’t review this one for my blog but had the great pleasure of writing a teaching resource for it to accompany a Reading Rocks book subscription box earlier this year.

Libby and the Parisian Puzzle & Libby and the Highland Heist by Jo Clarke (Firefly)

The Extraordinary Voyage of Katy Willacott by Sharon Gosling (Little Tiger)

My Friend the Octopus by Lindsay Galvin (Chicken House)

The Mermaid Call by Alex Cotter (Nosy Crow)

The Bird Singer by Eve Wersoki Morris (Hachette)

The Boy Whose Wishes Came True by Helen Rutter (Scholastic)

The Blackthorn Branch by Elen Caldecott (Andersen Press)

A Flash of Fireflies by Aisha Bushby (Farshore)

It may seem that I’ve forgotten some really special books from the beginning of 2022 but I actually read those in 2021 and they were on my list last year.

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