2022 Book Reviews


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TitleAuthorRatingGenresAudience
All Passion SpentVita Sackville-West4 StarsClassicAdult
The Annotated Classic Fairy TalesMaria Tatar, editor4 StarsFairy Tale, Fantasy, ClassicAdult
The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-OnassisCaroline Kennedy, editor3.5 StarsPoetryAdult
Book LoversEmily Henry4 StarsRomance, Humor, Contemporary Fiction, Bibliophiles, SpicyAdult
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and TomorrowLaura Taylor Namey4 StarsRomance, Contemporary FictionYoung Adult
Dark WatersKatherine Arden4 StarsFantasy, Adventure, ParanormalAdult
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global WarmingPaul Hawken, editor3 StarsScienceAdult
Even As We BreatheAnnette Saunooke Clapsaddle3.5 StarsAppalachia, Historical Fiction, Southern Literature, World WarAdult
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers EditionAnton Treuer4 StarsHistory, Social Justice, Politics, GenocideYoung Adult
The Feast of RosesIndu Sundaresan4 StarsHistorical Fiction, Historical Romance, RomanceAdult
Heart of IronAshley Poston3 StarsScience Fiction, Romance, RetellingYoung Adult
Hello, StarStephanie V. W. Lucianovic5 StarsContemporary Fiction, Picture Book, ScienceChildren
Hollow CityRansom Riggs3 StarsFantasy, Historical FantasyYoung Adult
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New WorldAndrea Wulf3.5 StarsBiography, Science, History, TravelAdult
Invisible ManRalph Ellison2 StarsBanned Book, Classic, Social JusticeAdult
The Light of the Midnight StarsRena Rossner3 StarsFantasy, Historical Fantasy, Fairy TaleAdult
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a TimeRob Sheffield4 StarsMemoir, Pop CultureAdult
Navigate Your StarsJesmyn Ward4 StarsEssay, Memoir, Self Help, Southern LiteratureYoung Adult
North American Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the ContinentMatthew Bucklan and Victor Cizek5 StarsScienceAdult
Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein4 StarsMemoirYoung Adult
Other BirdsSarah Addison Allen5 StarsContemporary Fiction, Magical Realism, Southern LiteratureAdult
The PreservationistDavid Maine4 StarsHistorical Fiction, RetellingAdult
The RamayanaR. K. Narayan4 StarsFantasy, Mythology, Retelling, ClassicAdult
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Young Readers Edition)Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert4 StarsBiography, History, Social JusticeYoung Adult
Salt to the SeaRuta Sepetys4 StarsHistorical Fiction, World WarYoung Adult
The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne Brontë4.5 StarsClassic, Epistolary, RomanceAdult
They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the HardwoodSugar Rodgers4 StarsMemoir, Sports, Southern Literature, Social JusticeYoung Adult
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave RevoltsRebecca Hall4 StarsBiography, History, Social Justice, Graphic NovelYoung Adult
Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky FaberL. A. Meyer3 StarsHistorical FictionYoung Adult
The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame3.5 StarsFantasy, Adventure, Animals, Children's Classic, ClassicMiddle Grade
Winter SolsticeRosamunde Pilcher4 StarsContemporary Fiction, HolidayAdult
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the WorldRachel Ignotofsky4 StarsBiography, ScienceYoung Adult

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