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January 15, 2022

Announcing my 2022 Sonderbooks Stand-outs!

These are personal favorites from what I read in 2022 -- books that made me happy. I hope they'll make you happy, too!

I don't have reviews of all the books posted yet, but those will be coming soon.

You can find out more about my 2022 Reading Year on my blog.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund




Fiction
The Golden Enclaves
  1. The Golden Enclaves
    2. by Naomi Novik

  2. Black Cake
    3. by Charmaine Wilderson
    read by Lynnette R. Freeman and Simone McIntyre

  3. The Murder of Mr. Wickham
    4. by Claudia Gray

  4. The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot
    5. by Marianne Cronin
    read by Sheila Reid and Rebecca Benson

  5. The Reading List
    6. by Sara Nisha Adams
    read by Tara Divina, Sagar Arya, and Paul Panting



Christian Nonfiction
Miracles and Other Reasonable Things
  1. Miracles and Other Reasonable Things
    2. by Sarah Bessey

  2. Wholehearted Faith
    3. by Rachel Held Evans

  3. The Whole Language
    4. by Gregory Boyle

  4. Freeing Jesus
    5. by Diana Butler Bass

  5. Learning to Pray
    6. by James Martin, S.J.

  6. Open and Unafraid
    7. by W. David O. Taylor


More Nonfiction
What My Bones Know
  1. What My Bones Know
    2. by Stephanie Foo

  2. How to Keep House While Drowning
    3. by KC Davis

  3. Conversations with People who Hate Me
    4. by Dylan Marron

  4. The Choice
    5. by Edith Eva Eger

  5. Collective Wisdom
    6. by Grace Bonney

  6. Invisible Acts of Power
    7. by Caroline Myss

  7. Call Us What We Carry
    8. by Amanda Gorman

  8. Playing with Myself
    9. by Randy Rainbow

  9. Carotid and Vertebral Artery Dissection
    10. by Jodi A. Dodds & Amanda P. Anderson


Teen Fantasy Fiction
Little Thieves
  1. Little Thieves
    2. by Margaret Owen
    read by Saskia Maarleveld

  2. A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
    3. by T. Kingfisher
    read by Patricia Santomasso

  3. Moira's Pen
    4. by Megan Whalen Turner

  4. Vespertine
    5. by Margaret Rogerson

  5. The Excalibur Curse
    6. by Kiersten White
    read by Elizabeth Knowelden

  6. Year of the Reaper
    7. by Makiia Lucier

  7. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
    8. by Axie Oh
    read by Rosa Escoda

  8. So This Is Ever After
    9. by F. T. Lukens
    read by Kevin R. Free



Teen Paranormal Fiction
The Mirror Season
  1. The Mirror Season
    2. by Anna-Marie McLemore

  2. A Snake Falls to Earth
    3. by Darcie Little Badger

  3. From Dust, a Flame
    4. by Rebecca Podos

  4. The Weight of Blood
    5. by Tiffany D. Jackson

  5. Lakelore
    6. by Anna-Marie McLemore

  6. Bad Witch Burning
    7. by Jessica Lewis


More Teen Fiction
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
  1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
    2. by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

  2. Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World
    3. by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

  3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
    4. by Holly Jackson

  4. Good Girl, Bad Blood
    5. by Holly Jackson

  5. As Good as Dead
    6. by Holly Jackson

  6. All That's Left in the World
    7. by Erik J. Brown

  7. The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
    8. by Maya MacGregor


Teen Nonfiction
Grand Theft Horse
  1. Grand Theft Horse
    2. by G. Neri
    illustrated by Corban Wilkin

  2. Gone to the Woods
    3. by Gary Paulsen

  3. Revolution in Our Time
    4. by Kekla Magoon

  4. Welcome to St. Hell
    5. by Lewis Hancox

  5. Punching Bag
    6. by Rex Ogle


Children's Speculative Fiction
Little Monarchs
  1. Little Monarchs
    2. by Jonathan Case

  2. The Ogress and the Orphans
    3. by Kelly Barnhill

  3. Garlic and the Vampire
    4. by Bree Paulsen

  4. The Last Mapmaker
    5. by Christina Soontornvat

  5. Amari and the Night Brothers
    6. by B. B. Alston


More Children's Fiction
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
  1. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
    2. by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

  2. Merci Suárez Plays It Cool
    3. by Meg Medina

  3. The Boys in the Back Row
    4. by Mike Jung

  4. Those Kids from Fawn Creek
    5. by Erin Entrada Kelly

  5. Different Kinds of Fruit
    6. by Kyle Lukoff

  6. Answers in the Pages
    7. by David Levithan

  7. Attack of the Black Rectangles
    8. by Amy Sarig King

  8. Stuntboy #1
    In the Meantime
    9. by Jason Reynolds
    illustrated by Raúl the Third

  9. Premeditated Myrtle
    10. by Elizabeth C. Bunce


Children's Nonfiction
Marshmallow Clouds
  1. Marshmallow Clouds
    2. by Ted Kooser and Connie Wanek
    illustrated by Richard Jones

  2. Before Music
    3. by Annette Bay Pimentel
    illustrated by Madison Safer

  3. Bake Infinite Pie with X + Y
    4. by Eugenia Cheng
    illustrated by Amber Ren

  4. Washed Ashore
    5. by Kelly Crull

  5. The Tide Pool Waits
    6. by Candace Fleming
    pictures by Amy Hevron

  6. Molly and the Mathematical Mysteries
    7. by Eugenia Cheng
    illustrated by Aleksandra Artymowska

  7. Galloping Gertie
    8. by Amanda Abler
    illustrated by Levi Hastings

  8. Sylvie
    9. by Sylvie Kantorovitz

  9. Make Way for Animals!
    10. by Meeg Pincus
    illustrated by Bao Luu

  10. Blips on a Screen
    11. by Kate Hannigan
    illustrated by Zachariah OHora


Silly Fun Picture Books
Monsters in the Fog
  1. Monsters in the Fog
    2. by Ali Bahrampour

  2. A Spoonful of Frogs
    3. by Vera Brosgol

  3. This Book Is Not For You!
    4. by Shannon Hale
    illustrated by Tracy Subisak

  4. How to Be Cooler Than Cool
    5. by Sean Taylor
    illustrated by Jean Jullien

  5. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
    6. by Mac Barnett
    illustrated by Jon Klassen

  6. Zero Zebras
    7. by Bruce Goldstone
    illustrated by Julien Chung

  7. The Legend of Iron Purl
    8. by Tao Nyeu

  8. How to Be on the Moon
    9. by Viviane Schwarz

  9. Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf
    10. by Davide Cali
    illustrated by Marianna Balducci

  10. Here We Come!
    11. by Janna Matthies
    illustrated by Christine Davenier


More Picture Books
Berry Song
  1. Berry Song
    2. by Michaela Goade

  2. Like
    3. by Annie Barrows
    illustrated by Leo Espinosa

  3. A Seed Grows
    4. by Antoinette Portis

  4. I'll Go and Come Back
    5. by Rajani LaRocca
    illustrated by Sara Palacios

  5. Gibberish
    6. by Young Vo