I love books. Here I’m listing the books I’ve read this year – trying to post each one once even if I’ve read it more than once in the year. I hope you find a title here that interests you. NOTE: if there are any you’d like to purchase please go to my page BUY THE BOOK! to see if it is listed there. You can follow direct links, making it easier for you.
In blue I’ve indicated which books are reviewed here on my blog. Also, any book I have marked *(ARC)* is an Advanced Reading Copy I was given in exchange for my free and honest review.
In green or bold black are the books I’ve read that are usually middle grade (not picture books, which are left in black, but may be story books with pictures), or YA and adult novels. Some are audio books or specifically from Audible.com, and a few are ebooks.
My reading interests vary widely. If you’re interested in any titles on this list or are encouraged to read more, do let me know! If you have suggestions of what would look good in my reading stash I’d love to hear about it so I can add it to my private to-be-read list.
HAPPY READING! 🙂
JANUARY 2022:
- A Piggie Christmas – by Howard Fine
- The Christmas Boot – by Lisa Wheeler
- The Christmas Tree Who Loved Trains – by Annie Silvestro
- Christmas Eve Good Night – by Doug Cushman
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey – by Susan Wojciechowski
- The Jar of Fools: Eight Hanukkah Stories from Chelm – by Eric A. Kimmel
- Michelangelo: The Young Artist Who Dreamed of Perfection – by Philip Wilkinson
- Merry Christmas, Ollie! – by Olivier Dunrea
- From Head to Toe – by Eric Carle
- Nolyn (The Rise and Fall, #1) – by Michael J. Sullivan
- A Homemade Together Christmas – by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish – by Deborah Diesen
- Wow! Said the Owl – by Tim Hopgood
- Fox in Socks – by Dr. Seuss
- Counting Kisses – by Karen Katz
- The Night Before Christmas – by Clement Moore, illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family – by Garrard Conley
- A Game of Thrones – by George R. R. Martin
- A Chill in the Air: nature poems for fall and winter – by Ellen K. Hasbrouck
- Mom and the Polka-Dot Boo-Boo: a gentle story explaining breast cancer to a young child – by Eileen Sutherland
- Bea in the Nutcracker – by Rachel Isadora
- The Da Vinci Code – by Dan Brown
- The Tenant – by Katrine Engberg
- I Got the Christmas Spirit – by Connie Schofield-Morrison
- How Beautiful – by Antonella Capetti
- Clifford’s Christmas – by Norman Bridwell
- The Shortest Day – by Wendy Pfeffer
- Samurai Santa: a very ninja Christmas – by Rubin Pingle
- Silent Night – by Lara Hawthorne
- I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! – by Dr. Seuss
- Taffy Time – by Jennifer Lloyd
- The Butterfly – by Patricia Polacco
- The Biggest Valentine Ever – by Steven Kroll
- Who’ll Pull Santa’s Sleigh Tonight? – by Laura Rader
- Geckos – by Katie Marsico
- I Spy in the Sky – by Edward Gibbs
- What’s Happening to Grandpa? – by Maria Shriver
- 5 More Sleeps ‘Til Christmas – by Jimmy Fallon
- Song of the Stars: a Christmas Story – by Sally Lloyd-Jones
- The Little Reindeer – by Nicola Killen
- The Spirit of Christmas – by Nancy Tillman
- How to Be a T-Rex – by Ryan North
FEBRUARY 2022:
- A New Friend for Sparkle – by Amy Young
- Hippopotamister – by John Patrick Green
- I Am Pan! – by Mordicai Gerstein
- Is Everyone Ready for Fun? – By Jan Thomas
- Secrets I Know – by Kallie George
- Comparrotives – by Janik Coat
- In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox – by Carol Burnett
- The Old Boat – by Jarrett Pumphrey & Jerome Pumphrey
- Little Grey Rabbit’s Christmas – by Alison Uttley
- Clifford’s Good Deeds – by Norman Bridwell
- Where’s the Elephant? – by Barroux
- Kipper’s Rainy Day – by Mick Inkpen
- Pacho Nacho – by Silvia Lopez
- The Great Spruce – by John Duvall
- The Day It Rained Hearts – by Felicia Bond
- The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh – by Supriya Kelkar
- The Night Before Summer Vacation – by Natasha Wing
- The International Day of the Girl: celebrating girls around the world – by Jessica Dee Humphreys & the Hon. Rona Ambrose
- Nasreen’s Secret School: a true story from Afghanistan – by Jeanette Winter
- Valensteins – by Ethan Long
- Inside Outside – by Lizi Boyd
- Sally’s Christmas Miracle – by Charles M. Schulz
- A Brief History of Underpants – by Christine Van Zandt
- Ghost Ship: a Cape Cod story – by Mary Higgins Clark
- Count Me In – by Varsha Bajaj
- Merry Christmas, Strega Nona – by Tomie DePaola
- Wonky Donkey’s Big Surprise – by Craig Smith
- Who Wants a Valentine? – by Linda Lowery
- The Truth About Bears: seriously funny facts about your favorite animals – by Maxwell Eaton III
- Secret Subway: The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering – by Martin W. Sandler
- Break Shot: My First 21 Years – by James Taylor
- I Spy Little Numbers – by Jean Marzollo
- Cast Under an Alien Sun (Destiny’s Crucible book 1)- by Olan Thorensen
- Walk on the Wild Side – by Nicholas Oldland
- Clifford Goes to Kindergarten – by Norman Bridwell
- What Will Fit? – by Grace Lin
- Georgia’s Bones – by Jen Bryant
- Eyes That Kiss in the Corners – by Joanna Ho
- Up the Creek – by Nicholas Oldland
- Up! Tall! and High! (but not necessarily in that order) – by Ethan Long
- I Am Jazz – by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings
- Giant, or Waiting for the Thursday Boat – by Robert Munsch
- The Apple Doll – by Elisa Kleven
- If Dogs Could Talk – by Jan L. Coates
- Lulu and the Duck in the Park – by Hilary McKay
- Narwhal’s True Christmas Wish – by Lisa Ann Scott
- A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog – by Mercer Mayer
- Dead Men Can’t Complain + other stories – by Peter Clines
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – based on book by Lewis Carroll; illustrated by Carly Gledhill
- Alphabet Boats – by Samantha R. Vamos
- Clifford the Small Red Puppy – by Norman Bridwell
- Poultrygeist – by Erin Garon
- Invisible Man – by Ralph Ellison
- Fatty Legs: a true story – by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
- Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site: Crane Truck’s Opposites – by Sherri Duskey Rinker
- The Alphabet Book – by P.D. Eastman
- Guess What? – by Mo Willems
- Clifford Goes to Dog School – by Norman Bridwell
- Biscuit – by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
- Count My Cupcakes 123 – by Joyce Won
- You and Me, Me and You: Brothers – by Miguel Tanco
- The Shortest Day – by Susan Cooper
- The Enormous Suitcase – by Robert Munsch
- Snow Globe Wishes – by Erin Dealey
- I’m Sure I Saw a Dinosaur – by Jeanne Willis
- The Boy Who Wouldn’t Go To Bed – by Helen Cooper
- The Boy Who Lost His Bumble – by Trudi Esberger
- Christmas Day in the Morning – by Pearl S. Buck
- Aaron Slater, Illustrator – by Andrea Beaty
- Eragon: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 1 – by Christopher Paolini
MARCH 2022:
- Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day That I Was Born – by Mona Hovring
- Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me – by Howie Mandel
- Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more lost stories – by Dr. Seuss
- Belle’s Journey – by Marilynn Reynolds
- Cow’s Can’t Fly – by David Milgrim
- Eyes That Speak to the Stars – by Joanne Ho
- Tall Ships – by Kathryn Lasky
- There’s Something About Sam – by Hanna Barnaby
- A Polar Bear in the Snow – by Mac Barnett
- Smelly Socks – by Robert Munsch
- So Much Snow! – by Robert Munsch
- Snow – by Roy McKie
- Clifford’s Puppy Days – by Norman Bridwell
- Ten, Nine, Eight – by Molly Bang
- Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms – by Christine Kole MacLean
- Can You Say It, Too! Moo! Moo! – by Sabastien Broun
- Ten Little Eggs: a celebration of family – by Mary Hasinger
- The Red Bicycle: the extraordinary story of one ordinary bicycle – by Jude Isabella
- Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: a math adventure – by Cindy Neuschwander
- Woolfred Cannot Eat Dandelions: a tale of being true to your tummy – by Claudine Crangle
- Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! – by Rosetta Stone
- Five Little Chicks – by Nancy Tafuri
- Coral Reefs – by Jason Chin
- Beauty Woke – by NoNieqa Ramos
- Dibs! – by Laura Gehl
- The Cow Said Meow – by John Himmelman
- Champ and Major: First Dogs – by Joy McCullough
- Black Heroes of the Wild West – by James Otis Smith
- Alpha: Abidjan to Paris – by Bessora
- Seashore – by Steve Parker
- Lives of the Explorers: Discoveries, Disasters (and what the neighbors thought) – by Kathleen Krull
- Where the Forest Meets the Sea – by Jeannie Baker
- When the Giants Came to Town – by Marcia Leonard
- Bumpety Bump! – by Pat Hutchins
- Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day is Cool – by James Dean
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – by V.E. Schwab
- Cat’s First Baby – by Natalie Nelson
- Our Little Kitchen – by Jillian Tamaki
- Hello Robots! – by Joan Holub
- Bear Is Awake!: an alphabet story – by Hanna E. Harrison
- Wet Dog! – by Elise Broach
- Frank and Lucky Get Schooled – by Lynne Rae Perkins
- Prairie Days – by Patricia MacLachlan
- Etty Darwin and the Four Pebble Problem – by Lauren Soloy
- Where Have You Been? – by Margaret Wise Brown
- Maple and Willow Together – by Lori Nichols
- Attack of the Underwear Dragon – by Scott Rothman
- Don’t Hug Doug (he doesn’t like it) – by Carrie Finison
- Adrift – by Heidi E.Y. Stemple
- Cowhide-and-Seek – by Sherri Dillard
- The Whale in My Swimming Pool – by Joyce Wan
- The Suitcase – by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
- Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 – by Bill Martin Jr.
- Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? – by Robert Kraus
- Spencer’s New Pet – by Jessie Sima
APRIL 2022:
- Save Me a Seat – by Sarah Weeks
- Berenstain Bears: We Love the Library – by Mike Berenstain
- Ten Beautiful Things – by Molly Beth Griffin
- Dragon Gets By – by Dav Pilkey
- What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets and Showers – by Patricia Lauber
- Except When They Don’t – by Laura Gehl
- Where’s My Joey? – by Wendy Monica Winter
- Single & Single – by John Le Carre’
- The Kraken Wakes – by John Wyndham
- A Wind in the Door (Time #2) – by Madeleine L’Engle
- Backyard Fairies – by Phoebe Wahl
- Counting With Barefoot Critters – by Teagan White
- Love in the Wild – by Katy Tanis
- Biscuit Wants to Play – by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
- Biscuit Wins a Prize – by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
- Dirty Gert – by Tedd Arnold
- Blue VS Yellow – by Tom Sullivan
- Courage Hats – by Kate Hoefler
- Alligator Baby – by Robert Munsch
- The Boy and the Whale – by Mordacai Gerstein
- Amah Faraway – by Margaret Chiu Greanis
- Bubble Trouble – by Tom Percival
- Whistle for Willie – by Ezra Jack Keats
- A Brave Bear – by Sean Taylor
- Rain Before Rainbows – by Smriti Prasadam-Halls
- BOING!: a very noisy ABC – by Tim McCanna
- Pluck – by Donna Morrissey
- Baby Belly – by Patricia Martin
- The Easter Book – by Jean Miller
- Easter – by Miriam Nerlove
- Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast: Mission Defrostable – by Josh Funk
- And Both Were Young – by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Man in the Closet – by Roch Carrier
- Pete the Cat Goes Camping – by James Dean
- Kate, Who Tamed the Wind – by Liz Garton Scanlon
- Dream Big … even if you’re small – by Karen Quigley
- Skate Freak – by Lesley Choyce
- Checkup – by Ann Petry
- The Case of the Stinky Stench – by Josh Funk
- One Boy – by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Silly Tilly and the Easter Bunny – by Lillian Hoban
- Which Would You Rather Be? – by William Steig
- The Mountain That Loved a Bird – by Alice McLerran
- From Here to There: inventions that changed the way the world moves – by Vivian Kirkfield
- John’s Turn – by Mac Barnett
- Put Me in the Zoo – by Robert Lopshire
- Pete the Cat: Construction Destruction – by James Dean
- What This Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig – by Emma J. Virjan
- The Wheels on the Bus (26 songs on audio) – recorded by BBC
- Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues – by Kimberly & James Dean
- Pete the Cat: Scuba-Cat – by James Dean
MAY 2022:
- Apple and Magnolia – by Laura Gehl
- Clever Jack Takes the Cake – by Candace Fleming
- Swamp Angel – by Ann Isaacs
- Big Dog … Little Dog – by P.D. Eastman
- Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? – by Shel Silverstein
- Bodies Are Cool – by Tyler Feder
- Animobiles: animals on the mooove – by Maddie Frost
- Apple Farmer Annie – by Monica Wellington
- Bears in the Forest – by Karen Wallace
- Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? – by Shel Silverstein
- Where is Bear? – by Leslea Newman
- Llama Llama Zippity-Zoom – by Anna Dewdney
- Pirates! Scoundrels Who Shook the World – by Scott McCormick
- Feedback – by Dennis E. Taylor
- The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey – by James Lecesne
- Smoke Signal – by Marie Benedict & Kate Quinn
- Chickens Can’t Count (Silly Chickens, #1) – by E.B. Adams
- Do Not Wish For a Pet Ostrich! – by Sarina Siebenaler
- Emily’s Quills – by Tamiko Pettee
- Right Before You Sleep (Milo and Cat) – by Miro Tartan
- The Smart Cookie – by Jory John
- Visiting Day – by Jacqueline Woodson
- Once Upon a Rainy Day – by Edouard Marceau
- What’s That, Mittens? – by Lola M. Schaefer
- Over, Bear! Under, Where? – by Julie Hedlund
- The Cow That Laid an Egg – by Andy Cutbill
- Whale Shark: The World’s Biggest Fish – by Meish Goldish
- Space Boy – by Leo Landry
- Gooney Bird Greene – by Lois Lowry
- Sing With Me: the story of Selena Quintanilla – by Diana Lopez
- Very Hairy Bear – by Alice Schertle
- What Are You so Grumpy About? – by Tom Lichtenheld
- Bee-bim Bop! – by Linda Sue Park
- Voices in the Park – by Anthony Brown
- Don’t Feed the Coos! – by Jonathan Stutzman
- I Want to be Somebody New! – by Robert Lopshire
- Wordy Birdy Meets Mr. Cougarpants – by Tammi Sauer
- The Birds’ Gift: a Ukrainian Easter Story – retold by Eric A. Kimmel
- The Rock From the Sky – by Jon Klassen
- The Sad Little Fact – by Jonah Winter
- Penguins Love Their abc’s – by Sarah Aspinall
- Niko Draws a Feeling – by Bob Raczka
- Just a Little Sick – by Mercer Mayer
- The Berenstain Bears: Inside, Outside, Upside Down – by Stan & Jan Berenstain
- The Oracle – by Andrew Pyper
- Lizzy and the Cloud – by Terry Fan
- Feeling Sleepy: drift off with your animal friends – by Andrea Pinnington
- The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine – by Serhii Plokhy
- Three Perfect Liars – by Heidi Perks
- The Happy Man and His Truck – by Miryam
- Oracle 2: the Dreamland Murders – by Andrew Pyper
- If Only They Could Talk – by James Herriot
- Who Hops? – Katie Davis
- One Frog Too Many – by Mercer & Marianna Mayer
- Three Magic Balloons – by Paul Margulies
- The Easter Story – The Beginners Bible; produced by Don Wise
- All Kinds of Families – by Mary Ann Hoberman
- The Dinky Donkey – by Craig Smith
- Beowulf – by Unknown
JUNE 2022:
- Spies! Sneaks, Snoops and Saboteurs Who Shaped the World – by Scott McCormick
- Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb – by Dr. Seuss
- Let’s Go For a Drive – by Mo Willems
- The New Baby – by Mercer Mayer
- The Big Bath House – by Kyo Maclear
- Stick and Stone: best friends forever! – by Beth Ferry
- Good Night Owl – by Greg Pizzoli
- Always Everly – by Nate Wragg
- We All Play – by Julie Flett
- Moon Bear – by Frank Asch
- Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome – by Kat Zhang
- Goodbye, Friend! Hello, Friend! – by Cori Doerrfeld
- The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza – by Mac Barnett
- Bubble Bubble – by Mercer Mayer
- Upstairs & Downstairs: my Life in Service as a Lady’s Maid; alternate title: Diamonds at Dinner: My Life as A Lady’s Maid in A 1930s Stately Home – by Hilda Newman
- A Change of Plans: a short story – by Dennis E. Taylor
- The Curious Little Kitten – by Linda Hayward
- How Sausage’s Made – by Andrew Rolston
- Hiccup – by Mercer Mayer
- The Greatest Story Ever Told – by Fulton Oursler
- Please Try to Remember the First of Octember – by Dr. Seuss
- The Pout-Pout Fish – by Deborah Diesen
- It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny – by Marilyn Sadler
- Bumble-Andy – by Maurice Sendak
- I Am Jane Goodall – by Brad Meltzer
- Bearplane! – by Deborah Underwood
- Lala’s Words – by Gracey Zhang
- The Jester Has Lost His Jingle – by David Saltzman
- The Digging-est Dog – by Al Perkins
- Katy No-Pocket – by Emmy Payne
- Let’s Read About Rocks – by Iris Tracy Comfort
- The People Could Fly – by Virginia Hamilton
- Wake Up, Groundhog! – by Susanna Leonard Hill
- The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge – by Hildegarde H. Swift
- Marshmallow – by Clare Turlay Newberry
- The Happy Lion – by Louise Fatio
- Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? – by Derick Wilder
- Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The search for Christopher Robin – by A.A. Milne (adapted)
- Up and Adam – by Debbie Zapata
- This is a School – by John Shu
- Love, Violet – by Charlotte Sullivan Wild
- Little Red Sleigh – by Erin Guendelsberger
- Herbert the Timid Dragon – by Mercer Mayer
- Piglette – by Katelyn Aronson
- Shiver Me Letters: a Pirate ABC – by June Sobel
- She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain – illustrated by Chris Demarest
- Farm Flu – by Teresa Bateman
- The Gingerbread Girl – by Lisa Campbell Ernst
- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax – by Dorothy Gilman
- Hug? – by Charlene Chua
- The Amazing Idea of You – by Charlotte Sullivan Wild
- Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo – by John Lithgow
JULY 1:
- Girl With a Pearl Earring – by Tracy Chevalier