CHECK OUT THE BOOKS I’VE READ IN 2022.
(Key: GN = graphic novel// YA = young adult// MG = middle grade//PB = picture book)
Please note: any age guides are my own opinion. It is always best to read and check yourselves!
Sophie Anderson – The Thief Who Sang Storms (MG – 9+)
Andy Sagar – Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup (MG – 8+)
Brenna Thummler – Delicates (GN)
LD Lapinski – Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Secrets of the Stormforest (MG – 9+)
Lee Newberry – The Last Firefox (MG – 8+)
Louie Stowell – Loki: A Bad God Guide to Being Good (MG – 8+)
Amy Raphael – The Ship of Cloud and Stars (MG – 8+)
Alex Milway – Big Sky Mountain: The Forest Wolves (MG – 5+)
Priya Huq – Piece by Piece (GN)
Struan Murray – Orphans of the Tide: Eternity Engine (MG – 9+)
Lauren Ellen Anderson – Rainbow Grey: Eye of the Storm (MG – 8+)
Amy Kim Kibuishi – The Rema Chronicles: Realm of the Blue Mist (GN)
Benjamin Dean – The Secret Sunshine Project (MG – 9+)
John Patrick Green – Investigators: Braver and Boulder (GN)
Kevin and Katie Tsang – Dragon Realm: Dragon Rising (MG – 7+)
Michael Northrop – Dear Justice League (GN)
Michael Northrop – Dear Super Villains (GN)
Isabel Roxas – Squid Happens (GN)
Nadia Shammas – Ms Marvel: Stretched Thin (GN)
Melinda Salibsury – Her Dark Wings (YA)
Dan Santat – The Aquanaut (GN)
Catherine Wilkins – You’re Not The Boss of Me (MG – 9+)
Amy Sparkes – The Tower at the End of Time (MG – 7+)
Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood
Aron Nels Steinke – Mr Wolf’s Class: Snow Day (GN)
Hannah Peck – Kate on the Case: The Call of the Silver Wibbler (MG – 6+)
Alex Gino – Alice Austin Lived Here (MG – 10+)
Tom Palmer – Resist (MG – 9+)
Anthology – This is Our Rainbow (MG – 9+)
Joe Todd-Stanton – Leo and the Gorgon’s Curse (GN)
Sophie Cameron – Our Sister, Again (MG – 10+)
Lily Bailey – When I See Blue (MG – 9+)
Serena Patel – Anisha, Accidental Detective: Showstoppers (MG – 8+)
Serena Patel – Anisha, Accidental Detective: Holiday Adventure (MG – 8+)
Cynthia Murphy – Win, Lose, Kill, Die (YA)
Georgia Bell – I Survived: The Nazi Invasion (GN)
Alicia Keys – Girl on Fire (GN)
Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené – The Offline Diaries (MG – 9+)
Tamzin Merchant – The Mapmakers (MG – 8+)
S.M.Wilson – The Infinity Guardians (YA)
Shannon Hale and Dean Hale – Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (GN)
M.A.Bennett – The Ship of Doom (MG – 9+)
Marlyn Spaaij – Sisters of the Mist (GN)
Dan Smith – The Horror of Dunwick Farm (MG – 8+)
Vashti Hardy – The Raven Riddle (MG – 8+)
Shannon Hale – Diana Princess of the Amazons (GN)
Janelle McCurdy – Mia and the Lightcasters (MG – 9+)
Marjorie M. Liu – Wingbearer (GN)
Sara Barnard – Something Certain Maybe (YA)
Dan and Jason – Barb the Brave (GN)
Jaimal Yogis – City of Dragons (GN)
Aisha Bushby – A Flash of Fireflies (MG – 9+)
Trevor Bream – Another Kind (GN)
Patrice Lawrence – The Elemental Detectives (MG – 9+)
Molly Knox Ostertag – The Witch Boy (GN)
Molly Knox Ostertag – The Girl from the Sea (GN)
Mike Lowery – Bug Scouts Out in the Wild (GN)
Maz Evans – The Wobbly Life of Scarlett Fife (MG – 7+)
Tui T Sutherland – Wings of Fire 1 (GN)
Molly Knox Ostertag – The Hidden Witch (GN)
Jason Reynolds – Oxygen Mask (YA)
James Tynion IV – Wynd (GN)
Roseanne A Brown – Into the Heartlands (GN)
Anna James – Hetty and the Battle of the Books (MG – 6+)
Alexis Deacon – Curse of the Chosen vol 1 (GN)
Alexis Deacon – Curse of the Chosen vol 2 (GN)
Tui T Sutherland – Wings of Fire 2 (GN)
Tui T Sutherland – Wings of Fire 3 (GN)
Molly Knox Ostertag – The Midwinter Witch (GN)
Laura Steven – The Society for Soulless Girls (YA)
Thomas H Taylor – Festergrimm (MG – 9+)
G Willow Wilson – Ms Marvel (GN)
Dashe Roberts – The Valley of the Strange (MG – 7+)
Mo O’Hara – Agent Moose: Moose on a Mission (GN)
Cat Gray – Spellstoppers (MG – 8+)
Swapna Haddow – Bad Panda: The Cake Escape (MG – 6+)
Kathryn Foxfield – Tag, You’re Dead (YA)
Andy McNab/Jess French – My Mum Is A Spy (MG – 6+)
Kiran Milwood-Hargrave/Tom deFreston – Leila and the Blue Fox (MG – 10+)
Rachel Faturoti – Sade and the Shadow Beasts (MG – 10+)
Katie and Kevin Tsang – Dragon Destiny (MG – 8+)
Katie and Kevin Tsang – Space Blasters (MG – 7+)
M.G. Leonard – Spark (MG – 8+)
Andy Riley – Action Dude (GN)
Pippa Curnick – Indigo Wilde and the Unknown Wilderness (MG – 6+)
Louie Stowell – Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Taking the Blame (MG – 8+)
Carlie Sorosiak – Always, Clementine (MG – 9+)
David Owen – Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief (MG – 8+)
James Nichol – The Spell Tailors (MG – 9+)
Benjamin Alire Saenz – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (YA)
Tanya Byrne – Afterlove (YA)
Jenny McLachlan – Dead Good Detectives (MG – 8+)
MG Leonard/Sam Sedgman – Kidnap on the California Comet (MG – 8+)
Rob Biddulph – Peanut Jones and the Twelve Portals (MG – 8+)
MG Leonard/Sam Sedgman – Murder on the Safari Star (MG – 8+)
Isabel Roxas – The Last Dodo (GN)
BB Alston – Amari and the Night Brothers (MG – 10+)
Isaac Lenkiewicz – Alcatoe and the Turnip Child (GN)
MG Leonard/Sam Sedgman – Danger at Dead Man’s Pass (MG – 8+)
Kirsty Applebaum – The Enchanted Forest (MG – 5+)
Tracey Corderoy – Story Shop: Blast Off (MG – 6+)
John Green – Investigators: Heist and Seek (GN)
Mark Bradley – Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates (GN)
Serena Patel – Anisha Accidental Detective: Fright Night (MG – 7+)
David MacPhail – Velda the Awesomest Viking and the Ginormous Frost Giants (MG – 7+)
Tola Okogwu – Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (MG – 9+)
MG Leonard/Sam Sedgman – Sabotage on the Solar Express (MG – 8+)
Lenny Henry – The Book of Legends (MG – 8+)
Justin A Reynolds – Miles Morales: Stranger Tides (GN)
Rainbow Rowell – Pumpkinheads (GN)
Mark Bradley – Bumble and Snug and the Excited Unicorn (GN)
MG Leonard/Sam Sedgman – The Arctic Railway Assassin (GN – 8+)
BB Alston – Amari and the Great Game (MG – 10+)
Adam Silvera – The First To Die at the End (YA)
Natasha Hastings – The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair (MG – 9+)
Abi Elphinstone – Saving Neverland (MG – 8+)
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