Hello!

2022 was a year of fantastic books!

Our booksellers made lists of their Top 5 books from 2022. There are quite a few titles that made more than one list. As booksellers, we all have pretty diverse reading tastes so when a book makes it's way onto multiple lists, you know it's going to be good! Click on each bookseller's name to visit their staff favorites page on our website and read about more of our favorite books!

For those curious, we have compiled a few more lists from Books & Company top sellers to the New York Times top 5.


We would love to hear what made your top 5 list!


Cheers and Happy Reading!
Lisa with Katrina, Ken, Chloe, Toni, Elisabeth, Beth, Lynn, Judy, Emma, Lizzy, Connie, Susie, Ava, and Jewell
Books & Company Top 5 Bestsellers-
published in 2022
Adult Top 5 Fiction- hardcover

  1. Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
  2. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  3. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  4. The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
  5. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel


Adult Top 5 Fiction- paperback

  1. Once Upon a December by Amy Reichert
  2. Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin
  3. Book Lovers by Emily Henry
  4. The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
  5. Still Life by Sarah Winman
Adult Top 5 Non-Fiction- hardcover

  1. The Simply Happy Cookbook by Steve Doocy
  2. Snackable Bakes by Jessie Sheehan
  3. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
  4. True North Cabin Cookbook by Stephanie Hansen
  5. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy


Adult Top 5 Non-Fiction- paperback

  1. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
  2. Between Two Kingdoms by Soleika Jaouad
  3. Giannis by Mirin Fader
  4. Educated by Tara Westover
  5. Brewtown Tales by John Gurda
Kids Top 5 Picture Books

  1. Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
  2. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen
  3. Pigeon Will Ride the Rollercoaster by Mo Willems
  4. The Sour Grape by Jory John & Pete Oswald
  5. A Spoonful of Frogs by Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol
Kids Top 5 Middle Reader

  1. Cat Kid Comic Club #4 Collaborations by Dav Pilkey
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 17 Diper Overlode by Jeff Kinney
  3. Odder by Katherine Applegate
  4. Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
  5. A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
Kids Top 5 Teen

  1. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
  2. Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
  3. Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin
  4. Heartstopper #4 by Alice Oseman
  5. The Inheritance Games #3 The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
OTHER LISTS
Boswell Book Company Top 5 Bestsellers
Adult Top 5 Fiction- hardcover

  1. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
  2. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  3. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
  4. This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
  5. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles



Adult Top 5 Fiction- paperback

  1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  2. Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
  3. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  4. Book Lovers by Emily Henry
  5. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Adult Top 5 Non-Fiction- hardcover

  1. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
  2. What's For Dessert by Claire Saffitz
  3. Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
  4. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
  5. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama


Adult Top 5 Non-Fiction- paperback

  1. Brewtown Tales by John Gurda
  2. The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
  3. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  4. Educated by Tara Westover
  5. Life in Short by Dasha Kelly Hamilton
Kids Top 5

  1. All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold
  2. A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
  3. Believe in Yourself by Marc Brown
  4. Our World of Dumplings by Francie Dekker
  5. Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long by Sherri Duskey Rinker
New York Times Top 5
NYT Top 5 Fiction
  1. Trust by Hernan Diaz
  2. Candy House by Jennifer Egan
  3. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
  4. Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett
  5. The Furrows by Namwali Serpell



NYT Top 5 Nonfiction
  1. An Immense World by Ed Yong
  2. Stay True by Hua Hsu
  3. Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa
  4. We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole
  5. Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv
NPR Top 8 "Books We Love" list
  1. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  2. Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
  3. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  4. If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
  5. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
  6. The Hacienda by Isabel Canas
  7. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
  8. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Time Best of 2022
Time Top 5 Fiction

  1. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  2. The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
  3. The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
  4. All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
  5. Vladimir by Julia May Jonas


Time Top 5 Non-Fiction

  1. In Love by Amy Bloom
  2. South to America by Imani Perry
  3. Ducks by Kate Beaton
  4. The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
  5. An Immense World by Ed Yong
BookPage Top 10
  1. Babel by R.F. Kuong
  2. Everywhere with You by Carlie Sorosiak
  3. Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola
  4. An Immense World by Ed Yong
  5. In Love by Amy Bloom
  6. Lolo's Light by Liz Garton Scanlan
  7. Man O' War by Cory McCarthy
  8. The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
  9. Trust by Hernan Diaz
  10. Winter Work by Dan Fesperman