Conversations' Top 20 Books for Young Readers of 2022

 

Conversations Media Group is proud to share it's choices for Top20 Books for Young Readers of 2022.

Curated by Cyrus Webb, this list continues our commitment to recognizing some of the top books of the year that we believe should be on your reading list.

Conversations' Top 20 Book for Young Readers of 2022 (listed in no particular order)

1. Marcus Makes It Big by Kevin Hart (Crown)
2. No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado (Holiday House)
3. The Little Sandals that Could by Tina Siemens (Tina Siemens)
4. Welcome to the Big Kids Club by Chelsea Clinton (Philomel Books)
5. Dear Friends by Pops the Club Anthology (Out of the Woods Press)
6. You Don't Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska (Union Square & Co.)
7. Why Not You? by Ciara and Russell Wilson (Random House)
8. Grateful to be Grace by Maggie Williams (Loving Healing Press)
9. Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys/ Andrew Weiner (Harper Alley)
10. Shine On Brown Girl by Lakeasha Williams (OSG Publications)
11. Always with You, Always with Me by Kelly Rowland and Jessica McKay (Viking)
12. My Grief Is Like the Ocean by Jessica Biles and Jillian Kelly-Wavering (Loving Healing Press)
13. Braylen the Bear & Friends: Forever Friends by Dr. Latonya M. Peterson and Manswell T. Peterson (OmegaMan Publishing)
14. Marvelous Mabel by Crystal Hubbard (Lee & Low Books, Inc.)
15. Bobby: A Story of Robert F. Kennedy by Deborah Wiles (Scholastic Press)
16. Sometimes I Grumblesquinch by Rachel Vail (Orchard Books)
17. Daddies and Daughters Stick Together by Aissatou Balde and Diariatou Sow (Bird Upstairs)
18. The Islanders: Search for Treasure by Mary Alice Monroe (Aladdin)
19. Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas (Harper Alley)
20. Remarkably Ruby by Terri Libenson (Balzer + Bray)

Conversations' Top 40 Non-Fiction Books of 2022

 

Conversations Media Group is proud to share it's choices for Top 40 Non-Fiction Books of 2022.

Curated by Cyrus Webb, this list continues our commitment to recognizing some of the top books of the year that we believe should be on your reading list.

Conversations' Top 40 Non-Fiction Books of 2022 (listed in no particular order)

1. Finding Me by Viola Davis (Harper One)
2. Reclaiming Your Community by Marjora Carter (Berret-Koehler Publisher)
3. The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V. C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman (Gallery Books)
4. Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz (Workman)
5. Anna by Amy Odell (Gallery Books)
6. If You Only Knew: Letters From an Immigrant Teacher by Emily Francis (Seidlitz Education)
7. What Would Gen-Z Do? by John Schlimm (Familius)
8. Coming Home by Cleon Jones (Triumph)
9. Brighter By the Day by Robin Roberts (Grand Central Publishing)
10. Master Your Digital Business Like a Boss by Omegia Keeys (AboutFace Media)
11. Her Battle. My Lessons. Our Journey. by Shawn C. Mackey, Sr. (Shawn C. Mackey)
12. Love Me As I Am by Garcelle Beauvais (Amistad)
13. Illustrated Black History by George McCalman (Harper One)
14. The Way Up by Errol L. Pierre (Wiley)
15. Accidental Kindness by Michael Stein, M.D. (UNC Press)
16. Don't Bump the Record, Kid by Mark Thompson
17. The Book of Jose by Fat Joe (Roc Lit)
18. The NBC In Black and White by Ray Scott (Seven Stories Press)
19. Walking In My Joy (In These Streets) by Jenifer Lewis (Amistad)
20. Heart of a Warrior by Fa-apepele Hunkin (TC Publishing)
21. The Indoctrination of Separation by Dennis J. Perkins (Xulon Press)
22. The Prophetic Lens by Phil Allen, Jr. (Fortress Press)
23. The Fame Game by Ramon Hervey II (Harper Collins)
24. Heart Peaces by Tracy Carzell (Tracy Carzell)
25. Swimming with the Blowfish by Jim Sonefeld (Diversion Books)
26. The Steal by Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague (Atlantic Monthly Press)
27. Enough of the Bull$hit! by Zack Teperman (Zack Teperman)
28. From Scratch by David Moscow and Jon Moscow (Permuted Press)
29. Caught with My Pants Down by Jim Piddock (DartFrog Books)
30. Miles to Go by Brennen Matthews (New Mexico Press)
31. Icons & Instincts by Vincent Paterson (Rare Bird)
32. Valuable by Forrest Clay-Suggs (AboutFace Media)
33. Linked by Omar Garriott and Jeremy Schifeling (Workman Publishing)
34. Being A Black Man...It's Harder than You Think by Toneal M. Jackson (APS Publishing)
35. Still on Fire by Renee Linnell (Pink Skeleton Publishing)
36. Still no Word from You by Peter Orner (Catapult)
37. Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young (St. Martin's Press)
38. Why Am I So Anxious? by Dr. Tracey Marks (DK Publishing)
39. My name is Jason. Mine too. by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin (Atheneum)
40. My Wonderful, Wacky Family by Chicken Soup for the Soul (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Conversations' Top 40 Fiction Books of 2022

 

Conversations Media Group is proud to share it's choices for Top 40 Fiction Books of 2022.

Curated by Cyrus Webb, this list continues our commitment to recognizing some of the top books of the year that we believe should be on your reading list. 

Conversations' Top 40 Fiction Books of 2022 (listed in no particular order)

1. The Widow by Kaira Rouda (Thomas & Mercer)
2. Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black (Hanover Square Press)
3. Long Shadows by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
4. Good Morning, Love by Ashley M. Coleman (Simon and Schuster)
5. Next in Line by Jeffrey Archer (Harper Collins)
6. The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb (Anchor Books)
7. Strangers We Know by Elle Marr (Thomas and Mercer)
8. The Break by Katie Sise (Little a)
9. The Eighty-Year-Old Sorority Girls by Robin Benoit (Brown Books)
10. Blue Like Me by Aaron Philip Clark (Thomas and Mercer)
11. An International Affair by Iris Bolling (Siri Austin Entertainment)
12. Life Dust by Pam Webber (She Writes Press)
13. Blast by Robert Blake Whitehill (Calaveras Media)
14. The Catch No One Wants by Dr. Velma Bagby (Adoni Publishing)
15. Daisy by Libby Sternberg (Bancroft Press)
16. Princess of Wolves by Manswell T. Peterson (Omegaman Publishing)
17. The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman (Graydon House)
18. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (Philomel)
19. The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis (William Morrow)
20. The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown (Harper Collins)
21. girls in search of cover by Pamela Mariva Mshana (Seven Visions)
22. One Dead Activist (A David Price Mystery) by Tony Lindsay
23. He Won't Go by Stacey Covington-Lee (SCL Novel Publications)
24. Mrs. England by Stacey Halls (Harper Collins)
25. Later by Colette R. Harrell (International Entertainment, LLC)
26. Double Exposure by Jeannee Sacker (Ten 16 Press)
27. They Come at Knight by Yasmin Angoe (Thomas & Mercer)
28. The Shadow of Memory by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane)
29. Loyal to a Fault by Omar Scott (Outskirts Press)
30. Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)
31. The Local by Joey Hartstone (Doubleday)
32. Island Secrets by Nina Foxx (Clever Vixen Media, LLC)
33. The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch (Berkley Romance)
34. The Color of Ice by Barbara Linn Probst (She Writes Press)
35. Never Meant to Meet You by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans (Montlake)
36. The Astronaut and the Star by Jen Comfort (Montlake)
37. She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino (Lake Union)
38. Like Me by Hayley Phelan (Lake Union Publishing)
39. Racing the Light by Robert Crais (Putnam)
40. Dragon's Eye by Gregor Pratt (St. Armands Press)