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)