Best Reads 2021

2022 Best Reads

Each year, Colby Community Library Director Vicky Calmes compiles a list of favorite books.

The list for 2022 contains her top fiction reads, from 40th favorite counting down to #1 best choice.

40. The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham

39. The Blame Game by Sandie Jones

38. Horse by Geraldine Brooks

37. Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

36. An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher

35. The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan

34. French Braid by Anne Tyler

33. The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

32. City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman

31. The Maid by Nita Prose

30. Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay

29. The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore

28. The Ursulina by Brian Freeman

27. Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell

26. The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris

25. The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis

24. Remember Me by Mario Escobar

23. The Ones We Leave Behind by Deanna Lynn Sletten

22. Find Me by Alafair Burke

21. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeny

20. The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks

19. The Tobacco Wives by Alele Myers

18. A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans

17. The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding

16. The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker

15. Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman

14. The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer

13. The Good Son by Jacquelyn Mitchard

12. The Match by Harlan Coben (Read “The Boy From the Woods” first.)

11. Debra Webb Trilogy

(1) Trust No One by Debra Webb

(2) Gone Too Far by Debra Webb

(3) Can’t Go Back by Debra Webb

10. The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar

9. The Second Husband by Kate White

8. Dovetails in the Tall Grass by Samantha Specks

7. The Life She was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman

6. The Detective Max Rupert Series (Books 1-5) by Allen Eskens

(1) The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

(2) The Guise of Another by Allen Eskens

(3) The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens

(4) The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens

(5) Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens

5. Nothing More Dangerous, The Stolen Hours, Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens (stand-alones)

4. The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

3. One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner

2. What Happened to the Bennetts? by Lisa Scottoline

1. The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain