And here are the Adult books I read during 2022 - with comments. :)
ADULT FICTION
Brooks, Terry. Magic Kingdom For Sale-SOLD. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine books, 1986.
Clinton, Hillary Rodham and Louise Penny. State of Terror. NY: Simon & Schuster/ St. Martin’s
Press, 2020. (Drawing upon Clinton’s experience as Secretary of State, this is
Seat-of-the pants suspense she the searches for nuclear bombs hidden in the USA)
(This inspired me to read the books by Louise Penny. See below)
Davidson, Diane Mott. The whole enchilada. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2013.
(so much better written than those by Fluke, plus this also includes recipes)
Deveraux, Jude. Wishes. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. (Every so often she writes a tale with a
little bit of magic included – this time magic goes awry.)
…. The Summerhouse. NY: Pocket Books, 2001. (I love her time travel books)
…. The girl from Summer Hill. NY: Ballantine Books, 2016.
…. As you wish. Book 2 of the Summer Hill stories. NY: Mira/ Harlequin, 2018.
(and here comes the time travel lady again, as used in the Summerhouse.)
…. Met her match. Book 3 of the Summer Hill stories. NY: Mira/ Harlequin, 2019.
…. A Relative Murder, a Medlar mystery. NY: Mira/ Harlequin, 2022.
Deveraux, Jude and Tara Sheets. An impossible promise, a Providence Falls novel. Book 2.
Toronto, CA: Mira, 2021. (Angels time-travel a man to change fate)
…. Thief of Fate, a Providence Falls novel. Book 3. Toronto, CA: Mira, 2022.
(Angels time-travel a man to change fate)
Fluke, Joanne. Coconut Layer Cake Murder, a Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes!
NY: Kensington books, 2020. (more of a cook book with a slight story.)
…. Christmas cupcake murder, a Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes!
NY: Kensington books, 2020. (more of a cook book with a slight story.)
…. Triple Chocolate cheesecake murder, a Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes!
NY: Kensington books, 2021. (more of a cook book with a slight story.)
Gallico, Paul. Mrs. ‘Arris goes to Paris. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1958.
(I remember reading this when it first came out, so when people talked it up because of
the movie, I reserved it to read, again. Still good. Side note: My daughter, Jennifer,
played with Gallico’s children at the Science Fiction convention – Balticon in 1970s when he was on a panel. I sat beside his wife. He was one of my favorite SF writers, too.)
Hall, N. John. Bibliophilia, a novel. Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2016.
Hoffman, Alice. Practical Magic. NY: G.P.Putnam Sons, 1995.
Jordan, Robert. The Eye of the World, Book one of the Wheel of Time. NY: Tor, 1990.
(Boring. Too long and drawn out. Not my cup of tea. Won’t read the rest of the series.)
Knight, Eliza. The Mayfair Bookshop, a novel of Nancy Mitford and the pursuit of happiness.
NY: William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2022.
(Recommended for those who love books, love history, and love a good story.)
Lackey, Mercedes. Winds of Fate, Book one of The Mage Winds. Illus. Larry Dixon.
NY: DAW books, 1991.
…. Winds of chance, Book two of The Mage Winds. Illus. Larry Dixon.
NY: DAW books, 1992.
…. Winds of Fury, Book three of The Mage Winds. Illus. Larry Dixon.
NY: DAW books, 1993.
…. Robin & the Kestrel: Bardic voices, Book II. NY: Baen, 1993.
(Things grew so anti-women in this tale, similar to how they are getting here in the USA,
that I feared for Robin’s life)
…. The Eagle & the Nightingales: Bardic voices, Book III. NY: Baen, 1995.
…. Four & twenty blackbirds: Bardic voices, Book IV. NY: Baen, 1997.
…. Storm Warning, Book one of the Mage Storms. Illus. Larry Dixon.
NY: DAW books, 1994.
…. Storm Rising, Book two of the Mage Storms. Illus. Larry Dixon.
NY: DAW books, 1995.
…. Storm Breaking, Book three of the Mage Storms. Illus. Larry Dixon.
NY: DAW books, 1996.
…. Firebird. NY: Tom Doherty Asso., Tor, 1996.
…. Brightly Burning the legendary story of Herald Lavan Firestorm. NY: DAW books,
2000.
…. Exile’s Honor, a Novel of Valdemar. NY: DAW books, 2002.
…. Exile’s Valor, a Novel of Valdemar. NY: DAW books, 2003.
…. The Sleeping Beauty, a tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms. NY: Luna, 2010.
(one of my favorite five hundred kingdoms books)
…. Trio of Sorcery, Diana Tregarde returns! NY: Tor, 2010.
…. Dragon’s Teeth. NY: Baen, 2013. (short stories) (Includes some Diana Tregarde stories
that I hadn’t read before. Also the first part of the Alberich Exile story.)
…. The silver bullets of Annie Oakley. NY: DAW books, 2022.
Lackey, Mercedes and Ellen Guon. Bedlam’s Bard. NY: Baen, 1990 and 1992.
(Contains two books: Knight of Ghosts and Shadows & Summoned to Tourney)
Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon.
…. The White Gryphon. Book two of the Mage Wars. NY: DAW books, 1995.
…. The Silver Gryphon. Book two of the Mage Wars. NY: DAW books, 1996.
(Haven’t been able to find a copy of Book one, The Black Gryphon)
…. Owlflight. NY: DAW books, 1997.
…. Owlsight. NY: DAW books, 1998.
…. Owlknight. NY: DAW books, 1999.
I read this series twice this year. The first time, it was a good story. The second time,
after I had read the books about history that came before this story happens, everything
made much more sense. The books of the Madge storms take place before these do.
Maxwell, Edith. ‘Til dirt do us part, a local foods mystery. NY: Kensington Books, 2014.
…. Farmed and Dangerous, a local foods mystery. NY: Kensington Books, 2015.
…. Murder most Fowl, a local foods mystery. NY: Kensington Books, 2016.
(my father also raised chickens, so I caught myself nodding as the main character
interacted with hers. She also calls them ‘little dinosaurs.’)
…. Mulch ado about murder, a local foods mystery. NY: Kensington Books, 2017.
…. Delivering the truth, a Quaker midwife mystery. Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink/
Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., 2016.
…. Called to Justice, a Quaker midwife mystery. Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink/
Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., 2017.
…. Charity’s Burden, a Quaker midwife mystery. Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink/
Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., 2019.
McCaffrey, Anne & Mercedes Lackey & Margaret Ball. Brain ships. NY: Baen, 2003.
(contains two brain ship stories: The Ship who Searched and PartnerShip)
Moon, Elizabeth. Remnant Population. NY: Baen, 1996.
(Elderly lady left on a planet becomes a nest-guardian to the inhabitants there – a
powerful position in their society)
Penny, Louise. Still Life, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2005. (first published in Great Britain)
…. Fatal Grace, a Three Pines Mystery. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
…. The Cruelest Month, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007.
…. A rule against murder. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2008.
…. The Brutal Telling, a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2009.
…. Bury your dead, a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2010.
…. A Trick of the light, a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2011.
…. The Hangman. Canada: Grass Roots Press, 2010. (a short story in book form)
…. The beautiful mystery, a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur,
2012. (takes place in a monastery)
…. How the light gets in. a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2013
…. The Long way Home, a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2014
…. The nature of the beast, a Chief Inspector Gamache novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur,
2015.
…. Glass Houses, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2015.
…. A great reckoning, a novel. NY: Three Pines creations/ St. Martin’s Minotaur. 2016.
…. Kingdom of the blind, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2017.
…. A Better Man, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2019.
…. All the devils are here, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2020.
…. The Madness of Crowds, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2021.
(written during the pandemic, but refers to it as being done and gone.)
…. A world of curiosities, a novel. NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2022.
Quinn, Julia. The Viscount who loved me. Book 2 Bridgerton series. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins,
2000. (My granddaughter has my copy of the first of this series. I hope she enjoys it.)
…. An offer from a gentleman. Book 3 of the Bridgerton series. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins,
2001.
…. Romancing Mister Bridgerton. Book 4 of the Bridgerton series. NY: Avon/
HarperCollins, 2002. (I’m not sure why this book is in hardback. All my other Julia
Quinn books are in paperback. I must have gotten it from a Little Lending Library.)
…. To Sir Phillip, with love. Book 5 of the Bridgerton series. NY: Avon/
HarperCollins, 2003.
…. When he was wicked. Book 6 of the Bridgerton series. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2004.
…. It’s in his kiss. Book 7 of the Bridgerton series. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2005.
…. On the way to the wedding. Book 8 of the Bridgerton series. NY: Avon/
HarperCollins, 2006.
…. Just like heaven. (a Smythe-Smith novel) NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2011.
…. A night like this. (a Smythe-Smith novel) NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2012.
…. The sum of all kisses. (a Smythe-Smith novel) NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2013.
…. The secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy. (a Smythe-Smith novel) NY: Avon/
HarperCollins, 2015.
…. The girl with the make-believe husband, a Bridgerton Prequel. Book 2. NY: Avon/
HarperCollins, 2017.
…. The other Miss Bridgerton, a Bridgerton Prequel. Book 3.NY: Avon/ HarperCollins,
2018.
…. First comes scandal, a Bridgerton Prequel. Book 4.NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2020.
Sayer, Dorothy. Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel. NY: Harper & Row, 1923.
Scalzi, John. Redshirts, they were expendable … until they started comparing notes.
NY: Tor/ a Tom Doherty Asso. Book, 2012.
(written by a script writer for Stargate: Universe, but is such a take-off of Star Trek. And
then it goes even wilder.)
Sonneborn, Julia. By the book, a novel. NY: Gallery Books/ Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Springer, Nancy. The Oddling Prince. San Francisco, CA: Tachyon, 2018.
(Publishers weekly top-ten spring science fiction and fantasy Pick.)
Straub, Emma. This time tomorrow. NY: Riverhead books, 2022. (time travel)
Sutanto, Jesse. Four aunties and a wedding. NY: Berkley, 2022. (sequel to Dial A for Aunties -
which was clever, but this one just seemed to be a repeat of the actions in the first one.)
Weir, Andy. Project Hail Mary. NY: Ballantine books/ Random House, 2021.
(by the author of The Martian. With the same attention to day-by-day detail on a foreign
planet – except this takes place on a space ship in a different solar system – with an
alien. With flashbacks to the lead up to his trip in space. The ending made me cry – can’t
decide happy tears or sad tears.)
Weisberger, Lauren. The devil wears Prada, a novel. NY: Doubleday/ Random, 2003.
…. Revenge wears Prada, the devil returns. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2013.
(hmmm. I wonder why Doubleday/Random didn’t publish the second one?)
…. When life gives you Lululemons. NY: Simon&Schuster, 2018.
Weiss, Kirsten. The perfectly proper paranormal museum mystery. Woodbury
MN: Midnight Ink, 2016.
…. Pressed to death, a perfectly proper paranormal museum mystery. Woodbury MN:
Midnight Ink, 2017.
…. Deja’ MOO, for whom the cowbells toll, a perfectly proper paranormal museum mystery.
Woodbury MN: Midnight Ink, 2018.
…. Chocolate a la murder, a perfectly proper paranormal museum mystery.
Woodbury MN: Midnight Ink, 2019.
…. Bleeding Tarts, a Pie Town Mystery. NY: Kensington Books, 2018.
Westerson, Jeri. Veil of Lies, a Medieval noir. NY: Minotaur books/ St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
(as a history major in college who loved her Medieval history classes, and who loved the
Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters - the pen name of Edith Pargeter - you can bet
that I love this series, too.)
…. Serpent in the Thorns, a Medieval noir. NY: Minotaur books/ St. Martin’s Press, 2009
…. The Demon’s parchment, a Medieval noir. NY: Minotaur books/ St. Martin’s Press,
2010.
…. Troubled bones, a Medieval noir. NY: Minotaur books/ St. Martin’s Press, 2011.
…. Blood Lance, a Medieval noir. NY: Minotaur books/ St. Martin’s Press, 2012.
…. Shadow of the Alchemist, a Medieval noir. NY: Minotaur books/ St. Martin’s Press,
2013.
…. Cup of Blood, a Chrispin Guest Medieval noir. Menifee, CA: Old London Press, 2014.
(evidently she self-published the prequel to her Chrispin Guest series.)
…. The Silence of Stones, a Chrispin Guest Medieval Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2015.
….. A Maiden Weeping, a Chrispin Guest Medieval Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2016.
…. Season of blood, a Chrispin Guest Medieval Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2016.
…. The Deepest Grave, a Chrispin Guest Medieval noir Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2018.
…. Traitor’s Codex, a Chrispin Guest Medieval noir Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2019.
…. Sword of Shadows, a Chrispin Guest Medieval noir Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2020.
…. Spiteful Bones, a Chrispin Guest Medieval noir Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2020.
…. The Deadliest Sin, a Chrispin Guest Medieval noir Mystery. Surrey, England: Severn
House publishers, Ltd, 2021. (The last book of the series)
Whelan, Julia. My Oxford Year. A novel. NY: William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2018.
…. Thank you for listening a novel. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2022.
(Includes fascinating information about the making of audiobooks)
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Multiple author series: The Witches of Karres series
Schmitz, James H. The Witches of Karres. NY: Ace Books, 1966.
Lackey, Mercedes and Eric Flint and Dave Freer. The Wizard of Karres. NY: Baen, 2004.
(Continuation of Witches of Karres tales, originally by James H. Schmitz and Eric Flint)
Eric Flint and Dave Freer. The Shaman of Karres. NY: Baen, 2020.
(more continuation, but this time not written Mercedes Lackey or James H. Schmitz.)
ADULT BIOGRAPHY
Andrews, Julie, with Emma Walton Hamilton. (her daughter) Home Work, a memoir of my
Hollywood years. NY: Hachette books, 2019.
(Her books are always an excellent read.)
Couric, Katie Going There. NY: Little, Brown and company, 2021.
(autobiography of one of my favorite TV personalities)
Howard, Ron and Clint Howard. The Boys, a memoir of Hollywood and family. NY: William
Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2021. (autobiography)
Rodgers Rodgers, Mary and Jesse Green. Shy, the alarmingly outspoken memoirs of Mary
Rodgers. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
(The life of the composer for Once Upon a Mattress and other Broadway hits who is the
daughter of Richard Rodgers, composer of many, many Broadway hits.)
Roosevelt, Eleanor. Michaelis, David. Eleanor. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Ross Thurber, James, The years with Ross. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1957-59.
(This meshes nicely with the children’s book I’m also reading – Some Writer by Melissa Sweet where she talks about E.B White and his wife, Katharine, working on The New Yorker magazine with Thurber and Ross.)
Smith, Will (with Mark Manson). WILL. NY: Penguin Press, 2021.
(Nice of him to recognize his ghost writer on the Title page of the book. Not many do.)
ADULT NONFICTION
027.479 Orlean, Susan. The Library Book. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
(The huge fire at the Lost Angeles main library inspired her to write a history of it)
320.973 Martin, Johathan and Alexander Burns. This will not pass – Trump, Biden, and
the battle for America’s future. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2022.
339.22 Hill, Fiona. There is nothing for you here, finding opportunity in the 21st century.
NY: Mariner Books/ HarperColins, 2021. (An excellent read. Includes her experience as
a public servant during the Trump years. She’s back at the Brookings Institute now and
I’d love to hear her thoughts about what Russia is doing these days.)
363.283 Goodavage, Maria. Secret service dogs. NY: Dutton/ Penguin Random House,
2016.
363.3498 Mooallem, Jon. This is Chance! The shaking of an all-American city, a voice that
held it together. NY: Random House, 2020.
(The 1964 earthquake that hit Anchorage, Alaska.)
791.43 Liu, Simu. We were dreamers., an immigrant superhero origin story.
NY: William Morrow/ HarperCollins, 2022.
792.7 Rainbow, Randy. Playing with myself. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2022.
973.7 Horwitz, Tony. Confederates in the Attic, Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil
War. NY: Pantheon Books, 1998. (NY journalist follows reenactors from first shot to
last battle, with side trips talking to modern (1990s) people in the South.)
973.933 Schiff, Adam. Midnight in Washington, how we almost lost our democracy and
still could. NY: Random House, 2021. (Behind the scenes of two impeachments.)
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