Here are the top 100 adult books that were checked out at TSPL in 2022.
There are many by the usual authors, James Patterson and Danielle Steel, but also a lot of Louise Penny and C.J. Box were read last year.
1. State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
2. Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child
3. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
4. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
5. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
6. Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower by Charlie Angus
7. Steal by James Patterson & Howard Roughan
8. Never by Ken Follett
9. The Paris Detective by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
10. The Maid by Nita Prose
11. The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
12. Winterkill by C.J. Box
13. The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child
14. One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
15. The Match by Harlan Coben
16. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
17. High Stakes by Danielle Steel
18. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
19. Autopsy by Patricia Corn
20. 22 Seconds by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
21. Win by Harlan Coben
22. Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore
23. Summer Love by Nancy Thayer
24. Sparring Partners by John Grisham
25. The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan
26. Something to Hide by Elizabeth George
27. Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
28. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
29. Mercy by David Baldacci
30. The Horsewoman by James Patterson & Mike Lupica
31. The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
32. Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
33. Dead Cold by Louise Penny
34. Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods
35. Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs
36. City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman
37. The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
38. Blue Moon by Lee Child
39. Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb
40. Walk the Wire by David Baldacci
41. The Truth-Seeker's Wife by Ann Granger
42. Suspects by Danielle Steel
43. The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery
44. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
45. Shattered by James Patterson and James O. Born
46. Shadows Reel by C.J. Box
47. Secrets by Fern Michaels
48. A Safe House by Stuart Woods
49. A Place in the Country by Elizabeth Adler
50. Overboard by Sara Paretsky
51. Open Season by C.J. Box
52. Nothing to Lose by J. A. Jance
53. Marple by Various Authors
54. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
55. The Judge's List by John Grisham
56. The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding
57. Hell and Back by Craig Johnson
58. The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan
59. Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich
60. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
61. Dream Town by David Baldacci
62. Daylight by David Baldacci
63. Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz
64. The Chase by Candice Fox
65. The Challenge by Danielle Steel
66. Beautiful by Danielle Steel
67. All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
68. The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
69. The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly
70. What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
71. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
72. Verity by Colleen Hoover
73. Two Nights by Kathy Reichs
74. Treasure State by C.J. Box
75. This was a Man by Jeffrey Archer
76. Texas Outlaw by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle
77. Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay
78. Take my Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
79. The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner
80. Summer on the Island by Brenda Novak
81. Still Life by Louise Penny
82. The Shop on Royal Street by Karen White
83. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
84. Righteous Prey by John Sandford
85. Reckoning by Catherine Coulter
86. The Polish Girl by Malka Adler
87. Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer
88. Outsider by Linda Castillo
89. One Night on the Island by Josie Silver
90. Oath of Loyalty by Kyle Mills
91. The Midnight Lock by Jeffery Deaver
92. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
93. The Last Mile by Kat Martin
94. The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
95. Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas
96. I was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees, Code Names, and Covert Operations in the Age of Terrorism by Andrew Kirsch
97. Invisible by Danielle Steel
98. The Investigator by John Sandford
99. The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
100. Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey