The year is almost at an end, and your to-read list is looking a little … uninspiring. Why not add a few of these popular picks to your stack? Today we’re showcasing Naperville Public Library’s 10 most-checked-out adult fiction books of 2022.
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.“Apples Never Fall” by Liane Moriarty
When Joy Delaney goes missing, the police have one suspect: her husband, Stan. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure—but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.
“The Last Thing He Told Me” by Laura Dave
Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers: Owen’s 16-year-old daughter Bailey. As the FBI comes knocking at their door, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity — and why he really disappeared.
“Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles
In June 1954, 18-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future.
“The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah
Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain time, Elsa Martinelli must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life.
“Wish You Were Here” by Jodi Picoult
Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by 30, be done having kids by 35 and will have moved out to the New York City suburbs. Days before her Galapagos vacation with her surgical resident boyfriend, a virus breaks out, leaving Finn at the hospital and Diana stranded on the island. Slowly Diana finds herself examining her life — and wondering if when she goes home, she too will have evolved into someone completely different.
“People We Meet on Vacation” by Emily Henry
Ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, Poppy and Alex are best friends and every summer have taken a vacation together. Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. Years later, Poppy decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together to make it things right. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship.
“The Judge’s List” by John Grisham
Lacy Stolz is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Meanwhile, Jeri Crosby has a suspect whom she’s been stalking for two decades, convinced he killed her father. Suspicions are easy enough, but proof seems impossible. This cunning killer knows forensics, police procedure and most important: he knows the law. He is a judge, with a list of victims — under Lacy’s jurisdiction. Can Lacy pursue him without becoming the next name on his list?
“The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. Nora Seed is faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life and what makes it worth living in the first place.
“Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer; Jay, a champion surfer; Hud, a renowned photographer; and their sister, Kit. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that, the secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come bubbling to the surface.
“The Maid” by Nita Prost
Molly Gray struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Since Gran died, she has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself as she throws herself into her work as a hotel maid. But her orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the wealthy Charles Black, only to find him dead. Molly’s unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. Will Molly be able to clear her name before it’s too late?
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