It's that time of year again Boroondara! Take a look at the 100 most borrowed adult fiction books in 2022. How many have you read? The list shifted quite a bit this year with nearly half the titles appearing for the first time.
Number one goes to Apples never fall* by smash hit Aussie author, Liane Moriarty. This is the third time Moriarty has taken out the top spot, as well as a second and third over the years.
It is wonderful to see such strong support for our outstanding Australian women writers. Pip Williams, Hannah Kent, Jane Harper, Alice Pung, Tara June-Winch, Melissa Lucashenko, and Heather Rose are also some of our favourites.
As always Boroondara loves a good crime read with Michael Robotham, Christian White, Dervla McTiernan, Michael Connelly and Ann Cleeves featuring regularly on this list.
Reserve some of these great titles to enjoy over summer!
Boroondara Hottest 100 adult fiction 2022
Apples never fall* by Liane Moriarty
Beautiful world where are you* by Sally Rooney
The survivors* by Jane Harper
Where the crawdads sing* by Delia Owens
The Thursday Murder Club* by Richard Osman
The dictionary of lost words* by Pip Williams
The promise* by Damon Galgut
Honeybee* by Craig Silvey
Still life* by Sarah Winman
The Midnight Library* by Matt Haig
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Cloud cuckoo land* by Anthony Doerr
The labyrinth* by Amanda Lohrey
The man who died twice* by Richard Osman
The younger wife* by Sally Hepworth
The Lincoln Highway* by Amor Towles
Devotion* by Hannah Kent
The lost man* by Jane Harper
The good turn* by Dervla McTiernan
The good sister* by Sally Hepworth
A room made of leaves* by Kate Grenville
The way it is now* by Garry Disher
Klara and the sun* by Kazuo Ishiguro
A gentleman in Moscow* by Amor Towles
Better off dead* by Lee Child
Malibu rising* by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Normal people* by Sally Rooney
One hundred days* by Alice Pung
Wild place* by Christian White
The paper palace* by Miranda Cowley Heller
The vanishing half by Brit Bennett
Treasure and dirt* by Chris Hammer
When you are mine* by Michael Robotham
Nine perfect strangers* by Liane Moriarty
It ends with us* by Colleen Hoover
Girl, woman, other* by Bernardine Evaristo
Love and virtue* by Diana Reid
Before you knew my name* by Jacqueline Bublitz
Shuggie Bain* by Douglas Stuart
After story* by Larissa Behrendt
The dark hours* by Michael Connelly
The cellist* by Daniel Silva
The judge’s list* by John Grisham
Sorrow and bliss* by Meg Mason
Boy swallows universe* by Trent Dalton
The long call* by Ann Cleeves
Crossroads* by Jonathan Franzen
The spy's wife* by Fiona McIntosh
All our shimmering skies* by Trent Dalton
Fair warning* by Michael Connelly
Oh William!* by Elizabeth Strout
Blue moon* by Lee Child
Bruny* by Heather Rose
The Magician* by Colm Toibin
Wish you were here* by Jodi Picoult
A lonely girl is a dangerous thing* by Jessie Tu
The Paris library* by Janet Skeslien Charles
Again, Rachel* by Marian Keyes
The nowhere child* by Christian White
The sentinel* by Lee Child
The darkest evening* by Ann Cleeves
Silverview* by John Le Carre
Nineteen eighty-four* by George Orwell
The wife and the widow* by Christian White
One last stop* by Casey McQuiston
The godmothers* by Monica McInerney
The last thing he told me* by Laura Dave
Wild abandon* by Emily Bitto
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo* by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The dry* by Jane Harper
The Dutch house* by Ann Patchett
The scholar* by Dervla McTiernan
Project hail Mary* by Andy Weir
American dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The mother-in-law* by Sally Hepworth
Trust* by Chris Hammer
A slow fire burning* by Paula Hawkins
The law of innocence* by Michael Connelly
Transient desires* by Donna Leon
Grown ups* by Marian Keyes
Something to hide by Elizabeth George
The Rúin* by Dervla McTiernan
The yield* by Tara June Winch
Love objects* by Emily Maguire
The heron’s cry* by Ann Cleeves
Cold enough for snow* by Jessica Au
The road trip* by Beth O'Leary
A time for mercy by John Grisham
Over my dead body* by Jeffrey Archer
Such a fun age* by Kiley Reid
Too much lip* by Melissa Lucashenko
Love marriage by Monica Ali
Bodies of light* by Jennifer Down
Good girl bad girl* by Michael Robotham
The dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison* by Meredith Jaffe
The white girl* by Tony Birch
Anxious people* by Fredrik Backman
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The four winds* by Kristin Hannah
Consolation* by Garry Disher
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