Booklist Queen's 2022 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

By a Local Author
Instead of shop local, consider reading local. Pick up a book by an author with ties to your location (or one from your hometown).
All books added
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez

Scarborough

Catherine Hernandez

272 pages • digital • 2017

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018 by David Kipen

Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018

David Kipen

576 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography historical history fast-paced
A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib

A Pure Heart

Rajia Hassib

320 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Die Suche by Charlotte Link

Die Suche

Kate Linville & Caleb Hale #2

Charlotte Link

653 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction crime thriller reflective fast-paced
State of Terror by Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton

State of Terror

Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton

512 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Monogamy by Sue Miller

Monogamy

Sue Miller

352 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

342 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Wishing World by Todd Fahnestock

The Wishing World

Todd Fahnestock

224 pages • 2016

fiction childrens fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced