Top Items of 2022
We've pored over the stats and come up with the list of the biggest and best of 2022. In just the first 11 months of the year, our members checked out and renewed 726,404 physical items! Our Digital Library also proved to be very popular. In the first 10 months of the year, members borrowed 316,755 digital items, including eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines, and accessed our databases over 91,000 times.
WOW - thank you to all of our members for your support of the Barrie Public Library!
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Top Items of 2022 (Print Format)
1. The Judge's List by John Grisham
Available as Book, eBook, Audiobook CD, and Large Print
"As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Lacy Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the bench. ...in the judge's list, the man hiding behind the black robe is not taking bribes--but he may be taking lives"
2. The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Available as Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Audiobook CD, and Large Print
"Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year's Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to find justice for an innocent victim."
3. Better Off Dead by Lee Child
Available as Book, Audiobook CD, and Large Print
"Reacher isn't one to back down from a fight. And when a shadowy crew raises the stakes, he won't hesitate to teach them a lesson: When you pick a fight with Reacher, you're better off dead."
4. The Match by Harlan Coben
Available as Book, eBook, Large Print, and Audiobook CD
"When a DNA match on an online ancestry database leads him to a second cousin who disappears as quickly as he resurfaces after an epic fall from grace, Wilde must figure out if his cousin is linked to a cunning conspiracy involving a ruthless killer."
5. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Available as Book, eBook, eAudiobook, Audiobook CD, and Large Print
"When her husband of a year disappears, Hannah quickly learns he is not who he said he was and is left to sort out the truth with just one ally- her husband's teenage daughter, who hates her."
6. Never by Ken Follett
Available as Book, eBook, eAudiobook, and Audiobook CD
"Navigating terrorist attacks, illegal arms trading and smear campaigns, Pauline Green, the country's first women president, is caught in a complex web of alliances with the most powerful counties that are being orchestrated by the enemy, and only those with the most elite skills can stop the inevitable."
7. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Available as Book, eBook, eBook, eAudiobook, and Large Print
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human."
8. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Available as Book, eBook, eAudiobook, Audiobook CD, and Large Print
"Arriving in Paris to stay with her brother Ben, Jess learns that he has gone missing, and to find him, starts digging into his life, realizing even though she has come to the City of Lights to escape her past, it's his future hanging in the balance."
9. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
Available as Book, eBook, Audiobook CD, and Large Print
"When a visiting professor spreads lies so that fact and fiction are so confused it's nearly impossible to tell them apart, leading to murder, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache must investigate this case as well as this extraordinary popular delusion."
10. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Available as Book, eBook, and eAudiobook
"With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward."
1. Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer
Available as Book, eBook, and eAudiobook
Canada's beloved comic genius tells his own story for the first time. In riveting anecdotal style, Rick charts his rise from highly unpromising schoolboy (in his reports "the word 'disappointment' appeared a fair bit") to the heights of TV fame.
2. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Available as Book, eBook, and Audiobook CD
"Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both a memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It offers a piercing, electrifying examination of the restrictive expectations women are issued from birth..."
3. Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Available as a Book, eBook, eAudiobook, and Large Print
"In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human."
4. Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Available as Book, eBook, and eAudiobook
"Fascinating, harrowing, courageous, and deeply felt, these explorations of 'dangerous stories,' harmful past events, and trials of the soul speak to all who've encountered dark waters and have had to navigate them." --Margaret Atwood via Twitter
5. Indian in the Cabinet by Jody Wilson-Raybould
Available as Book, eBook, and eAudiobook
"Indian in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power is the story of why Wilson-Raybould got into federal politics, her experience as an Indigenous leader sitting around the Cabinet table, her proudest achievements, the very public SNC-Lavalin affair, and how she got out and moved forward."
6. The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
Available as Book, eBook, and eAudiobook
"The riveting inside story of the British royal family since the death of Princess Diana, from the Queen's tightening grip to the defection of Harry and Meghan--by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Diana Chronicles."
7. Atomic Habits by James Clear
Available as a Book
"A leading expert on habit formation reveals practical strategies to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results."
8. The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan
Available as Book, eBook, eAudiobook, and Large Print
"Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team--led by an obsessed retired FBI agent--has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?"
9. From The Ashes by Jesse Thistle
Available as Book, eBook, and Audiobook CD
"From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Metis-Cree man who refused to give up."
10. Living Untethered by Michael A. Singer
Available as Book, eBook, and eAudiobook
"Now more than ever, we're all looking to feel more joy, happiness, and deeper meaning in our lives. But are we looking in all the wrong places?"
Top Items of 2022 (Digital Format)