Staff Picks from 2022

December 16, 22-One reason I love the end of the year is because of all the “best of” lists. Every year around December, you suddenly get a million recommendations for books to read that you may have missed during the year. I love these lists, and book recommendations in general, because you get to hear what books excited other readers. That excitement becomes contagious and you inevitably want to read them too. The staff at the Camas Public Library wanted to contribute its “best of” list for 2022. The rules were that the books did not need to be published in 2022, just something a staff member read in 2022. So, without further ado, here’s the Camas Public Library’s Staff Picks from 2022!:

Leah Burch, Library Associate

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

Carnita Dominguez, Library Associate

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

Colleen Kawamura, Library Aide           

The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard & Clint Howard

Christopher Knipes, Administrative Support Assistant

Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub

Kaye Lathe, Substitute Library Associate

When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger

Peggy Lau, Substitute Library Associate

Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every Day by Sophie Blackall 

Maria Martin, Library Associate

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Vanessa Perger, Library Associate

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Nancy Renner, Library Aide

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Danielle Reynolds, Technology & Collections Manager

A Million Junes by Emily Henry

Elliot Stapleton, Library Associate

The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar

Chris Tanis, Library Aide

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

Connie Urquhart, Director

Happy Go Lucky by David Sedaris

Kary Wilson, Library Aide

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Stacy Yakouba, Library Aide

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin