Boroondara Hottest 100 adult fiction titles 2022

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

1. Apples never fall* by Liane Moriarty
2. Beautiful world where are you* by Sally Rooney
3. The survivors* by Jane Harper
4. Where the crawdads sing* by Delia Owens
5. The Thursday Murder Club* by Richard Osman
6. The dictionary of lost words* by Pip Williams
7. The promise* by Damon Galgut
8. Honeybee* by Craig Silvey
9. Still life* by Sarah Winman
10. The Midnight Library* by Matt Haig
11. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
12. Cuckoo cloud land* by Anthony Doerr
13. The labyrinth* by Amanda Lohrey
14. The man who died twice* by Richard Osman
15. The younger wife* by Sally Hepworth
16. The Lincoln Highway* by Amor Towles
17. Devotion* by Hannah Kent
18. The lost man* by Jane Harper
19. The good turn* by Dervla McTiernan
20. The good sister* by Sally Hepworth
21. A room made of leaves* by Kate Grenville
22. The way it is now* by Garry Disher
23. Klara and the sun* by Kazuo Ishiguro
24. A gentleman in Moscow* by Amor Towles
25. Better off dead* by Lee Child
26. Malibu rising* by Taylor Jenkins Reid
27. Normal people* by Sally Rooney
28. One hundred days* by Alice Pung
29. Wild place* by Christian White
30. The paper palace* by Miranda Cowley Heller
31. The vanishing half by Brit Bennett
32. Treasure and dirt* by Chris Hammer
33. When you are mine* by Michael Robotham
34. Nine perfect strangers* by Liane Moriarty
35. It ends with us* by Colleen Hoover
36. Girl, woman, other* by Bernardine Evaristo
37. Love and virtue* by Diana Reid
38. Before you knew my name* by Jacqueline Bublitz
39. Shuggie Bain* by Douglas Stuart
40. After story* by Larissa Behrendt
41. The dark hours* by Michael Connelly
42. The cellist* by Daniel Silva
43. The judge’s list* by John Grisham
44. Sorrow and bliss* by Meg Mason
45. Boy swallows universe* by Trent Dalton
46. The long call* by Ann Cleeves
47. Crossroads* by Jonathan Franzen
48. The spy’s wife* by Fiona McIntosh
49. All our shimmering skies* by Trent Dalton
50. Fair warning* by Michael Connelly
51. Oh William!* by Elizabeth Strout
52. Blue moon* by Lee Child
53. Bruny* by Heather Rose
54. The Magician* by Colm Toibin
55. Wish you were here* by Jodi Picoult
56. A lonely girl is a dangerous thing* by Jessie Tu
57. The Paris library* by Janet Skeslien Charles
58. Again, Rachel* by Marian Keyes
59. The nowhere child* by Christian White
60. The sentinel* by Lee Child
61. The darkest evening* by Ann Cleeves
62. Silverview* by John Le Carre
63. Nineteen eighty-four* by George Orwell
64. The wife and the widow* by Christian White
65. One last stop* by Casey McQuiston
66. The godmothers* by Monica McInerney
67. The last thing he told me* by Laura Dave
68. Wild abandon* by Emily Bitto
69. The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo* by Taylor Jenkins Reid
70. The dry* by Jane Harper
71. The Dutch house* by Ann Patchett
72. The scholar* by Dervla McTiernan
73. Project hail Mary* by Andy Weir
74. American dirt by Jeanine Cummins
75. The mother-in-law* by Sally Hepworth
76. Trust* by Chris Hammer
77. A slow fire burning* by Paula Hawkins
78. The law of innocence* by Michael Connelly
79. Transient desires* by Donna Leon
80. Grown ups* by Marian Keyes
81. Something to hide by Elizabeth George
82. The Rúin* by Dervla McTiernan
83. The yield* by Tara June Winch
84. Love objects* by Emily Maguire
85. The heron’s cry* by Ann Cleeves
86. Cold enough for snow* by Jessica Au
87. The road trip* by Beth O’Leary
88. A time for mercy by John Grisham
89. Over my dead body* by Jeffrey Archer
90. Such a fun age* by Kiley Reid
91. Too much lip* by Melissa Lucashenko
92. Love marriage by Monica Ali
93. Bodies of light* by Jennifer Down
94. Good girl bad girl* by Michael Robotham
95. The dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison* by Meredith Jaffe
96. The white girl* by Tony Birch
97. Anxious people* by Fredrik Backman
98. Verity by Colleen Hoover
99. The four winds* by Kristin Hannah
100. Consolation* by Garry Disher