
All five of us at Halfway up the Stairs cast our votes for our favourite books published in 2022. There were two books that were unanimously chosen as our Top Books of the Year and we chose a selection of our top 20 books across all categories that we loved! You can follow the links below to find out more about the books.
Picture Book and Novel of the Year
Be Wild Little One by Olivia Hope, illustrated by Daniel Egnéus – Picture Book of the Year
The Light in Everything by Katya Balen, cover art by Sydney Smith – Novel of the Year
Picture Books
A Dress with Pockets by Lily Murray, illustrated by Jenny Lovlie
Amuigh Faoin Spéir by Sadhbh Devlin, illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald
Be Wild Little One by Olivia Hope, illustrated by Daniel Egnéus – Picture Book of the Year
Fox & Son Tailers by Paddy Donnelly
The Wilderness by Steve McCarthy
Well Done, Mummy Penguin by Chris Haughton
Six plus
Bumble & Snug and the Excited Unicorn by Mark Bradley
Loki by Louie Stowell
The Shop of Impossible Ice Creams by Shane Hegarty
Nine Plus
Frankie’s World by Aoife Dooley
The Chestnut Roaster by Eve McDonnell
The Light in Everything by Katya Balen – Novel of the Year
The Lost Whale by Hannah Gold
The Sackville Street Caper by Alan Nolan
While the Storm Rages by Phil Earle
Teen/ Young Adult
Big Bad Me by Aislinn O’Loughlin
My Heart and Other Breakables by Alex Barclay
Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber
Truth Be Told by Sue Divin
Reference/ Gift Books
Be Inspired by Sarah Webb, illustrated by Graham Corcoran
Girls Who Slay Monsters by Ellen Ryan, illustrated by Shona Shirley Macdonald
Some more of our favourites:
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