Top Books 2022/23
| Library | Adult Non-Fiction | Adult Fiction | Junior Libraries |
| Appledore | The Secret Life of Bletchley Park – Sinclair Mckay | Hag-seed – Margaret Atwood | Oi Duck-billed Platypus! – Kes Gray |
| Ashburton | Truth & Beauty – Ann Patchett | The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman | Octopus Shocktopus! – Peter Bently |
| Axminster | The Secret Life of Bletchley Park – Sinclair Mckay | The Man Who Died Twice (The Thursday Murder Club 2) – Richard Osman | The First Hippo on the Moon – David Walliams |
| Bampton | Kitchen Medicine – Julie Bruton-Seal & Matthew Seal | The High House – Jessie Greengrass | Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Fantastic Unicorn – Peppa Pig |
| Barnstaple | Deeper Than Indigo – Jenny Balfour-Paul | Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Bideford | This Is Going To Hurt – Adam Kay | The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman | Dinosaur Roar! – Paul and Henrietta Stickland |
| Bovey Tracey | A Street Cat Named Bob – James Bowen | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Bronte | Octopus Shocktopus! – Peter Bently |
| Braunton | The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn | Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts – Mary Gibson | Tom Gates 19:Random Acts of Fun – Liz Pichon |
| Brixham | The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn | The Man Who Died Twice (The Thursday Murder Club 2) – Richard Osman | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Buckfastleigh | Battle For Monte Cassino – George Forty | Wedding in Provence – Katie Fforde | Arthur, High King of Britain – Michael Morpurgo |
| Budleigh Salterton | The Power Of Geography – Tim Marshall | The Exhibitionist – Charlotte Mendelson | Oi Duck-billed Platypus! – Kes Gray |
| Chagford | Meadowland – John Lewis-Stempel | The Man Who Died Twice (The Thursday Murder Club 2) – Richard Osman | The Whales on the Bus – Katrina Charman |
| Chudleigh | T’ai Chi and Aikido – Andrew Popovic and Peter Brady | Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo | The Boy in the Dress – David Walliams |
| Chulmleigh | Jane’s Patisserie – Jane Dunn | Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens | Stig of the Dump – Clive King |
| Churston | Bike Book – John Stevenson | Abandoned in Death – J.D. Robb | Animal Pants – Giles Andreae |
| Clyst Vale | The Book Smugglers Of Timbuktu – Charlie English | Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe | The Gruffalo Big Book – Julia Donaldson |
| Colyton | The World Of Stonehenge – Duncan Garrow and Neil Wilkin | The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman | Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie’s Best Friend – Valerie Thomas |
| Combe Martin | One Two Three Four – Craig Brown | Go Set a Watchman – Harper Lee | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories – Jeff Kinney |
| Crediton | Shakespeare – Bill Bryson | The Muse – Jessie Burton | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 14: Wrecking Ball – Jeff Kinney |
| Cullompton | Overcoming Low Self-Esteem – Melanie Fennell | Big Sky – Kate Atkinson | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Dartmouth | Airhead – Emily Maitlis | Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan | Tom Gates 19:Random Acts of Fun – Liz Pichon |
| Dawlish | The Amur River – Colin Thubron | The Wildflowers – Harriet Evans | Peppa Pig: Peppa and Friends – Peppa Pig |
| Exeter | Salt Path – Raynor Winn | The Darkest Evening – Ann Cleeves | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Exmouth | Hitler and Stalin – Laurence Rees | The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Exmouth Mobile | The Rough Guide to Dorset, Hampshire and The Isle Of Wight – Rough Guides | The Dirty Dozen – Lynda La Plante | That’s Not My Flamingo – Fiona Watt |
| Holsworthy | Notes To My Mother In Law – Phyllida Law | How to Find Love in a Bookshop – Veronica Henry | There’s a Monster in Your Book – Tom Fletcher |
| Honiton | The Body – Bill Bryson | The Midnight Library – Matt Haig | Dogs in Disguise – Peter Bently |
| Ilfracombe | I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb | How to Stop Time – Matt Haig | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Peter Bently |
| Ivybridge | Serving Victoria – Kate Hubbard | The Man Who Died Twice (The Thursday Murder Club 2) – Richard Osman | The Hugasaurus – Rachel Bright |
| Ivybridge Mobile | Becoming – Michelle Obama | Blue Moon – Lee Child | Hey Duggee: Duggee and the Stick Badge – Hey Duggee |
| Kingsbridge | The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn | Snow Country – Sebastian Faulks | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Kingskerswell | A Rough Guide To The iPhone – Peter Buckley | Prima Donna – Karen Swan | Hey Duggee: Treasure Hunt – Hey Duggee |
| Kingsteignton | The Broken Road – Patrick Leigh Fermor | The Foundling – Stacey Halls | There’s a Bear on My Chair – Ross Collins |
| Lynton | In The Days Of Rain – Rebecca Stott | French Braid – Anne Tyler | Peppa Pig: Where’s George’s Dinosaur? – Peppa Pig |
| Moretonhampstead | Dartmoor – Sue Viccars | The Glass Blowers – Dame Daphne Du Maurier | Who’s Hiding on the Farm? – Axel Scheffler |
| Newton Abbot | Undoctored – Adam Kay | Turn a Blind Eye – Jeffrey Archer | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Northam | Watching Neighbours Twice A Day – Josh Widdicombe | The Family Upstairs – Lisa Jewell | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 14: Wrecking Ball – Jeff Kinney |
| Okehampton | How To Crotchet Animals: Wild – Kerry Lord | Lincoln Highway – Amor Towles | The Bear Who Went Boo! – David Walliams |
| Ottery St Mary | The Penguin Lessons – Tom Michell | The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Paignton | Why Is God Laughing? – Deepak Chopra | The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman | Spinderella – Julia Donaldson |
| Pinhoe | Becoming – Michelle Obama | The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri | Octopus Shocktopus! – Peter Bently |
| Princetown | The Hare With Amber Eyes – Edmund De Waal | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman | Bizzy Bear: Train Driver – Benji Davies |
| Salcombe | My Name Is Why – Lemn Sissay | Snow – John Banville | Peppa Pig: Where’s Peppa? – Peppa Pig |
| Seaton | The Spy And The Traitor – Ben MacIntyre | French Braid – Anne Tyler | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 14: Wrecking Ball – Jeff Kinney |
| Sidmouth | The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn | Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens | Elmer – David McKee |
| South Molton | Return Of A King – William Dalrymple | The Carer – Deborah Moggach | Oi Dog! – Claire Gray & Kes Gray |
| St Thomas | Entangled Life – Merlin Sheldrake | The Other Passenger – Louise Candlish | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Stoke Fleming | Corvus – Esther Woolfson | The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker | Rollo and Ruff and the little fluffy bird – Mick Inkpen |
| Tavistock | Wilding – Isabella Tree | The Long Call – Ann Cleeves | Octopus Shocktopus! – Peter Bently |
| Teignmouth | Wilding – Isabella Tree | A House for Mr Biswas – V.S. Naipaul | Here We Are : Notes for Living on Planet Earth – Oliver Jeffers |
| Tiverton | The Secret Barrister – Secret Barrister | When God Was a Rabbit – Sarah Winman | Oi Puppies! – Kes Gray |
| Tiverton Mobile | Blowing The Bloody Doors Off – Michael Caine | Blue Moon – Lee Child | Giraffes Can’t Dance – Giles Andreae |
| Topsham | The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu – Charlie English | Conclave – Robert Harris | Hey Duggee: Treasure Hunt – Hey Duggee |
| Torquay | Exploring Green Lanes – Valerie R Belsey | The Man Who Died Twice (The Thursday Murder Club 2) – Richard Osman | There’s an Alien in your Book – Tom Fletcher |
| Torrington | This Is Going To Hurt – Adam Kay | The Seagull – Ann Cleeves | What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside – Julia Donaldson |
| Torrington Mobile | The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn | The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman | #Goldilocks : a hashtag cautionary tale – Jeanne Willis |
| Totnes | The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn | The Girl with the Louding Voice – Abi Dare | Ruby’s Worry – Tom Percival |
| Uffculme | The Zookeeper’s Wife – Diane Ackerman | Luminaries – Eleanor Catton | Get Cooking – Sam Stern & Susan Stern |