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Best of the Best Books 2022

Our “best of the best” returns for 2022! We’ve reviewed the end-of-year best book lists and narrowed them down into one reference guide.

Overwhelmed by what to read from the past year? We’ve gathered the fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles we recommended in 2022 that also appear on more than one of the favorite lists from:

BookRiot, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Bookpage, New York Times, Horn Book, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Washington Post, NYPL, Shelf Awareness and Powell’s

Check out these “best of the best” books below!


Best of the Best 2022… FICTION

One of our recommended books is Dr. No by Percival Everett    One of our recommended books is Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez        One of our recommended books is Shutter by Ramona Emerson

One of our recommended books is Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen       One of our recommended books is Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

 

Dr. No by Percival Everett
Appears on the “best of” lists from New York Times, Kirkus, Washington Post

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
New York Times, Kirkus, Washington Post

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Library Journal, Kirkus

Shutter by Ramona Emerson
Library Journal, NYPL

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen
Library Journal, Bookpage

The Woman in the Library by Sularil Gentill
Library Journal, Bookpage

Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer
Powells, Washington Post


Best of the Best 2022… NONFICTION

One of our recommended books is The Invisible Kingdom by Megan O'Rourke    One of our recommended books is The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander    One of our recommended books is Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun   One of our recommended books is Inciting Joy by Ross Gay

 

The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O’Rourke
Appears on the “best of” lists from BookRiot, Publisher’s Weekly, Bookpage, Washington Post 

The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander
New York Times, Library Journal, Kirkus

Also A Poet by Ada Calhoun
New York Times, Kirkus, Bookpage, Washington Post

Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
Library Journal, Powell’s, Bookpage, Shelf Awareness


Best of the Best 2022… YOUNG ADULT

One of our recommended books is I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys    One of our recommended books is All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir    One of our recommended books is The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander    One of our recommended book is The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat    One of our recommended books is The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

 

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Appears on the “best of” list from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, NYPL, School Library

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Kirkus, Bookpage, NYPL, School Library, Shelf Awareness

The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
Publishers Weekly, Powell’s, NYPL, Shelf Awareness

The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
Publishers Weekly, Bookpage, NYPL

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
Publishers Weekly, NYPL, Shelf Awareness


Curious about the most popular books on the Reading Group Choices site in 2022? We’ve got the top two books from each month listed here!