We’ve gathered the most popular books in 2022 for a look back at the year! In each of our monthly newsletters, we share the top two most-viewed titles on the Reading Group Choices site for that month.
Here are the titles — a mix of fiction and nonfiction — that caught our readers’ attention from January to December: the most popular books in 2022. Do you remember these great reads? See if they match your own group’s most popular books…
January
1. Her Hidden Genius
by Marie Benedict
2. Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
February
1. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
by Eva Jurczyk
2. City of a Thousand Gates
by Rebecca Sacks
March
1. The Golden Couple
by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
2. Woman on Fire
by Lisa Barr
April
1. The Tsarina’s Daughter
by Ellen Alpsten
2. Activities of Daily Living
by Lisa Hsiao Chen
May
1. The Book Woman’s Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson
2. Birds of California
by Katie Cotugno
June
1. The Woman in the Library
by Sulari Gentill
2. The Lies I Tell
by Julie Clark
July
1. Undistracted
by Bob Goff
2. Sorrow and Bliss
by Meg Mason
August
1. Clark and Division
by Naomi Hirahara
2. The Poet’s House
by Jean Thompson
September
1. The Ways We Hide
by Kristina McMorris
2. Children of the Catastrophe
by Sarah Shoemaker
October
1. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
by Shauna Robinson
2. Lavender House
by Lev AC Rosen
November
1. Zorrie
by Laird Hunt
2. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
by Shauna Robinson
December
1. The Seamstress of Sardinia
by Bianca Pitzorno
2. The Last Party
by Clare Mackintosh
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And for more top picks, browse our Most-Viewed on the RGC Website for 2022!