Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2022
Shit Cassandra Saw - Gwen E. Kirby

Favorite Books of 2022 San Francisco Chronicle

South to America - Imani Perry

Best Books of 2022 The Stacks Podcast: Traci Thomas

Ducks - Kate Beaton

Best Books of 2022 The Stacks Podcast: Andrew Limbong

The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

The 12 Best Books of 2022 Wired

I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022 Electric Lit

Little Rabbit - Alyssa Songsiridej

Favorite Novels of 2022 Electric Lit

Ducks - Kate Beaton

Favorite Books of 2022 Barack Obama

The Rabbit Hutch - Tess Gunty

The Best Fiction and Poetry of 2022 New Yorker

The Invisible Kingdom - Meghan O’Rourke

The Best Nonfiction of 2022 New Yorker

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta - James Hannaham

The Best Books of 2022 Esquire

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk

The Best Books of 2022 Atlantic

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The Best Books of 2022 BuzzFeed

Either/Or - Elif Batuman

The Best Books of 2022 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa

Glory - NoViolet Bulawayo

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022 BBC Culture

We Don't Know Ourselves - Fintan O'Toole

Favorite Books of 2022 Salon

Trust - Hernan Diaz

39 Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Best Books of 2022 Passerby

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The Best Novels of 2022 Paste

Trust - Hernan Diaz

Ten Best Books of 2022 California Review of Books

There Are No Accidents - Jessie Singer

Best Books of 2022 Economist

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man - Paul Newman

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 Esquire

Constructing a Nervous System - Margo Jefferson

The Best Books of 2022 Chron: J. Howard Rosier

O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker

16 Best Books of 2022 Vox: Constance Grady

Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

Top 10 Books of 2022 People