Year-End Lists

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

2022
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

San Francisco Chronicle: Favorite Books of 2022

South to America - Imani Perry

The Stacks Podcast: Traci Thomas: Best Books of 2022

Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi

The Stacks Podcast: Andrew Limbong: Best Books of 2022

Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

Wired: The 12 Best Books of 2022

Body Work - Melissa Febos

Electric Lit: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022

Either/Or - Elif Batuman

Electric Lit: Favorite Novels of 2022

The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2022

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk

New Yorker: The Best Fiction and Poetry of 2022

We Don't Know Ourselves - Fintan O'Toole

New Yorker: The Best Nonfiction of 2022

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

Esquire: The Best Books of 2022

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk

Atlantic: The Best Books of 2022

If I Survive You - Jonathan Escoffery

BuzzFeed: The Best Books of 2022

Either/Or - Elif Batuman

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa: The Best Books of 2022

Constructing a Nervous System - Margo Jefferson

BBC Culture: The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022

We Don't Know Ourselves - Fintan O'Toole

Salon: Favorite Books of 2022

Stay True - Hua Hsu

Vanity Fair: 39 Best Books of 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Passerby: Best Books of 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Paste: The Best Novels of 2022

There Are No Accidents - Jessie Singer

Economist: Best Books of 2022

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man - Paul Newman

Esquire: The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

Constructing a Nervous System - Margo Jefferson

Chron: J. Howard Rosier: The Best Books of 2022

The Furrows - Namwali Serpell

Vox: Constance Grady: 16 Best Books of 2022

Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

People: Top 10 Books of 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Entertainment Weekly: The Best Books of 2022

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2022

Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

The Skinny: Books of 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022

Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

USA Today: Best Books of 2022

The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

Lit Hub: Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

Manhunt - Gretchen Felker-Martin

Vulture: The Best Books of 2022

In Love - Amy Bloom

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

The Rabbit Hutch - Tess Gunty

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2022

Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri: The 5 Best Books of 2022

The Revolutionary - Stacy Schiff

Los Angeles Times: Mary Ann Gwinn: The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick: The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2022

Very Cold People - Sarah Manguso

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis: The 5 Best Novels of 2022

All This Could Be Different - Sarah Thankam Mathews

Slate: Dan Kois: The 10 Best Books of 2022

An Immense World - Ed Yong

Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2022

Foster - Claire Keegan

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: Favorite Books of 2022

Checkout 19 - Claire-Louise Bennett

New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

Oprah Daily: Our Favorite Books of 2022

Solito - Javier Zamora

New York Public Library: Best Books of 2022

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka

Financial Times: Laura Battle: Best Fiction Books of 2022

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

New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2022

Body Work - Melissa Febos

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2022

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2022

In Love - Amy Bloom

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022