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Manhunt - Gretchen Felker-Martin

The Best Books of 2022 Vulture

In Love - Amy Bloom

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 Time: Annabel Gutterman

My Phantoms - Gwendoline Riley

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Love Me Tender - Constance Debré

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

The Revolutionary - Stacy Schiff

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

All This Could Be Different - Sarah Thankam Mathews

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

Very Cold People - Sarah Manguso

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

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

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Slate: Dan Kois

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Slate: Laura Miller

Also a Poet - Ada Calhoun

Favorite Books of 2022 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

The Furrows - Namwali Serpell

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times

The Rabbit Hutch - Tess Gunty

Our Favorite Books of 2022 Oprah Daily

The High Desert - James Spooner

Best Books of 2022 New York Public Library

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Best Fiction of 2022 Financial Times: Laura Battle

Under the Skin - Linda Villarosa

100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times

Stay True - Hua Hsu

Top 10 Books of 2022 Chicago Public Library

Lost & Found - Kathryn Schulz

Best Nonfiction of 2022 Powell's Books

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk

Best Fiction of 2022 Powell's Books

Lost & Found - Kathryn Schulz

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022 Washington Post

Glory - NoViolet Bulawayo

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022 Washington Post

Trust - Hernan Diaz

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Washington Post

The Rabbit Hutch - Tess Gunty

Fiction 2022 National Book Award

South to America - Imani Perry

Nonfiction 2022 National Book Award

The Invisible Kingdom - Meghan O’Rourke

10 Best Books of 2022 Publishers Weekly

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