Year-End Lists

Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 30 Rock Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. The Boy Named If
   Elvis Costello & The Imposters
2. A Light for Attracting Attention
   The Smile
2. Fear of the Dawn
   Jack White
4. Lucifer on the Sofa
   Spoon
5. The Tipping Point
   Tears for Fears
6. Cruel Country
   Wilco
7. Just Like That...
   Bonnie Raitt
8. Dropout Boogie
   The Black Keys
9. Earthling
   Eddie Vedder
10. Entering Heaven Alive
    Jack White
11. Welcome 2 Club XIII
    Drive-By Truckers
12. World Record
    Neil Young with Crazy horse
13. Diamond Star Halos
    Def Leppard
14. Patient Number 9
    Ozzy Osbourne
15. Fierce Bliss
    Ann Wilson
16. The Zealot Gene
    Jethro Tull
16. The Elephants of Mars
    Joe Satriani
18. I Am the Moon
    Tedeschi Trucks Band
19. Unlimited Love
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
20. Will of the People
    Muse
21. Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4
    Johnny Marr
21. Crazy Times
    Sammy Hagar and the Circle
23. Impera
    Ghost
24. I Live Too Fast to Die Young!
    Michael Monroe
25. 4
    Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
26. External Combustion
    Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
27. Portals
    Kirk Hammett
28. Dream Widow
    Dream Widow
29. Bad Mood Rising
    Melvins
29. Toast
    Neil Young with Crazy horse
29. Strictly a One-Eyed Jack
    John Mellencamp

Laura Battle: Best Fiction Books of 2022, as published by Financial Times

• The Book of Goose
  Yiyun Li
• Lessons
  Ian McEwan
• The Marriage Portrait
  Maggie O'Farrell
• The Last White Man
  Mohsin Hamid
• Act of Oblivion
  Robert Harris
• Briefly, A Delicious Life
  Nell Stevens
• Best of Friends
  Kamila Shamsie
• Demon Copperhead
  Barbara Kingsolver
• Bournville
  Jonathan Coe
• Trust
  Hernan Diaz
• Nightcrawling
  Leila Mottley
• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
  Shehan Karunatilaka
• The Passenger
  Cormac McCarthy
• Stella Maris
  Cormac McCarthy
• Shrines of Gaiety
  Kate Atkinson

Revolver Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Impera
   Ghost
2. Pain Remains
   Lorna Shore
3. Omens
   Lamb of God
4. Diaspora Problems
   Soul Glo
5. The Death of Peace of Mind
   Bad Omens
6. The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
   Megadeth
7. It's Time... To Rise From the Grave
   Undeath
8. The Generation Of Danger
   Tallah
9. Immutable
   Meshuggah
10. Celebrity Therapist
    The Callous Daoboys
11. II
    Dead Cross
12. New Lords
    Mindforce
13. Heavy Pendulum
    Cave In
14. Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind
    Coheed and Cambria
15. Requiem
    Korn
16. The End, So Far
    Slipknot
17. Voyeurist
    Underoath
18. Of Kingdom and Crown
    Machine Head
19. Krüller
    Author & Punisher
20. Patient Number 9
    Ozzy Osbourne
21. Remember That You Will Die
    Polyphia
22. God's Country
    Chat Pile
23. Color Decay
    The Devil Wears Prada
24. Zeit
    Rammstein
25. Mirrorcell
    Greg Puciato

The New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2022

[see also The 10 Best Books of 2023 • 100 Notable Books of 2023 • The 10 Best Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Books of 2021 • 100 Notable Books of 2021 • The 10 Best Books of 2020 • 100 Notable Books of 2020 • 100 Notable Books of 2019 • The 10 Best Books of 2019 • 10 Best Books of 2018 • 100 Notable Books of 2018 • 100 Notable Books of 2017 • 10 Best Books of 2017 • 10 Best Books of 2016 • 10 Best Books of 2015 • The 10 Best Books of 2014 • The 10 Best Books of 2013 • 100 Notable Books of 2012 • 10 Best Books of 2012 • 100 Notable Books of 2011 • Ten Best Books of 2011]

• Afterlives
  Abdulrazak Gurnah
• Also a Poet

  Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
  Ada Calhoun
• American Midnight

  The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
  Adam Hochschild
• The Arc of a Covenant

  The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
  Walter Russell Mead
• Avalon
  Nell Zink
• The Bangalore Detectives Club
  Harini Nagendra
• Best Barbarian
  Roger Reeves
• Black Folk Could Fly

  Selected Writings by Randall Kenan
  Randall Kenan
• Bliss Montage
  Ling Ma
• The Books of Jacob
  Olga Tokarczuk
• Breathless

  The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
  David Quammen
• The Candy House
  Jennifer Egan
• Case Study
  Graeme Macrae Burnet
• A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On
  Kai-Cheung Dung
• Checkout 19
  Claire-Louise Bennett
• Come Back in September

  A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan
  Darryl Pinckney
• Companion Piece
  Ali Smith
• Constructing a Nervous System

  A Memoir
  Margo Jefferson
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
  Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Dead Romantics
  Ashley Poston
• Dead-End Memories
  Banana Yoshimoto
• Democracy's Data

  The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
  Dan Bouk
• Demon Copperhead
  Barbara Kingsolver
• Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
  James Hannaham
• Dr. No
  Percival Everett
• Ducks

  Two Years in the Oil Sands
  Kate Beaton
• Easy Beauty
  Chloé Cooper Jones
• Either/Or
  Elif Batuman
• Everything I Need I Get from You

  How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It
  Kaitlyn Tiffany
• Fire Season

  Selected Essays 1984–2021
  Gary Indiana
• Flung Out of Space

  Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith
  Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer
• Four Treasures of the Sky
  Jenny Tinghui Zhang
• The Furrows
  Namwali Serpell
• G-Man

  J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
  Beverly Gage
• Getting Lost
  Annie Ernaux
• Gods of Want
  K-Ming Chang
• The Grimkes

  The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
  Kerri K. Greenidge
• Half American

  The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
  Matthew F. Delmont
• Hokuloa Road
  Elizabeth Hand
• Homesickness
  Colin Barrett
• How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
  Angie Cruz
• The Hurting Kind
  Ada Limón
• If I Survive You
  Jonathan Escoffery
• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
  Ed Yong
• The Immortal King Rao
  Vauhini Vara
• In Love

  A Memoir of Love and Loss
  Amy Bloom
• Indelible City

  Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
  Louisa Lim
• Index, A History of the

  A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
  Dennis Duncan
• Indigenous Continent

  The Epic Contest for North America
  Pekka Hämäläinen
• Joan Is Okay
  Weike Wang
• Kiki Man Ray

  Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
  Mark Braude
• Kingdom of Characters

  The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
  Jing Tsu
• The Latecomer
  Jean Hanff Korelitz
• Legacy of Violence

  A History of the British Empire
  Caroline Elkins
• Lessons in Chemistry
  Bonnie Garmus
• Liberation Day
  George Saunders
• Life Between the Tides
  Adam Nicolson
• Lucy by the Sea
  Elizabeth Strout
• Magnificent Rebels

  The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
  Andrea Wulf
• Metaphysical Animals

  How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life
  Clare Mac Cumhaill & Rachael Wiseman
• Motherthing
  Ainslie Hogarth
• Mr. B

  George Balanchine's 20th Century
  Jennifer Homans
• My Government Means to Kill Me
  Rasheed Newson
• Night of the Living Rez
  Morgan Talty
• Now Do You Know Where You Are
  Dana Levin
• The Old Woman with the Knife
  Gu Byeong-mo
• Olga Dies Dreaming
  Xóchitl González
• Our Missing Hearts
  Celeste Ng
• The Palace Papers

  Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
  Tina Brown
• The Passenger
  Cormac McCarthy
• Path Lit by Lightning

  The Life of Jim Thorpe
  David Maraniss
• Picasso's War

  How Modern Art Came to America
  Hugh Eakin
• Pure Colour
  Sheila Heti
• The Quiet Before

  On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
  Gal Beckerman
• The Rabbit Hutch
  Tess Gunty
• Red Blossom in Snow
  Jeannie Lin
• The Return of Faraz Ali
  Aamina Ahmad
• The Revolutionary

  Samuel Adams
  Stacy Schiff
• The School for Good Mothers
  Jessamine Chan
• Sea of Tranquility
  Emily St. John Mandel
• Secret City

  The Hidden History of Gay Washington
  James Kirchick
• Seek and Hide

  The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy
  Amy Gajda
• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
  Shehan Karunatilaka
• Shy

  The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
  Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green
• Solito

  A Memoir
  Javier Zamora
• Son of Elsewhere

  A Memoir in Pieces
  Elamin Abdelmahmoud
• The Song of the Cell

  An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
  Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Stay True

  A Memoir
  Hua Hsu
• Strangers to Ourselves

  Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
  Rachel Aviv
• Super-Infinite

  The Transformations of John Donne
  Katherine Rundell
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
  Gabrielle Zevin
• The Trayvon Generation
  Elizabeth Alexander
• Trust
  Hernan Diaz
• Under the Skin

  The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
  Linda Villarosa
• Walking the Bowl

  A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka
  Chris Lockhart and Daniel Mulilo Chama
• We Don't Know Ourselves

  A Personal History of Modern Ireland
  Fintan O'Toole
• The Whalebone Theatre
  Joanna Quinn
• When McKinsey Comes to Town

  The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
  Walt Bogdanich & Michael Forsythe
• Yonder
  Jabari Asim
• You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
  Akwaeke Emezi

Loudwire: 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022

[see also 2010s]

• Oh What The Future Holds
  Fit for An Autopsy
• Requiem
  Korn
• Erebos
  Venom Prison
• Earthling
  Eddie Vedder
• 4
  Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
• Rakshak
  Bloodywood
• Damnum
  Allegaeon
• The Death of Peace of Mind
  Bad Omens
• Hammer of Dawn
  HammerFall
• Rock Believer
  Scorpions
• Impera
  Ghost
• Sometimes Y
  Yelawolf and Shooter Jennings
• Dread Reaver
  Abbath
• Parrhesia
  Animals As Leaders
• Diaspora Problems
  Soul Glo
• Unlimited Love
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Fear of the Dawn
  Jack White
• Ego Trip
  Papa Roach
• Gifts from the Holy Ghost
  Dorothy
• It's Time... To Rise From the Grave
  Undeath
• Zeit
  Rammstein
• Boombox
  Fozzy
• Back from the Dead
  Halestorm
• Malicious Intent
  Malevolence
• Liminal Rite
  Kardashev
• Scoring the End of the World
  Motionless in White
• Supernova
  Nova Twins
• Error
  The Warning
• Electrified Brain
  Municipal Waste
• Planet Zero
  Shinedown
• Deceivers
  Arch Enemy
• AfterLife
  Five Finger Death Punch
• True Power
  I Prevail
• Will of the People
  Muse
• The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
  Megadeth
• Luxury Disease
  One Ok Rock
• Patient Number 9
  Ozzy Osbourne
• Tekkno
  Electric Callboy
• The Mars Volta
  The Mars Volta
• The End, So Far
  Slipknot
• A Eulogy For Those Still Here
  Counterparts
• Omens
  Lamb of God
• Pawns & Kings
  Alter Bridge
• Pain Remains
  Lorna Shore
• The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit
  Architects
• Remember That You Will Die
  Polyphia
• Lightwork
  Devin Townsend
• Divisive
  Disturbed
• Get Rollin'
  Nickelback
• The Generation Of Danger
  Tallah

Time Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2015]

1. Un Verano Sin Ti
   Bad Bunny
2. 19 Masters
   Saya Gray
3. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
4. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
   Father John Misty
5. It's Almost Dry
   Pusha T
6. Electricity
   Ibibio Sound Machine
7. Big Time
   Angel Olsen
8. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
9. You Can’t Kill Me
   070 Shake
10. Motomami
    Rosalía

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

• The Book of Goose
  Yiyun Li
• Constructing a Nervous System

  A Memoir
  Margo Jefferson
• Demon Copperhead
  Barbara Kingsolver
• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
  Ed Yong
• The Invisible Kingdom

  Reimagining Chronic Illness
  Meghan O’Rourke
• Night of the Living Rez
  Morgan Talty
• Olga Dies Dreaming
  Xóchitl González
• Solito

  A Memoir
  Javier Zamora
• Stay True

  A Memoir
  Hua Hsu
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
  Gabrielle Zevin

The Mary Sue: The Best TV Shows That Premiered in 2022

• Heartstopper
• Bad Sisters
• Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
• Severance
• Paper Girls
• Andor
• Ms. Marvel
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
• House of the Dragon
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Troy Jollimore: The 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2022, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2020]

• Names and Rivers
  Shuri Kido
• The Slain Birds
  Michael Longley
• Please make me pretty, I don't want to die
  Tawanda Mulalu
• Flight and Metamorphosis
  Nelly Sachs
• This Afterlife
  A.E. Stallings

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2022

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023 • Best Fiction of 2023 • Best Fiction of 2022 • The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 • The 18 Best Novels of 2021 • Best Fiction of 2020 • Best Nonfiction of 2020 • Best Fiction of 2019 • Best Nonfiction of 2019 • Best Fiction of 2018 • Best Nonfiction of 2018 • Best Nonfiction of 2017 • Best Fiction of 2017 • Best Fiction of 2016 • Best Nonfiction of 2016 • Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 • Best Fiction Books of 2015 • Best Fiction of 2014 • Best Nonfiction of 2014]

• Lost & Found

  A Memoir
  Kathryn Schulz
• The Method

  How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
  Isaac Butler
• The Viral Underclass

  The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
  Steven W. Thrasher
• Body Work

  The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
  Melissa Febos
• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
  Ed Yong
• Free

  A Child and a Country at the End of History
  Lea Ypi
• Strangers to Ourselves

  Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
  Rachel Aviv
• The Nineties
  Chuck Klosterman
• Dilla Time

  The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
  Dan Charnas
• Smahtguy

  The Life and Times of Barney Frank
  Eric Orner
• Also a Poet

  Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
  Ada Calhoun
• Uncommon Measure

  A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
  Natalie Hodges
• A Girlhood

  Letter to My Transgender Daughter
  Carolyn Hays
• Easy Beauty
  Chloé Cooper Jones
• Allow Me to Retort

  A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
  Elie Mystal