Year-End Lists

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2022
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The Candy House - Jennifer Egan

The Best Books of 2022 Entertainment Weekly

The Candy House - Jennifer Egan

Best Literary Fiction of 2022 Library Journal

Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

Books of 2022 The Skinny

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

Best Books of 2022 USA Today

The Swimmers - Julie Otsuka

Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022 Lit Hub

Manhunt - Gretchen Felker-Martin

The Best Books of 2022 Vulture

In Love - Amy Bloom

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Glory - NoViolet Bulawayo

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

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

Trust - Hernan Diaz

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

Ducks - Kate Beaton

2022 Best Books of the Year Shelf Awareness

The English Understand Wool - Helen DeWitt

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Slate: Dan Kois

An Immense World - Ed Yong

The 10 Best Books of 2022 Slate: Laura Miller

Constructing a Nervous System - Margo Jefferson

Favorite Books of 2022 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Our Favorite Books of 2022 Oprah Daily

The High Desert - James Spooner

Best Books of 2022 New York Public Library

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

Best Fiction of 2022 Financial Times: Laura Battle

100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Top 10 Books of 2022 Chicago Public Library

Body Work - Melissa Febos

Best Nonfiction of 2022 Powell's Books

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