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Properties of Thirst - Marianne Wiggins

USA Today Best Books of 2022

Either/Or - Elif Batuman

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

Love Me Tender - Constance Debré

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

The Bald Eagle - Jack E. Davis

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

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

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

Ducks - Kate Beaton

Shelf Awareness 2022 Best Books of the Year

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

Slate: Dan Kois The 10 Best Books of 2022

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

Slate: Laura Miller The 10 Best Books of 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan Favorite Books of 2022

Checkout 19 - Claire-Louise Bennett

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2022

The Candy House - Jennifer Egan

Oprah Daily Our Favorite Books of 2022

The High Desert - James Spooner

New York Public Library Best Books of 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

Financial Times: Laura Battle Best Fiction of 2022

The Hurting Kind - Ada Limón

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2022

The Method - Isaac Butler

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2022

Liberation Day - George Saunders

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2022

Eliot After "The Waste Land" - Robert Crawford

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022

Afterlives - Abdulrazak Gurnah

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2022

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