Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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2022
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Little Rabbit - Alyssa Songsiridej

San Francisco Chronicle Favorite Books of 2022

South to America - Imani Perry

The Stacks Podcast: Traci Thomas Best Books of 2022

Elite Capture - Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

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

The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2022

An Immense World - Ed Yong

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2022

Afterlives - Abdulrazak Gurnah

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

All This Could Be Different - Sarah Thankam Mathews

BuzzFeed The Best Books of 2022

Either/Or - Elif Batuman

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa The Best Books of 2022

After Sappho - Selby Wynn Schwartz

BBC Culture The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022

Dear Damage - Ashley Marie Farmer

Salon Favorite Books of 2022

Everything I Need I Get from You - Kaitlyn Tiffany

Vanity Fair 39 Best Books of 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Passerby Best Books of 2022

Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel

Paste The Best Novels of 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

California Review of Books Ten Best Books 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

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