Gathering great reads: 147 titles across 15 categories to share with readers now and for years to come
December 13, 2022 Best Books of 2022
By LJ Reviews Gathering great reads. What makes a book “best”? That question holds within it multiple considerations. At LJ, we consider best books on many fronts, but mostly we are searching for titles that stop us in our tracks for more reasons than we could possibly articulate. Because that is what great reads do. They overwhelm any criteria we can list and reduce us to “Yes, that, and that too, and even more.” We hope you find treasures among these 147 titles, sorted into 15 lists, and that they make you, and the readers you help, stop and say, “Yes, that.” |
Best Crime Fiction of 2022 By Liz French & Lesa Holstine
Sisters on the run from racists, senior assassins dodging bullets, and a photographer plagued by ghosts feature in the best crime fiction of 2022. |
Best Horror of 2022 By Melissa DeWild & Becky Spratford
Full of frights both real and supernatural, the best horror novels of 2022 are a terrifying joy to read. |
Best Literary Fiction of 2022 By Barbara Hoffert
The best literary fiction of 2022 embraces a Wall Street tycoon, an Appalachian upbringing, and the women surrounding a jazz musician. |
Best Pop Fiction of 2022 By Liz French
The best pop fiction titles of 2022 enable readers to travel to an isolated mountain village where women disappear, to Hollywood during its Golden Age, and to revolutionary-era Saint-Domingue and France. |
Best Romance of 2022 By Melissa DeWild & Neal Wyatt
The best romance books of 2022 feature pitch-perfect dialogue and swoony scenes with well-executed tropes that make for engrossing and deeply satisfying reading. |
Best SF/Fantasy of 2022 By Kristi Chadwick, Melissa DeWild, Marlene Harris & Neal Wyatt
Witches, spaceships, and dragons appear in the most spellbinding and thrilling science fiction and fantasy books of 2022. |
Best Short Stories of 2022 By Barbara Hoffert & Lisa Peet
With authors ranging from Jonathan Escoffery to Maggie Shipstead, the best short story collections of 2022 loom large. |
Best World Literature of 2022 By Barbara Hoffert
The best world literature of 2022 travels from a plague during the Ottoman Empire to Russia and Ukraine today. |
Best Graphic Novels of 2022 By Tom Batten, Melissa DeWild & Neal Wyatt
Masterful visual storytelling and atmospheric illustrations accompany memoirs and inventive tales in the best graphic novels of 2022. |
Best Poetry of 2022 By Barbara Hoffert
The best poetry of 2022 captures the moment—and “the ragged white moth of history.” |
Best Arts & Humanities of 2022 By Jill Cox-Cordova & Kevin Howell
Contemporary activism, moments and words of joy, and a memorable debut. The best arts and humanities titles of 2022. |
Best Cookbooks of 2022 By Sarah Tansley & Neal Wyatt
From bagels to liángbàn dòufu and from hand pies to moghrabiyeh, the best cookbooks of 2022 offer delicious food alongside stories, history, and cultural journeys. |
Best Memoirs of 2022 By Jill Cox-Cordova
A landmark biography about George Floyd, an unprecedented work from Alice Walker, and a first for a Missouri political figure are highlights of the best memoirs of 2022. |
Best Science & Technology of 2022 By Jill Cox-Cordova
Wasps, bees, and the Milky Way are personified and celebrated in the best science and technology titles of 2022. |
Best Social Science of 2022 By Jill Cox-Cordova
In-depth explorations of racism, divorce, and money. The best social sciences titles of 2022. |
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