The 100 Best Books of 2022 According to the New York Times

With the end of the year almost upon us, we are seeing many institutions release their best books of 2022 lists. Now, the New York Times has gotten in on the fun and has released their top 100 picks for the best books of 2022!

Many people know the New York Times for being the most trustworthy news service but they cover a variety is topics. One of them happens to be books. The New York Times best-selling list is one of the most respected lists out there. While there have been more and more lists, people will always hold the New York Times one in high regard.

They review books on a consistent basis and keep track of most of the new books that are released. That gives them some expertise but the readers will ultimately decide if their list is good. Without further ado, you can see the full list below.

New York Times 100 Best Books of 2022

1. Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
2. Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun
3. American Midnight by Adam Hochschild
4. The Arc of a Covenant by Walter Russell Mead
5. Avalon by Nell Zink
6. The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
7. Best Barbarian by Roger Reeves
8. Black Folk Could Fly by Randall Kenan
9. Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
10. The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
11. Breathless by David Quammen
12. The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
13. Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
14. A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On by Dung Kai-cheung
15. Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett
16. Come Back in September by Darryl Pinckney
17. Companion Piece by Ali Smith
18. Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson
19. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
20. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
21. Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto
22. Democracy’s Data by Dan Bouk
23. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
24. Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham
25. Dr. No by Percival Everett
26. Ducks by Kate Beaton
27. Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones
28. Either/Or by Elif Batuman
29. Everything I Need I Get From You by Kaitlyn Tiffany
30. Fire Season by Gary Indiana
31. Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer
32. Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
33. The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
34. G-Man by Beverly Gage
35. Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux
36. Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang
37. The Grimkes by Kerri K. Greenidge
38. Half American by Matthew F. Delmont
39. Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand
40. Homesickness by Colin Barrett
41. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
42. The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón
43. If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
44. An Immense World by Ed Yong
45. The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
46. In Love by Amy Bloom
47. Indelible City by Louisa Lim
48. Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
49. Indigenous Continent by Pekka Hämäläinen
50. Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
51. Kiki Man Ray by Mark Braude
52. Kingdom of Characters by Jing Tsu
53. The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
54. Legacy of Violence by Caroline Elkins
55. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
56. Liberation Day by George Saunders
57. Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson
58. Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
59. Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wulf
60. Metaphysical Animals by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman
61. Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
62. Mr. B by Jennifer Homans
63. My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
64. Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
65. Now Do You Know Where You Are by Dana Levin
66. The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo
67. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
68. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
69. The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
70. The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
71. Path Lit by Lightning by David Maraniss
72. Picasso’s War by Hugh Eakin
73. Pure Colour by Sheila Heti
74. The Quiet Before by Gal Beckerman
75. The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
76. Red Blossom in Snow by Jeannie Lin
77. The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad
78. The Revolutionary by Stacy Schiff
79. The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
80. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
81. Secret City by James Kirchick
82. Seek and Hide byAmy Gajda
83. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
84. Shy by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green
85. Solito by Javier Zamora
86. Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
87. The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
88. Stay True by Hua Hsu
89. Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv
90. Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell
91. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
92. The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander
93. Trust by Hernan Diaz
94. Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa
95. Walking the Bowl by Chris Lockhart and Daniel Mulilo Chama
96. We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole
97. The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
98. When McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe
99. Yonder by Jabari Asim
100. You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

What do you make of the New York Times best books of 2022? There are a lot of books from all over the world. New authors and old both made it to the list. It will take a couple of years to know which books were hidden gems on the list while other books made a splash when they were released.

Conclusion

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