Booklist Best Books of 2022

Here is a list of the Booklist's editors' best books of the year 2022. How many of these have you read?

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Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent (Dipo Faloyin)

Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent (Dipo Faloyin)

2

African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals (David Hackett Fischer)

African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals (David Hackett Fischer)

3

After the Lights Go Out (John Vercher)

After the Lights Go Out (John Vercher)

4

Agatha May and the Angler Fish (Nora Morrison)

Agatha May and the Angler Fish (Nora Morrison)

5

Agent Josephine (Damien Lewis)

Agent Josephine (Damien Lewis)

6

All Down Darkness Wide (Seán Hewitt)

All Down Darkness Wide (Seán Hewitt)

7

All Four Quarters of the Moon (Shirley Marr)

All Four Quarters of the Moon (Shirley Marr)

8

All My Rage (Sabaa Tahir)

All My Rage (Sabaa Tahir)

9

Alone Out Here (Riley Redgate)

Alone Out Here (Riley Redgate)

10

And They Lived... (Steven Salvatore)

And They Lived... (Steven Salvatore)

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Antes Que Isla Es Volcán (Raquel Salas Rivera)

Antes Que Isla Es Volcán (Raquel Salas Rivera)

12

Anywhere You Run (Wanda M. Morris)

Anywhere You Run (Wanda M. Morris)

13

Atoms and Ashes : A Global History of Nuclear Disasters (Serhii Plokhy)

Atoms and Ashes : A Global History of Nuclear Disasters (Serhii Plokhy)

14

Babel (R. F. Kuang)

Babel (R. F. Kuang)

15

A Bear Far From Home (Susan Fletcher)

A Bear Far From Home (Susan Fletcher)

16

Berry Song (Michaela Goade)

Berry Song (Michaela Goade)

17

Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Change the World (Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph)

Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Change the World (Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph)

18

Big Girl (Mecca Jamilah Sullivan)

Big Girl (Mecca Jamilah Sullivan)

19

Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui (Alison Goldberg)

Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui (Alison Goldberg)

20

Butterfly Child (Marc Majewski)

Butterfly Child (Marc Majewski)

21

By Her Own Design (Piper Huguley)

By Her Own Design (Piper Huguley)

22

Constructing a Nervous System (Margo Jefferson)

Constructing a Nervous System (Margo Jefferson)

23

Count Your Lucky Stars (Alexandria Bellefleur)

Count Your Lucky Stars (Alexandria Bellefleur)

24

Crying in the Bathroom (Erika L. Sánchez)

Crying in the Bathroom (Erika L. Sánchez)

25

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)

26

Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)

Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)

27

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky (Jihyun Kim)

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky (Jihyun Kim)

28

Diamond Park (Phillippe Diederich)

Diamond Park (Phillippe Diederich)

29

Diary of a Misfit (Casey Parks)

Diary of a Misfit (Casey Parks)

30

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

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

31

Different Kinds of Fruit (Kyle Lukoff)

Different Kinds of Fruit (Kyle Lukoff)

32

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Kate Beaton)

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Kate Beaton)

33

Easy Beauty (Chloe Cooper Jones)

Easy Beauty (Chloe Cooper Jones)

34

Ellen Outside the Lines (A.J. Sass)

Ellen Outside the Lines (A.J. Sass)

35

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing (Deb Caletti)

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing (Deb Caletti)

36

Equal Partners (Kate Magino)

Equal Partners (Kate Magino)

37

Farmhouse (Sophie Blackall)

Farmhouse (Sophie Blackall)

38

Fine: A Comic About Gender (Rhea Ewing)

Fine: A Comic About Gender (Rhea Ewing)

39

Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem (Sojourner Kincaid Rolle)

Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem (Sojourner Kincaid Rolle)

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Freedom: The Story of the Black Panther Party (Jetta Grace Martin)

Freedom: The Story of the Black Panther Party (Jetta Grace Martin)

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