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The Ultimate Best Books of 2022 List

Another year of books comes to a close, and with it, the obligatory frantic listmaking—which at its best may inspire reminiscing, reconsidering, and excellent gift-purchasing, but at its worst may inspire hurt feelings, overwhelm, and doom-scrolling. But I'm not here to judge, or to save us. I'm just here to count.
So here at the end, as is annual Literary Hub tradition, you will find the big list of lists—aka the biggest popularity contest in books (probably). This year, I worked through 35 lists from 29 publications (yes, there are even more lists out there, but we're all going to die some day), tallying a total of 887 books. 84 books were highlighted on 4 or more lists, and I have collated those for you here, in descending order of frequency. Read, enjoy, and try not to feel bad:
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Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
1
Herman Diaz
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
2
Gabrielle Zevin
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Ed Yong)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
3
Ed Yong
The Candy House (Jennifer Egan)
The Candy House
4
Jennifer Egan
If I Survive You (Jonathan Escoffery)
If I Survive You
5
Jonathan Escoffery
The Furrows (Namwali Serpell)
The Furrows
6
Namwali Serpell
Constructing a Nervous System (Margo Jefferson)
Constructing a Nervous System
7
Margo Jefferson
The Rabbit Hutch (Tess Gunty)
The Rabbit Hutch
8
Tess Gunty
Stay True (Hua Hsu)
Stay True
9
Hua Hsu
Our Missing Hearts (Celeste Ng)
Our Missing Hearts
10
Celeste Ng
Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious (Timothy Wilson)
Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
11
Timothy Wilson
Ducks (Kate Beaton)
Ducks
12
Kate Beaton
Vladimir (Julia May Jonas)
Vladimir
13
Julia May Jonas
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
14
Emily St.John Mandel
Lost & Found (Kathryn Schulz)
Lost & Found
15
Kathryn Schulz
Either/Or (Elif Batuman)
Either/Or
16
Elif Batuman
Easy Beauty (Chloe Cooper Jones)
Easy Beauty
17
Chloe Cooper Jones
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
18
Barbara Kingsolver
The Book of Goose (Yiyun Li)
The Book of Goose
19
Yiyun Li
All This Could Be Different (Sarah Thankam Mathews)
All This Could Be Different
20
Sarah Thankam Mathews
In Love (Amy Bloom)
In Love
21
Amy Bloom
The School for Good Mothers (Jessamine Chan)
The School for Good Mothers
22
Jessamine Chan
Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Afterlives
23
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Babel (R. F. Kuang)
Babel
24
R. F. Kuang
The Hero of This Book (Elizabeth McCracken)
The Hero of This Book
25
Elizabeth McCracken
The Song of the Cell (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Song of the Cell
26
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Liberation Day (George Saunders)
Liberation Day
27
George Saunders
The Revolutionary Samuel Adams (Stacy Schiff)
The Revolutionary Samuel Adams
28
Stacy Schiff
Glory (Noviolet Bulawayo)
Glory
29
Noviolet Bulawayo
Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me (Ada Calhoun)
Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
30
Ada Calhoun
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry
31
Bonnie Garmus
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Jennette McCurdy)
I'm Glad My Mom Died
32
Jennette McCurdy
Nightcrawling (Leila Mottley)
Nightcrawling
33
Leila Mottley
The Invisible Kingdom (Meghan O'Rourke)
The Invisible Kingdom
34
Meghan O'Rourke
Lucy by the Sea (Elizabeth Strout)
Lucy by the Sea
35
Elizabeth Strout
Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
Young Mungo
36
Douglas Stuart
The Books of Jacob (Olga Tokarczuk)
The Books of Jacob
37
Olga Tokarczuk
Siren Queen (Nghi Vo)
Siren Queen
38
Nghi Vo
Sandy Hook (Elizabeth Williamson)
Sandy Hook
39
Elizabeth Williamson
Checkout 19 (Claire-Louise Bennett)
Checkout 19
40
Claire-Louise Bennett
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