LibGuides: Best Books of 2022: Best Book Lists

New York Times 10 Best

Fiction

The Candy House. Jennifer Egan

Checkout 19. Claire-Louise Bennett

Demon Copperhead. Barbara Kingsolver

The Furrows. Namwali Serpell

Trust. Hernan Diaz

Nonfiction

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms around Us. Ed Yong

Stay True. Hua Hsu

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us. Rachel Aviv

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation. Linda Villarosa

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland. Fintan O'Toole

Source: nyt.com

Booker Prize
The leading literary award in the English-speaking world, which has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. Awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
National Book Awards
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best literature in Amercan, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in American culture.
National Book Critics Circle Award
To be announced in January! Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism.
Nobel Prize in Literature
awarded to Annie Ernaux "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory"
Pulitzer Prizes

Book Riot
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The Guardian
For a Canadian perspective. Guardian critics pick the year’s best fiction, politics, science, children’s books and more.
Goodreads Choice Awards The only major book awards decided by readers.
Library Journal
147 titles across 15 categories offer reads of solace and community, insight and joy.
NPR
Use NPR's Book Concierge to mix and match filters and years to explore 2500 recommendations from NPR staff and trusted critics.
Shelf Awareness
Shelf Awareness for Readers helps readers discover the 25 best books of the week, as chosen by booksellers, librarians and other industry experts, plus has news about books and authors, author interviews, and more.
Smithsonian Scholars
Every year, Smithsonian magazine invites dozens of Smithsonian Institution professionals to share what they found most enticing of the year’s best books.