Kirkus Best of 2022

Feast your eyes on Kirkus‘ Best Books of 2022!

Best Fiction

THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR by Nina de Gramont
IF I SURVIVE YOU by Jonathan Escoffery
OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl Gonzalez
THE KINGDOM OF SAND by Andrew Holleran
THE BOOK OF GOOSE by Yiyun Li
DEVIL HOUSE by John Darnielle
IF AN EGYPTIAN CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH by Noor Naga
DR. NO by Percival Everett
A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON by Alexandra Rowland
BLISS MONTAGE: Stories by Ling Ma
NONA THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir
TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON by Chris Pavone
SECRET IDENTITY by Alex Segura
MECCA by Susan Straight

Best Nonfiction

THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS: The Human Toll When Inequity and Disease Collide by Steven W. Thrasher
PUTIN by Philip Short
SUPER-INFINITE: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell
SHY: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green
SHIRLEY HAZZARD: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas
TELL ME EVERYTHING: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse
AT HOME ON AN UNRULY PLANET: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth by Madeline Ostrander
WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN: A History of the Democratic Party by Michael Kazin
MY SEVEN BLACK FATHERS: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole by Will Jawando
SHELTER: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore by Lawrence Jackson
THE THIRD PERSON by Emma Grove
THE FACEMAKER: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris
THE STORY OF RUSSIA by Orlando Figes
AURELIA, AURÉLIA: A Memoir by Kathryn Davis
BLACK SKINHEAD: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future by Brandi Collins-Dexter
DILLA TIME: The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas
STRANGERS TO OURSELVES: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us by Rachel Aviv