These Are the Best Books of 2022, According to BuzzFeed

For book lovers, a new year means a whole new set of reading goals and TBR lists. Might I suggest a recent release to get you started? In that case, perusing 2022 best book of the year lists is a great way to find your next read.

So far, Apartment Therapy has covered 2022 best book lists from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, The New York Times, Goodreads, and even former President Barack Obama. 

As the year rolls to a close, bookworms have gotten one more source of reading inspiration courtesy of Buzzfeed, which assembled nine staff writers and contributors to compile their 25 favorite books of 2022. From memoirs to fantasy novels, here are their picks:

• “Babel” by R.F. Kuang
• “Siren Queen” by Nghi Vo
• “When Women Were Dragons” by Kelly Barnhill

• “The Hacienda” by Isabel Cañas
• “Lavender House” by Lev A.C. Rosen

• “All This Could Be Different” by Sarah Thankam Mathews
• “The Book of Goose” by Yiyun Li
• “The Boy With a Bird in His Chest” by Emme Lund
• “If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English” by Noor Naga
• “If I Survive You: Stories” by Jonathan Escoffery
• “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin

• “A Heart That Works” by Rob Delaney
• “Constructing a Nervous System” by Margo Jefferson
• “Crying in the Bathroom” by Erika L. Sánchez
• “Easy Beauty” by Chloé Cooper Jones
• “High-Risk Homosexual” by Edgar Gomez

• “A Novel Obsession” by Caitlin Barasch
• “The Violin Conspiracy” by Brendan Slocumb

• “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands” by Kate Beaton
• “Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor” by Kim Kelly
• “Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim” by D.T. Max

• “Mistakes Were Made” by Meryl Wilsner
• “Yinka, Where Is Your Husband?” by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
• “You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty” by Akwaeke Emezi

You can read more about Buzzfeed’s favorite books of 2022 here.