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Vox’s 16 best books of 2022
From kid art criminals to feminist histories, these are our favorite books from the past year.
List created by Constance Grady.
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
ByKate Beaton
2022 • 247 Readers • 430 pages • 4.5
Hotbed
ByJoanna Scutts
2022 • 8 Readers • 416 pages
If I Survive You
ByJonathan Escoffery
2022 • 98 Readers • 194 pages • 3.8
Joan Is Okay
ByWeike Wang
2022 • 95 Readers • 224 pages • 3.9
Lessons
ByIan McEwan
2022 • 85 Readers • 496 pages • 4.4
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
ByKevin Wilson
2022 • 191 Readers • 256 pages • 3.8
O Caledonia
ByElspeth Barker,Beatrice Masini(translator)
1991 • 52 Readers • 217 pages • 4
Portable Magic
ByEmma Smith
2022 • 4 Readers • 247 pages
Shy
ByJesse Green,Mary Rodgers
2022 • 5 Readers • 480 pages • 3.5
The Furrows
ByNamwali Serpell
2022 • 48 Readers • 304 pages • 3.7
The Immortal King Rao: A Novel
ByVauhini Vara
74 Readers • 3.8
The Method
ByIsaac Butler
2022 • 15 Readers • 4
The Whalebone Theatre
ByJoanna Quinn
2022 • 101 Readers • 3.9
Vladimir
ByJulia May Jonas
2022 • 174 Readers • 226 pages • 3.4
When We Were Sisters
ByFatimah Asghar
50 Readers • 3.3