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 • 195 Readers • 430 pages • 4.5
Either/Or
ByElif Batuman
2022 • 143 Readers • 369 pages • 4.3
Hotbed
ByJoanna Scutts
2022 • 7 Readers • 416 pages
If I Survive You
ByJonathan Escoffery
2022 • 82 Readers • 194 pages • 3.9
Joan Is Okay
ByWeike Wang
2022 • 60 Readers • 224 pages • 3.9
Lessons
ByIan McEwan
2022 • 62 Readers • 496 pages • 4.2
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
ByKevin Wilson
2022 • 138 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7
O Caledonia
ByElspeth Barker,Beatrice Masini(translator)
1991 • 37 Readers • 217 pages • 3.9
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 • 31 Readers • 304 pages • 3.9
The Immortal King Rao: A Novel
ByVauhini Vara
2022 • 58 Readers • 384 pages • 3.9
The Method
ByIsaac Butler
2022 • 12 Readers • 4
The Whalebone Theatre
ByJoanna Quinn
2022 • 72 Readers • 4.1
Vladimir
ByJulia May Jonas
2022 • 149 Readers • 256 pages • 3.4
When We Were Sisters
ByFatimah Asghar
2022 • 22 Readers • 353 pages • 3.3