Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

The Lit Hub Staff Picks the Best Books of the Year

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2022

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2022

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2022

The Best Writing at the Site, According to Us

By Literary Hub | December 8, 2022

The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2022

The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2022

Featuring Bob Dylan, Elena Ferrante, Kate Beaton, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kate Beaton, and More

By Book Marks | December 8, 2022

#ReadingAfrica: Five Writers and Publishers Discuss the Continent’s Boundless Literary Landscape

#ReadingAfrica: Five Writers and Publishers Discuss the Continent’s Boundless Literary Landscape

Ed Nawotka Talks to Sulaiman Adebowale, Colleen Higgs, Jessica Powers, Sandra Tamele, and Rachel Zadok

By Literary Hub | December 8, 2022

Erika T. Wurth on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Intergenerational Trauma, and Heavy Metal

Erika T. Wurth on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Intergenerational Trauma, and Heavy Metal

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 8, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My Best Friend Has Terrible Taste in Men.”

Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My Best Friend Has Terrible Taste in Men.”

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | December 8, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Why (Most) Critics Hated The Waste Land When It Was Published

By Jed Rasula | December 8, 2022

Edgy, Unapologetic, and Transgressive: 8 Books That Seek to Unsettle the Reader

By Kevin Lambert | December 8, 2022

Talking to Deepti Gupta About the 2022 Best Young Adult Audiobooks

By Behind the Mic | December 8, 2022

This previously unpublished CD Wright poem is filled with beauty and sadness.

This previously unpublished CD Wright poem is filled with beauty and sadness.

By Jonny Diamond | December 7, 2022

How to Survive in Broken Worlds: Jesmyn Ward on Octavia Butler’s Empathy and Optimism

How to Survive in Broken Worlds: Jesmyn Ward on Octavia Butler’s Empathy and Optimism

“When I discovered Butler’s work, I discovered myself.”

By Jesmyn Ward | December 7, 2022

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Sara B. Franklin on the Reading That Mattered Most to Her Family

By Sara B. Franklin | December 7, 2022

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2022

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2022

Featuring Jennifer Egan, Emily St. John Mandel, Ian McEwan, Celeste Ng, Olga Tokarczuk, and More

By Book Marks | December 7, 2022

Bombay and the Beats: Bridging Two Cities Through Their Poets

Bombay and the Beats: Bridging Two Cities Through Their Poets

Saranya Subramanian on the Links Between Two Movements

By Saranya Subramanian | December 7, 2022

Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

The Celebrated Author and Activist Revisits Her Own Memoir

By Cherrie Moraga | December 7, 2022

The Darkness Within: 8 Novels About the Devil

The Darkness Within: 8 Novels About the Devil

Luke Dumas Recommends Victor LaValle, Muriel Spark, and James Hogg

By Luke Dumas | December 7, 2022

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