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Kirkus Best Books of 2022: Fiction and Nonfiction

Here is a list of Kirkus Review's best fiction and nonfiction books of 2022. How many have you read?
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2 A.M. in Little America (Ken Kalfus)
2 A.M. in Little America
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Ken Kalfus
The 6:20 Man (David Baldacci)
The 6:20 Man
2
David Baldacci
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (Max Hastings)
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
3
Max Hastings
Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Afterlives
4
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich (Harald Jahner)
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich
5
Harald Jahner
All Down Darkness Wide (Seán Hewitt)
All Down Darkness Wide
6
Seán Hewitt
All This Could Be Different (Sarah Thankam Mathews)
All This Could Be Different
7
Sarah Thankam Mathews
Allow Me to Retort (Elie Mystal)
Allow Me to Retort
8
Elie Mystal
Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me (Ada Calhoun)
Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
9
Ada Calhoun
America, Goddam (Treva B. Lindsey)
America, Goddam
10
Treva B. Lindsey
American Midnight (Adam Hochschild)
American Midnight
11
Adam Hochschild
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Ed Yong)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
12
Ed Yong
An Olive Grove in Ends (Moses McKenzie)
An Olive Grove in Ends
13
Moses McKenzie
And There Was Light (Jon Meacham)
And There Was Light
14
Jon Meacham
The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories (Jess Walter)
The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories
15
Jess Walter
The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People (Walter Russell Mead)
The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
16
Walter Russell Mead
The Art of Prophecy (Wesley Chu)
The Art of Prophecy
17
Wesley Chu
Asian American Histories of the United States (Catherine Ceniza Choy)
Asian American Histories of the United States
18
Catherine Ceniza Choy
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth (Madeline Ostrander)
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth
19
Madeline Ostrander
Aurelia, Aurelia (Kathryn Davis)
Aurelia, Aurelia
20
Kathryn Davis
Babel (R.F. Kuang)
Babel
21
R.F. Kuang
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands (Kelly Lytle Hernández)
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
22
Kelly Lytle Hernández
The Berlin Exchange (Joseph Kanon)
The Berlin Exchange
23
Joseph Kanon
A Billion Years (Mike Rinder)
A Billion Years
24
Mike Rinder
Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, From Cave Art to Conservation (Tim Birkhead)
Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, From Cave Art to Conservation
25
Tim Birkhead
Black Boy Smile (D.Watkins)
Black Boy Smile
26
D.Watkins
Black Joy (Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts)
Black Joy
27
Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin (Hafsah Augustus Geter)
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
28
Hafsah Augustus Geter
Black Skinhead (Brandi Collins-Dexter)
Black Skinhead
29
Brandi Collins-Dexter
Bliss Montage: Stories (Ling Ma)
Bliss Montage: Stories
30
Ling Ma
Book Lovers (Emily Henry)
Book Lovers
31
Emily Henry
The Book of Goose (Yiyun Li)
The Book of Goose
32
Yiyun Li
The Books of Jacob (Olga Tokarczuk)
The Books of Jacob
33
Olga Tokarczuk
Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath (Ben Kesling)
Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath
34
Ben Kesling
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus (David Quammen)
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
35
David Quammen
The Bride Goes Rogue (Joanna Shupe)
The Bride Goes Rogue
36
Joanna Shupe
Brown Girls (Daphne Palasi Andreades)
Brown Girls
37
Daphne Palasi Andreades
The Bullet That Missed (Richard Osman)
The Bullet That Missed
38
Richard Osman
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners (Margaret A. Burnham)
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners
39
Margaret A. Burnham
Calling for a Blanket Dance (Oscar Hokeah)
Calling for a Blanket Dance
40
Oscar Hokeah
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