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1. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe 50 best books of the year 2022 - BBC

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   From anti-romcoms and horror to razor-sharp essays and state-of-the-nation novels, it's been a brilliant year for books. Here are BBC Culture's top picks.

2. lithub.com › the-best-reviewed-fiction-of-2022The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2022 - Literary Hub

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   • Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. (Knopf) 28 Rave • 9 Positive • 3 Mixed • 1 Pan. Read an interview with Emily St. John Mandel here. “In Sea of Tranquility, Mandel offers one of her finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet, but it is her ability to convincingly inhabit the ordinary, and her ability to project a sustaining acknowledgment of beauty, that sets the novel apart.
   • The Candy House by Jennifer Egan. (Scribner) 27 Rave • 13 Positive • 11 Mixed • 4 Pan. “… a dizzying and dazzling work that should end up on many Best of the Year lists … The Candy House requires exquisite attentiveness and extensive effort from its readers.
   • Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett. (Riverhead) 26 Rave • 10 Positive • 1 Mixed. “Pond is so unusual, and so unsettlingly pleasurable, that I thought it would be greedy to hope Bennett’s new novel, Checkout 19, would be better.
   • The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. by Jennifer Croft. (Riverhead) 26 Rave • 9 Positive • 4 Mixed • 1 Pan. “The Books of Jacob is finally available here in a wondrous English translation by Jennifer Croft, and it’s just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed when they praised Tokarczuk for showing ‘the supreme capacity of the novel to represent a case almost beyond human understanding.’

3. theweek.com › books › 957401Book reviews: 47 of the best novels of 2022 - The Week

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   • The Singularities by John Banville. As the author of three trilogies, John Banville is “no stranger to using recurring characters”, said Ian Critchley in Literary Review.
   • Saha by Cho Nam-Joo (trans. Jamie Chang) The South Korean writer Cho Nam-Joo is best known for her 2016 novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, said Ellen Peirson-Hagger in The i Paper.
   • Bournville by Jonathan Coe. “Few contemporary writers can make a success of the state-of-the-nation novel,” said Rachel Cunliffe in The New Statesman.
   • Molly & the Captain by Anthony Quinn. Anthony Quinn is a “fine prose stylist, able to evoke the past with vivid immediacy”, said Alex Preston in The Observer.

4. www.newyorker.com › best-books-2022The Best Books of 2022 - The New Yorker

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   Each week, our editors and critics recommend the most captivating, notable, brilliant, thought-provoking, and talked-about books. Find our essential reads of 2022 below, or check out our latest...

5. bookmarks.reviews › the-best-reviewed-books-ofThe Best Reviewed Books of 2022: - Book Marks

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   • Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. (Knopf) 28 Rave • 9 Positive • 3 Mixed • 1 Pan. Read an interview with Emily St. John Mandel here. “In Sea of Tranquility, Mandel offers one of her finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet, but it is her ability to convincingly inhabit the ordinary, and her ability to project a sustaining acknowledgment of beauty, that sets the novel apart.
   • The Candy House by Jennifer Egan. (Scribner) 27 Rave • 13 Positive • 11 Mixed • 4 Pan. Read an interview with Jennifer Egan here. “… a dizzying and dazzling work that should end up on many Best of the Year lists … The Candy House requires exquisite attentiveness and extensive effort from its readers.
   • Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett. (Riverhead) 26 Rave • 10 Positive • 1 Mixed. “Pond is so unusual, and so unsettlingly pleasurable, that I thought it would be greedy to hope Bennett’s new novel, Checkout 19, would be better.
   • The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. by Jennifer Croft. (Riverhead) 26 Rave • 9 Positive • 4 Mixed • 1 Pan. “The Books of Jacob is finally available here in a wondrous English translation by Jennifer Croft, and it’s just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed when they praised Tokarczuk for showing ‘the supreme capacity of the novel to represent a case almost beyond human understanding.’

6. www.npr.org › 2022/12/05 › 1138680443Notable books from 2022 according to NPR staff and critics : NPR

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   Dec 5, 2022 · NPR has launched its complete Books We Love list for 2022, our quirky collection of staff and contributors' favorite books of the year. Here are eight of our most recommended picks.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2022/12/02 › booksThe 10 Best Books of 2022 - The New York Times

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   Dec 2, 2022 · The 10 Best Books of 2022. On a special new episode of the podcast, taped live, editors and critics from the Books desk discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction. Dec. 2, 2022 ...