Top Five Books of 2022
- List of the Month
- december 2022 (see all)
- Beschrijving
- The year is coming to an end, and our December List of the Month is dedicated to LibraryThing members' Top Five Books of 2022. Please note that books don't need to have been published in 2022, just read this year. You can see the LT Staff picks on the blog: https://blog.librarything.com/2022/12/top-five-books-of-2022/, and you can join the conversation on Talk: https://www.librarything.com/topic/346468
1
door TJ Klune
6,615 leden
335 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 104.34
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:08 AM
- 28 Members
- fastred, ktoonen, erinclark, Whisper1, roses7184, DidIReallyReadThat, cmtl, ahef1963, bcrowl399, jzin, kristilabrie, Mairsiedoats, felixanta, SOlson096, BMer916, KathyPlank, Brandy1411, Tosta, AthenaR, dndlp, hughesjones, evangelinabriggs, Wynmasterfunk81, shecraig, Amy1030, dburkholder, rgiddey, Hilisoma
- Verklaringen
- ahef1963: One of the most beautifully-populated, enriching, inspiring novels I've ever read.
2
door Gabrielle Zevin
5,141 leden
216 besprekingen
4.1
Score 79.82
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 10:29 AM
- 24 Members
- timspalding, Euryale, mooingzelda, N1na, BookLizard, edparks, KatyBee, anju04, Her_Royal_Orangeness, megbmore, KathyPlank, jpahl, hughesjones, LesFleming, Vamc, evangelinabriggs, CaschuNut, shecraig, Amy1030, dburkholder, rgiddey, Willowmoss13, Hilisoma, Suem330
- Verklaringen
- CaschuNut: Love the combination of friendship, love, tech, and gaming, which I knew nothing about. The rich details about the elements of the games was fascinating!
3
door Louise Erdrich
1,995 leden
105 besprekingen
4.1
Score 77.27
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:14 AM
- 22 Members
- reader517, knerd.knitter, lmiller62, jeanned, stephenis, Leida, gypsysmom, noveltea, Haviland, jpahl, nankan, nyowh, LesFleming, ASTribe, Wynmasterfunk81, Craftybilda, shecraig, Amy1030, dburkholder, rgiddey, Willowmoss13, Hilisoma
- Verklaringen
- knerd.knitter: This story was very fascinating. It's probably the first book I've read that addresses Covid, so that made it feel very familiar. The characters seemed very real and were well developed, which is one of my favorite things in a book. Another thing I enjoyed in this book was the use of multiple meanings of language, for example the title re-appearing many times throughout the story in different contexts with different meanings.
4
3,340 leden
168 besprekingen
4
Score 76.52
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 06:46 PM
- 22 Members
- swhite58, craso, mjfisher, terran, lmiller62, Whisper1, N1na, CarltonC, anju04, banjo123, Verkruissen, jzin, timetunnel, felixanta, BMer916, KathyPlank, Wynmasterfunk81, shecraig, Amy1030, dburkholder, rgiddey, Willowmoss13
- Verklaringen
- CarltonC: Itās written in that seemingly simple, easy flowing prose, which guides you confidently through leaps in time and space, narrative jumps. Itās knowing and self referential, in a playful way, especially the section about an author on a book tour. But itās a pandemic novel, because of the awareness of self isolation with a sense of a before and after, the chance and arbitrary nature of life. A good read.
5
door Madeline Miller
13,025 leden
477 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 66.81
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:07 AM
- 19 Members
- conceptDawg, fastred, anglemark, kleo, mkmcgraw, kristilabrie, chwiggy, Skye12, KathyPlank, nyowh, dndlp, evangelinabriggs, Wynmasterfunk81, Craftybilda, shecraig, Amy1030, rgiddey, Willowmoss13, Hilisoma
6
door Barbara Kingsolver
3,629 leden
154 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 53.09
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 04:05 PM
- 15 Members
- booksinbed, njinthesun, spamblok, edparks, KatyBee, elkiedee, BLBera, anju04, Mairsiedoats, howardsandys, KelAnemone, nyowh, AthenaR, Wynmasterfunk81, Craftybilda
7
door Andy Weir
6,385 leden
347 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 46.85
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:56 AM
- 14 Members
- zenia, Storeetllr, Narilka, RBeffa, djriave, al.vick, Peace2, Mairsiedoats, TWaits, LesFleming, Vamc, Craftybilda, BeccaGr8t, Hilisoma
8
door Bonnie Garmus
5,787 leden
298 besprekingen
4.2
Score 45.14
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 03:50 PM
- 13 Members
- zhejw, alphaorder, bookcookie1920, JenMDB, Mairsiedoats, MM_Jones, baughga, KelAnemone, KathyPlank, nyowh, mikalas, edie23, Csufgirl84
9
door R. F. Kuang
5,196 leden
120 besprekingen
4
Score 33.95
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 12:31 PM
- 10 Members
- Aquila, karenb, fastred, jillmwo, KatyBee, anju04, Newton_Books, ManWithAnAgenda, dndlp, LesFleming
10
door Susanna Clarke
6,009 leden
282 besprekingen
4.2
Score 33.09
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:00 AM
- 10 Members
- Edward, fastred, craso, brendaough, jburlinson, jeanned, aethercowboy, Sarielle, Julie_in_the_Library, LesFleming
- Verklaringen
- aethercowboy: I greatly enjoyed the imaginative nature of this story, the unreliable narrator, and the gradual unfolding of the mystery behind the labyrinth. Almost as good as Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
11
door Claire Keegan
2,069 leden
136 besprekingen
4.2
Score 32.06
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 06:57 PM
- 9 Members
- zhejw, alanteder, elkiedee, BLBera, PaulCranswick, ejkinabq, elphie93, jpahl, pstgeorge2
12
door Kristin Harmel
1,783 leden
85 besprekingen
4.1
Score 28.17
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:55 AM
- 8 Members
- al.vick, bcrowl399, MM_Jones, baughga, hughesjones, PatchDog, ErinCooper, edie23
13
door Richard Osman
5,713 leden
274 besprekingen
3.9
Score 27.56
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:10 AM
- 9 Members
- reader517, cmbohn, ejkinabq, AbigailAdams26, Peace2, Jim.Shine, nyowh, hughesjones, Suem330
14
door Taylor Jenkins Reid
10,583 leden
388 besprekingen
4.2
Score 25.47
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 10:41 PM
- 8 Members
- Eat_Read_Knit, greeneyed_ives, BookLizard, DidIReallyReadThat, TWaits, Pincurlsandcoffee, edie23, MelCWel
15
door T. Kingfisher
1,800 leden
89 besprekingen
4.2
Score 25.44
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:43 AM
- 7 Members
- tardis, reconditereader, roses7184, oceancat, pussreboots, Verkruissen, Brandy1411
- Verklaringen
- oceancat: by turns dark and funny and bittersweet, this is a fairy tale retelling that still feels like a fairy tale, pulling elements from so many different stories. i want to read everything t. kingfisher has written now!
16
door Anthony Doerr
3,961 leden
169 besprekingen
4.2
Score 23.12
Toegevoegd 2022-12-17, 01:32 PM
- 7 Members
- agjuba, Storeetllr, sipthereader, almin, Trifolia, hattie_lou, CaschuNut
- Verklaringen
- CaschuNut: Possibly one of my favorites of all time. Loved the characters and the way they intertwined at the end. So amazingly creative and original.
17
- 7 Members
- streamsong, lmiller62, njinthesun, edparks, msjudy, jackplotkin, jpahl
18
door Delia Owens
14,862 leden
623 besprekingen
4.1
Score 22.91
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 03:00 PM
19
door Kelly Barnhill
1,135 leden
32 besprekingen
4
Score 21.66
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 12:28 PM
- 7 Members
- streamsong, justjukka, Her_Royal_Orangeness, megbmore, AthenaR, hughesjones, KeithChaffee
- Verklaringen
- KeithChaffee: lyrical fantasy laced with righteous anger, about what we risk when we refuse to deal with our personal and collective trauma
20
door Tamsyn Muir
1,348 leden
36 besprekingen
4.1
Score 21.02
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 12:20 PM
- 6 Members
- Aquila, bookwoman84, Sarahsponda, cmbohn, rarm, Narilka
- Verklaringen
- Aquila: A lot of series books in my top five this year, all ones where you have to read the other books first. Nona was a delight.
21
12,044 leden
783 besprekingen
4.1
Score 20.12
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 11:05 AM
- 6 Members
- greeneyed_ives, Verkruissen, acousticmoose, TWaits, shedgeco, Tosta
22
door Maggie Shipstead
1,424 leden
66 besprekingen
4
Score 19.91
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:07 AM
- 6 Members
- ablachly, agjuba, mooingzelda, sipthereader, banjo123, djl126
23
door Octavia E. Butler
8,594 leden
353 besprekingen
4.2
Score 19.36
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 02:16 PM
24
door Travis Baldree
3,536 leden
134 besprekingen
4.1
Score 18.95
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 03:22 PM
- 6 Members
- tardis, ca.bookwyrm, ktoonen, roses7184, SOlson096, Brandy1411
- Verklaringen
- tardis: This was such a comforting book, I read it twice.
25
26
- 5 Members
- booksinbed, almin, dianeham, Ann_R, dndlp
27
door Victoria Goddard
262 leden
17 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 16.23
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 05:12 PM
28
door Kate Beaton
857 leden
51 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 14.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 12:38 PM
29
door Percival Everett
791 leden
49 besprekingen
4.1
Score 14.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:57 AM
- 4 Members
- Bookmarque, zhejw, noveltea, RODNEYP
- Verklaringen
- Bookmarque: a strange novel, but one that works well to encapsulate how old wrongs can haunt people for a long time.
30
door Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,987 leden
371 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 14.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 01:33 PM
- 4 Members
- cmbohn, sturlington, justjukka, ReadHanded
31
- 4 Members
- Micheller7, terran, cmtl, AthenaR
32
door George Saunders
1,301 leden
38 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 13.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 01:33 PM
- 4 Members
- booksinbed, sturlington, MM_Jones, jahdub
33
door Trevor Noah
6,328 leden
364 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 13.23
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 08:13 AM
- 4 Members
- ReluctantTechie, Andrew-theQM, dacejav, edie23
34
door Jennifer Egan
1,293 leden
64 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 13.23
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 06:57 PM
- 4 Members
- meadcl, BLBera, Laura1124, tomboonedotcom
35
- 4 Members
- ablachly, ManWithAnAgenda, KelAnemone, hollythepenguin
36
door Jeanine Cummins
3,735 leden
186 besprekingen
4.1
Score 12.7
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 07:28 PM
37
door Matt Haig
10,979 leden
451 besprekingen
3.8
Score 12.33
Toegevoegd 2022-12-20, 12:36 PM
- 4 Members
- Storeetllr, Mairsiedoats, Haviland, Fenano
38
door Amor Towles
3,531 leden
174 besprekingen
4.1
Score 12.27
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 07:45 PM
- 4 Members
- cornerhouse, terran, dmcoco, RODNEYP
39
door John Scalzi
1,649 leden
100 besprekingen
3.9
Score 12.12
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 06:50 PM
- 4 Members
- ktoonen, Narilka, pussreboots, SOlson096
40
- 3 Members
- Sarielle, Barbsn, Patricia.Ralston
41
door Olivia Manning
678 leden
15 besprekingen
4
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 09:38 AM
- 3 Members
- abbottthomas, troutstreamman, shaunie
42
door J. R. R. Tolkien
50,906 leden
453 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 11.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-19, 01:37 PM
- 3 Members
- djlib, Patricia.Ralston, mirryi
43
door Ed Yong
1,318 leden
45 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 10.73
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 12:34 PM
44
door Arkady Martine
1,204 leden
50 besprekingen
4.2
Score 10.73
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 04:37 PM
- 3 Members
- jillmwo, revbean, bigcurlyloz
45
door Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4,989 leden
239 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 10.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-17, 02:22 AM
- 3 Members
- ejkinabq, DoomLuz, Pincurlsandcoffee
46
door Kate Quinn
1,227 leden
64 besprekingen
4.1
Score 10.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 12:46 PM
- 3 Members
- Herenya, perennialreader, Ann_R
47
door Guy Gavriel Kay
333 leden
15 besprekingen
4
Score 10.4
Toegevoegd 2023-01-11, 12:47 AM
- 3 Members
- jsburbidge, merrystar, msjudy
48
door T. H. White
15,505 leden
207 besprekingen
4.1
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:37 AM
- 3 Members
- amanda4242, SOlson096, Patricia.Ralston
49
door Charlie Mackesy
3,458 leden
129 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:14 AM
50
- 3 Members
- yarmando, mjfisher, BookLizard
51
door Elif Shafak
1,155 leden
53 besprekingen
4
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 04:51 AM
- 3 Members
- mdexter, Trifolia, atipsygiraffe
52
door Jess Walter
762 leden
43 besprekingen
4.1
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 06:39 PM
53
door Haruki Murakami
1,910 leden
56 besprekingen
3.8
Score 10.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:15 AM
- 3 Members
- conceptDawg, knerd.knitter, kleo
- Verklaringen
- knerd.knitter: I saved this book as my last Murakami to read because I love his longer books. This one did not disappoint! It had all the elements I expect from a Murakami book and felt familiar almost from the start. I love reading a long book that is written well and enjoyable. You begin to really feel that you know the characters and the settings. This book made me feel that I wanted it to go on forever.
54
door Douglas Stuart
2,557 leden
129 besprekingen
4.2
Score 9.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-20, 06:34 PM
- 3 Members
- paroof, booksinbed, DefinitelyUnlikely
55
door Javier Zamora
586 leden
21 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 9.71
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 07:22 PM
56
door Jonathan Franzen
1,403 leden
62 besprekingen
3.9
Score 9.08
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 08:31 AM
57
- 3 Members
- booksinbed, BLBera, dianeham
58
59
door Katherine Addison
377 leden
18 besprekingen
4.2
Score 8.18
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 03:23 PM
60
door Siddhartha Mukherjee
805 leden
22 besprekingen
4
Score 8
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 09:40 PM
61
- 2 Members
- anyother, lizzy50usa
62
door Octavia E. Butler
3,669 leden
96 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 02:13 PM
63
door Sarah Polley
209 leden
7 besprekingen
4.2
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 07:39 PM
- 2 Members
- LDVoorberg, JenMDB
- Verklaringen
- LDVoorberg: Amazing essays of her trauma and survival, in a way that is so truly humble. I talked about this book all year.
64
door Billy Porter
162 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 09:35 PM
- 2 Members
- nancyewhite, dianeham
65
door Richard Russo
8,833 leden
184 besprekingen
3.9
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 01:33 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, Trifolia
66
door Diane Setterfield
2,557 leden
163 besprekingen
4
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:44 PM
67
- 2 Members
- blackhornet, Trifolia
68
door Sarah Addison Allen
1,078 leden
37 besprekingen
4
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 06:47 PM
69
door Kim Stanley Robinson
8,408 leden
181 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2022-12-21, 07:41 PM
- 2 Members
- RODNEYP, tomboonedotcom
70
door Ryka Aoki
1,251 leden
67 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 01:17 PM
- 2 Members
- ktoonen, Stevil2001
71
72
door Roy Jacobsen
533 leden
25 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2022-12-17, 01:31 PM
73
door Katherine Addison
3,010 leden
195 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.73
Toegevoegd 2022-12-26, 08:05 PM
- 2 Members
- Storeetllr, Laura.a
- Verklaringen
- Storeetllr: As someone else said, nothing much happens, yet this coming-of-age-in-a-crucible story is compelling. I love how it handles otherness and the growth of the characters.Laura.a: I read this book three times in 2022. That was some delicious pudding.
74
door Hallie Rubenhold
1,600 leden
66 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.73
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 01:45 PM
75
- 2 Members
- N1na, CarltonC
- Verklaringen
- CarltonC: Storytelling. Jump straight in, the variation is familiar, anonymous officialdom and borders, wordplay and playfulness, changing time frames, accidentals and historical tales. That was life. Everything suspect. Nothing uncorrupt. Fun and engaging, as ever.
76
door Kurt Vonnegut
44,587 leden
710 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-28, 04:27 PM
77
door David Grann
6,492 leden
317 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 11:20 AM
- 2 Members
- mattries37315, RODNEYP
78
door Celeste Ng
1,725 leden
84 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:28 AM
79
door Roman Mars
900 leden
20 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:09 AM
- 2 Members
- conceptDawg, Ciruelo
80
door George Saunders
546 leden
24 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 03:03 PM
- 2 Members
- Capybara_99, KatyBee
- Verklaringen
- Capybara_99: If I counted re-reads my No. 1 would be Middlemarch. But George Saunders always lives up to the high bar he has set for his stories.
81
- 2 Members
- Bookmarque, sturlington
- Verklaringen
- Bookmarque: not quite as perfectly executed as Needless Street, but creepy, unsettling, intricate and odd horror tale. But in a good way.
82
83
door Martha Wells
5,762 leden
352 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 01:45 PM
84
door Julia Armfield
929 leden
47 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 04:51 AM
- 2 Members
- alanteder, atipsygiraffe
85
door Eiko Kadono
685 leden
19 besprekingen
4
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 02:51 PM
- 2 Members
- amanda4242, justjukka
86
door Cixin Liu
203 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 09:44 PM
87
door J. R. R. Tolkien
35,508 leden
277 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-19, 01:33 PM
- 2 Members
- Patricia.Ralston, mirryi
88
door N. K. Jemisin
3,866 leden
167 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 02:13 PM
- 2 Members
- markon, Her_Royal_Orangeness
89
door J. L. Carr
2,362 leden
119 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-20, 11:49 AM
- 2 Members
- Minthe, VW_Williams
90
door David Graeber
2,227 leden
44 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 03:50 PM
- 2 Members
- zhejw, timetunnel
91
92
- 2 Members
- PaulCranswick, Rusty37
93
door Terry Pratchett
35,265 leden
795 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.08
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:15 AM
94
door Kate Quinn
2,081 leden
104 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.08
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:57 AM
- 2 Members
- al.vick, Andrew-theQM
95
door Maya Angelou
14,992 leden
222 besprekingen
4
Score 6.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 12:19 PM
- 2 Members
- rarm, Patricia.Ralston
96
door Dave Grohl
1,284 leden
46 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 06:39 PM
- 2 Members
- mahsdad, Boand
- Verklaringen
- Boand: A book I thought might just be interesting enough to read, turned out to be a really engrossing biography full of ambition, loss and love. The dedication, hard slog, and gruelling journey of Dave Grohl is everywhere laced with respect and devotion for those around him.
97
98
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,560 leden
476 besprekingen
4.2
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 03:58 PM
99
door Guy Gavriel Kay
3,213 leden
102 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 11:20 AM
- 2 Members
- swhite58, mattries37315
100
door Becky Chambers
2,410 leden
133 besprekingen
4.2
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 04:38 PM