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
6,197 leden
323 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
4,606 leden
202 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
1,881 leden
98 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
3,164 leden
161 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
12,314 leden
480 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
3,276 leden
142 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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
5,961 leden
339 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
5,243 leden
285 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
4,587 leden
106 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
5,724 leden
280 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
1,903 leden
131 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 T. Kingfisher
1,658 leden
85 besprekingen
4.2
Score 29.44
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:43 AM
- 8 Members
- tardis, Herenya, 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!
13
door Kristin Harmel
1,651 leden
83 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
14
door Richard Osman
5,320 leden
264 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
15
door Taylor Jenkins Reid
9,837 leden
378 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
16
door Anthony Doerr
3,738 leden
171 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
14,216 leden
616 besprekingen
4.1
Score 22.91
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 03:00 PM
19
door Kelly Barnhill
1,023 leden
30 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
1,260 leden
35 besprekingen
4.2
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
11,709 leden
779 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
1,354 leden
65 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
8,405 leden
353 besprekingen
4.2
Score 19.36
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 02:16 PM
24
door Travis Baldree
3,128 leden
120 besprekingen
4.2
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
251 leden
15 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 16.23
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 05:12 PM
28
door Kate Beaton
805 leden
50 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 14.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 12:38 PM
29
door Percival Everett
708 leden
46 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
7,749 leden
368 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
1,236 leden
37 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
6,132 leden
361 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
1,244 leden
66 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
3,603 leden
181 besprekingen
4.1
Score 12.7
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 07:28 PM
37
door Matt Haig
10,388 leden
452 besprekingen
3.8
Score 12.33
Toegevoegd 2022-12-20, 12:36 PM
- 4 Members
- Storeetllr, Mairsiedoats, Haviland, Fenano
38
door Amor Towles
3,357 leden
170 besprekingen
4.1
Score 12.27
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 07:45 PM
- 4 Members
- cornerhouse, terran, dmcoco, RODNEYP
39
door John Scalzi
1,556 leden
99 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
671 leden
15 besprekingen
4
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 09:38 AM
- 3 Members
- abbottthomas, troutstreamman, shaunie
42
door J. R. R. Tolkien
50,406 leden
450 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 11.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-19, 01:37 PM
- 3 Members
- djlib, Patricia.Ralston, mirryi
43
door Ed Yong
1,216 leden
43 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 10.73
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 12:34 PM
44
door Arkady Martine
1,157 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
4,742 leden
233 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 10.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-17, 02:22 AM
- 3 Members
- ejkinabq, DoomLuz, Pincurlsandcoffee
46
door Guy Gavriel Kay
305 leden
15 besprekingen
4
Score 10.4
Toegevoegd 2023-01-11, 12:47 AM
- 3 Members
- jsburbidge, merrystar, msjudy
47
door T. H. White
15,319 leden
205 besprekingen
4.1
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:37 AM
- 3 Members
- amanda4242, SOlson096, Patricia.Ralston
48
door Charlie Mackesy
3,242 leden
128 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:14 AM
49
- 3 Members
- yarmando, mjfisher, BookLizard
50
door Elif Shafak
1,092 leden
51 besprekingen
4
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 04:51 AM
- 3 Members
- mdexter, Trifolia, atipsygiraffe
51
door Jess Walter
749 leden
43 besprekingen
4.1
Score 10.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 06:39 PM
52
door Haruki Murakami
1,857 leden
54 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.
53
door Douglas Stuart
2,478 leden
126 besprekingen
4.2
Score 9.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-20, 06:34 PM
- 3 Members
- paroof, booksinbed, DefinitelyUnlikely
54
door Kate Quinn
1,134 leden
58 besprekingen
4.1
Score 9.77
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 12:46 PM
- 3 Members
- Herenya, perennialreader, Ann_R
55
door Javier Zamora
530 leden
18 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 9.71
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 07:22 PM
56
door Jonathan Franzen
1,342 leden
60 besprekingen
3.9
Score 9.08
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 08:31 AM
57
- 3 Members
- booksinbed, BLBera, dianeham
58
59
door Katherine Addison
358 leden
18 besprekingen
4.2
Score 8.18
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 03:23 PM
60
door Siddhartha Mukherjee
730 leden
22 besprekingen
4
Score 8
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 09:40 PM
61
- 2 Members
- anyother, lizzy50usa
62
door Octavia E. Butler
3,558 leden
96 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 02:13 PM
63
door Sarah Polley
194 leden
7 besprekingen
4.1
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
153 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 09:35 PM
- 2 Members
- nancyewhite, dianeham
65
door Richard Russo
8,780 leden
182 besprekingen
3.9
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 01:33 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, Trifolia
66
door Diane Setterfield
2,483 leden
164 besprekingen
4
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:44 PM
67
door Sarah Addison Allen
992 leden
37 besprekingen
4
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 06:47 PM
68
door Kim Stanley Robinson
8,315 leden
183 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2022-12-21, 07:41 PM
- 2 Members
- RODNEYP, tomboonedotcom
69
door Ryka Aoki
1,172 leden
65 besprekingen
4
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 01:17 PM
- 2 Members
- ktoonen, Stevil2001
70
71
door Roy Jacobsen
524 leden
25 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2022-12-17, 01:31 PM
72
door Katherine Addison
2,933 leden
197 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.
73
door Hallie Rubenhold
1,542 leden
67 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.73
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 01:45 PM
74
- 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.
75
door Kurt Vonnegut
44,018 leden
705 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-28, 04:27 PM
76
door David Grann
6,104 leden
310 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 11:20 AM
- 2 Members
- mattries37315, RODNEYP
77
door Celeste Ng
1,587 leden
81 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:28 AM
78
door Roman Mars
863 leden
19 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.68
Toegevoegd 2022-12-09, 11:09 AM
- 2 Members
- conceptDawg, Ciruelo
79
door George Saunders
523 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.
80
- 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.
81
82
door Martha Wells
5,502 leden
344 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-14, 01:45 PM
83
door Julia Armfield
842 leden
46 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 04:51 AM
- 2 Members
- alanteder, atipsygiraffe
84
door Eiko Kadono
647 leden
20 besprekingen
4
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 02:51 PM
- 2 Members
- amanda4242, justjukka
85
door Cixin Liu
184 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 09:44 PM
86
door J. R. R. Tolkien
34,956 leden
272 besprekingen
3.9
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-19, 01:33 PM
- 2 Members
- Patricia.Ralston, mirryi
87
door N. K. Jemisin
3,733 leden
169 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 02:13 PM
- 2 Members
- markon, Her_Royal_Orangeness
88
door J. L. Carr
2,308 leden
118 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-20, 11:49 AM
- 2 Members
- Minthe, VW_Williams
89
door David Graeber
2,103 leden
43 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.19
Toegevoegd 2022-12-16, 03:50 PM
- 2 Members
- zhejw, timetunnel
90
91
- 2 Members
- PaulCranswick, Rusty37
92
door Neil Gaiman
34,720 leden
788 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.08
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 08:15 AM
93
door Kate Quinn
1,989 leden
97 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.08
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 11:57 AM
- 2 Members
- al.vick, Andrew-theQM
94
door Maya Angelou
14,816 leden
224 besprekingen
4
Score 6.04
Toegevoegd 2022-12-12, 12:19 PM
- 2 Members
- rarm, Patricia.Ralston
95
door Dave Grohl
1,187 leden
45 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.
96
97
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,375 leden
476 besprekingen
4.2
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-15, 03:58 PM
98
door Guy Gavriel Kay
3,192 leden
103 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 11:20 AM
- 2 Members
- swhite58, mattries37315
99
door Becky Chambers
2,226 leden
129 besprekingen
4.2
Score 5.87
Toegevoegd 2022-12-13, 04:38 PM
100