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Best books of 2022

56 highest-rated books first published in 2022.

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Why The Butcher's Masquerade is #1

The Butcher's Masquerade (Matt Dinniman) scores 9.0/10 from 1.7K ratings — 0.1 points ahead of I'm Glad My Mom Died in second place.

The score is a weighted average across 3 independent rating sources. A title with few ratings is pulled toward the category average, so a handful of enthusiastic reviews cannot outrank a book that thousands of readers have judged. Method →

  1. The Butcher's Masquerade
    The Butcher's MasqueradeMatt Dinniman · 2022 Fantasy1.7K ratings
    9.09.0 / 10
  2. I'm Glad My Mom Died
    I'm Glad My Mom DiedJennette McCurdy · 2022NYT bestseller Biography & memoir2.1K ratings
    8.98.9 / 10
  3. Demon Copperhead
    Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver · 2022NYT bestseller Literary fiction875 ratings
    8.88.8 / 10
  4. Dreadgod
    DreadgodWill Wight · 2022 Fantasy355 ratings1
    8.78.7 / 10
  5. The Long Game
    The Long GameRachel Reid · 2022NYT bestseller Romance330 ratings
    8.58.5 / 10
  6. Young Mungo
    Young MungoDouglas Stuart · 2022 Literary fiction203 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  7. Nona the Ninth
    Nona the NinthTamsyn Muir · 2022NYT bestseller Fantasy566 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  8. Chip War
    Chip WarChris Miller · 2022 Business186 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  9. House of Sky and Breath
    House of Sky and BreathSarah J. Maas · 2022NYT bestseller Fantasy856 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  10. How to Be Perfect
    How to Be PerfectMichael Schur · 2022NYT bestseller Philosophy178 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  11. The Spear Cuts Through Water
    The Spear Cuts Through WaterSimon Jimenez · 2022 Fantasy244 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  12. One Dark Window
    One Dark WindowRachel Gillig · 2022NYT bestseller Fantasy803 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  13. Legends & Lattes
    Legends & LattesTravis Baldree · 2022 Fantasy2K ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  14. Bloodmarked
    BloodmarkedTracy Deonn · 2022 Fantasy215 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  15. Lessons in Chemistry
    Lessons in ChemistryBonnie Garmus · 2022NYT bestseller Historical fiction1.3K ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  16. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin · 2022NYT bestseller Literary fiction2.6K ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  17. Babel
    BabelR.F. Kuang · 2022NYT bestseller Fantasy1.9K ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  18. Where the Drowned Girls Go
    Where the Drowned Girls GoSeanan McGuire · 2022 Fantasy145 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  19. The Golden Enclaves
    The Golden EnclavesNaomi Novik · 2022NYT bestseller Fantasy574 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  20. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
    The Very Secret Society of Irregular WitchesSangu Mandanna · 2022 Fantasy817 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  21. Book Lovers
    Book LoversEmily Henry · 2022NYT bestseller Romance1.3K ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  22. Carrie Soto Is Back
    Carrie Soto Is BackTaylor Jenkins Reid · 2022NYT bestseller Romance542 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  23. Stolen Focus
    Stolen FocusJohann Hari · 2022NYT bestseller Psychology330 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  24. Soul Taken
    Soul TakenPatricia Briggs · 2022NYT bestseller Fantasy91 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  25. The World We Make
    The World We MakeN. K. Jemisin · 2022 Fantasy149 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  26. Sea of Tranquility
    Sea of TranquilityEmily St. John Mandel · 2022NYT bestseller Science fiction1.2K ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  27. Into the Riverlands
    Into the RiverlandsNghi Vo · 2022 Fantasy131 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  28. Trust
    TrustHernán Díaz · 2022NYT bestseller Historical fiction337 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  29. Locklands
    LocklandsRobert Jackson Bennett · 2022 Fantasy180 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  30. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
    The Girl Who Fell Beneath the SeaAxie Oh · 2022 Fantasy245 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  31. Happy-Go-Lucky
    Happy-Go-LuckyDavid Sedaris · 2022NYT bestseller Humour113 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  32. Fairy Tale
    Fairy TaleStephen King · 2022NYT bestseller Fantasy922 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  33. Cinema Speculation
    Cinema SpeculationQuentin Tarantino · 2022NYT bestseller65 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  34. The Kaiju Preservation Society
    The Kaiju Preservation SocietyJohn Scalzi · 2022NYT bestseller Science fiction952 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  35. Desert Star
    Desert StarMichael Connelly · 2022NYT bestseller Crime & mystery98 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  36. To Paradise
    To ParadiseHanya Yanagihara · 2022NYT bestseller Historical fiction90 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  37. When Women Were Dragons
    When Women Were DragonsKelly Barnhill · 2022 Fantasy153 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  38. Siren Queen
    Siren QueenNghi Vo · 2022 Fantasy81 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  39. Hell Followed with Us
    Hell Followed with UsAndrew Joseph White · 2022 Horror163 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  40. The Ink Black Heart
    The Ink Black HeartRobert Galbraith · 2022NYT bestseller Crime & mystery190 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  41. The Candy House
    The Candy HouseJennifer Egan · 2022NYT bestseller Science fiction164 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  42. The Housemaid
    The HousemaidFreida McFadden · 2022NYT bestseller Thriller1.8K ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  43. Hidden Pictures
    Hidden PicturesJason Rekulak · 2022 Horror668 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  44. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible ThingMatthew Perry · 2022NYT bestseller Biography & memoir328 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  45. Long Shadows
    Long ShadowsDavid Baldacci · 2022NYT bestseller Crime & mystery52 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  46. Strange Pictures
    Strange PicturesUketsu · 2022 Crime & mystery387 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  47. What Moves the Dead
    What Moves the DeadT. Kingfisher · 2022 Horror704 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  48. Flawless
    FlawlessElsie Silver · 2022 Romance341 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  49. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
    Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?Julie Smith · 2022 Self-help132 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  50. Our Wives Under the Sea
    Our Wives Under the SeaJulia Armfield · 2022 Horror539 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  51. Mickey7
    Mickey7Edward Ashton · 2022 Science fiction545 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  52. How High We Go in the Dark
    How High We Go in the DarkSequoia Nagamatsu · 2022 Science fiction416 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  53. The Inmate
    The InmateFreida McFadden · 2022NYT bestseller Crime & mystery392 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  54. It Starts with Us
    It Starts with UsColleen Hoover · 2022NYT bestseller Romance1K ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  55. The Maid
    The MaidNita Prose · 2022NYT bestseller Crime & mystery718 ratings
    7.27.2 / 10
  56. The Paris Apartment
    The Paris ApartmentLucy Foley · 2022NYT bestseller Crime & mystery548 ratings
    7.07.0 / 10

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