NYT 100 Notable Books of 2022 for works of Librarians

1.
Trust
Trust 3.81 avg rating — 154,267 ratings
2.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4.13 avg rating — 1,251,920 ratings
3.
My Government Means to Kill Me
My Government Means to Kill Me 4.23 avg rating — 6,254 ratings
4.
Olga Dies Dreaming
Olga Dies Dreaming 3.97 avg rating — 73,415 ratings
5.
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water 3.88 avg rating — 30,150 ratings
6.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating — 705,138 ratings
7.
Yonder
Yonder 4.19 avg rating — 2,240 ratings
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Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation 4.45 avg rating — 3,159 ratings
9.
Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers 4.24 avg rating — 2,087 ratings
10.
Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility 4.06 avg rating — 282,210 ratings
11.
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,656 ratings
12.
Our Missing Hearts
Our Missing Hearts 3.79 avg rating — 204,204 ratings
13.
The Old Woman with the Knife
The Old Woman with the Knife 3.50 avg rating — 8,085 ratings
14.
Lucy by the Sea (Amgash, #4)
Lucy by the Sea (Amgash, #4) 3.91 avg rating — 78,688 ratings
15.
Night of the Living Rez
Night of the Living Rez 3.89 avg rating — 12,357 ratings
16.
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
by: Amy Bloom
4.26 avg rating — 24,067 ratings
17.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating — 1,676,362 ratings
18.
Either/Or
Either/Or 3.98 avg rating — 28,588 ratings
19.
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century 4.36 avg rating — 4,500 ratings
20.
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta 3.94 avg rating — 3,103 ratings
21.
Four Treasures of the Sky
Four Treasures of the Sky 4.08 avg rating — 19,147 ratings
22.
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands 4.40 avg rating — 34,130 ratings
23.
Dr. No
Dr. No 3.70 avg rating — 7,077 ratings
24.
The Candy House
The Candy House 3.64 avg rating — 65,937 ratings
25.
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis 4.20 avg rating — 4,758 ratings
26.
Getting Lost
Getting Lost 3.43 avg rating — 6,580 ratings
27.
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington 4.16 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
28.
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty 3.53 avg rating — 55,352 ratings
29.
When McKinsey Comes to Town
When McKinsey Comes to Town 3.80 avg rating — 10,393 ratings
30.
The Whalebone Theatre
The Whalebone Theatre 4.04 avg rating — 36,013 ratings
31.
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland 4.33 avg rating — 7,482 ratings
32.
Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka
Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka 4.40 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
33.
The Trayvon Generation
The Trayvon Generation 4.37 avg rating — 2,078 ratings
34.
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne 4.16 avg rating — 3,077 ratings
35.
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us 4.10 avg rating — 13,877 ratings
36.
Stay True
Stay True
by: Hua Hsu
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,574 ratings
37.
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human 4.29 avg rating — 14,166 ratings
38.
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces 4.19 avg rating — 2,919 ratings
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Solito
Solito 4.48 avg rating — 65,964 ratings
40.
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida 3.91 avg rating — 55,523 ratings
41.
Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy
Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy
by: Amy Gajda
3.67 avg rating — 222 ratings
42.
The School for Good Mothers
The School for Good Mothers 3.53 avg rating — 121,338 ratings
43.
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams 3.74 avg rating — 7,274 ratings
44.
The Return of Faraz Ali
The Return of Faraz Ali 3.91 avg rating — 3,591 ratings
45.
Red Blossom in Snow (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #4)
Red Blossom in Snow (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #4) 3.87 avg rating — 358 ratings
46.
The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch 3.51 avg rating — 36,288 ratings
47.
The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas 3.80 avg rating — 450 ratings
48.
Pure Colour
Pure Colour 3.43 avg rating — 20,068 ratings
49.
Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America
Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America 4.37 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
50.
The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
The Passenger (The Passenger #1) 3.58 avg rating — 35,783 ratings
51.
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil 4.03 avg rating — 19,651 ratings
52.
Now Do You Know Where You Are
Now Do You Know Where You Are 3.84 avg rating — 174 ratings
53.
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century 4.34 avg rating — 457 ratings
54.
Motherthing
Motherthing 3.62 avg rating — 31,493 ratings
55.
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life 3.96 avg rating — 674 ratings
56.
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self 4.19 avg rating — 2,163 ratings
57.
The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides
The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides 3.53 avg rating — 1,237 ratings
58.
Liberation Day
Liberation Day 3.99 avg rating — 15,087 ratings
59.
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire 4.26 avg rating — 1,101 ratings
60.
The Latecomer
The Latecomer 4.01 avg rating — 36,299 ratings
61.
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
by: Jing Tsu
3.86 avg rating — 1,738 ratings
62.
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris 3.87 avg rating — 542 ratings
63.
Joan Is Okay
Joan Is Okay 3.66 avg rating — 17,921 ratings
64.
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America 4.05 avg rating — 2,480 ratings
65.
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age 3.67 avg rating — 2,305 ratings
66.
Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong 4.09 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
67.
The Immortal King Rao
The Immortal King Rao 3.66 avg rating — 4,092 ratings
68.
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by: Ed Yong
4.47 avg rating — 32,516 ratings
69.
If I Survive You
If I Survive You 3.68 avg rating — 12,952 ratings
70.
The Hurting Kind: Poems
The Hurting Kind: Poems
by: Ada Limon
4.32 avg rating — 7,459 ratings
71.
Homesickness: Stories
Homesickness: Stories 3.85 avg rating — 1,353 ratings
72.
Hokuloa Road
Hokuloa Road 3.31 avg rating — 3,260 ratings
73.
Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad 4.51 avg rating — 1,338 ratings
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The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family 3.78 avg rating — 649 ratings
75.
Gods of Want: Stories
Gods of Want: Stories 3.68 avg rating — 1,867 ratings
76.
The Furrows
The Furrows 3.21 avg rating — 5,319 ratings
77.
Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith
Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith 4.10 avg rating — 2,472 ratings
78.
Fire Season: Selected Essays 1984–2021
Fire Season: Selected Essays 1984–2021 4.02 avg rating — 109 ratings
79.
Everything I Need I Get from You
Everything I Need I Get from You 3.53 avg rating — 3,504 ratings
80.
Easy Beauty
Easy Beauty 4.06 avg rating — 5,925 ratings
81.
Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
by: Dan Bouk
3.55 avg rating — 355 ratings
82.
Dead-End Memories: Stories
Dead-End Memories: Stories 3.90 avg rating — 8,429 ratings
83.
The Dead Romantics
The Dead Romantics 3.91 avg rating — 234,479 ratings
84.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 3.57 avg rating — 37,722 ratings
85.
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir 3.76 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
86.
Companion Piece
Companion Piece
by: Ali Smith
3.80 avg rating — 7,231 ratings
87.
Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-seventh Street, Manhattan
Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-seventh Street, Manhattan 3.88 avg rating — 138 ratings
88.
Checkout 19
Checkout 19 3.16 avg rating — 8,965 ratings
89.
A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On (Weatherhead Books on Asia) 2.84 avg rating — 61 ratings
90.
Case Study
Case Study 3.58 avg rating — 11,047 ratings
91.
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus 4.20 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
92.
The Books of Jacob
The Books of Jacob 4.02 avg rating — 9,808 ratings
93.
Bliss Montage
Bliss Montage
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 24,245 ratings
94.
Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan
Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan 4.19 avg rating — 173 ratings
95.
Best Barbarian: Poems
Best Barbarian: Poems 4.09 avg rating — 406 ratings
96.
The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)
The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 9,575 ratings
97.
Avalon
Avalon
by: Nell Zink
3.18 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
98.
The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People 4.20 avg rating — 475 ratings
99.
Afterlives
Afterlives 3.77 avg rating — 13,280 ratings
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Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me 4.01 avg rating — 2,024 ratings