Globe & Mail - The Globe 100 - Best Books of 2022

1.
Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility 4.06 avg rating — 282,242 ratings
2.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating — 705,414 ratings
3.
Black Dove
Black Dove 3.38 avg rating — 260 ratings
4.
Fayne
Fayne 4.25 avg rating — 5,301 ratings
5.
We Spread
We Spread
by: Iain Reid
3.76 avg rating — 22,172 ratings
6.
Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism
Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism 3.77 avg rating — 193 ratings
7.
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory 4.30 avg rating — 13,911 ratings
8.
Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry
Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry 4.24 avg rating — 186 ratings
9.
A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)
A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) 4.19 avg rating — 13,405 ratings
10.
Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale 4.09 avg rating — 320,153 ratings
11.
When We Lost Our Heads
When We Lost Our Heads 3.95 avg rating — 15,091 ratings
12.
This Time, That Place: Selected Stories
This Time, That Place: Selected Stories 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings
13.
Francie's Got a Gun
Francie's Got a Gun 3.45 avg rating — 182 ratings
14.
After Realism: 24 Stories for the 21st Century
After Realism: 24 Stories for the 21st Century 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
15.
A Minor Chorus
A Minor Chorus 4.04 avg rating — 3,469 ratings
16.
The Broken Places
The Broken Places 4.12 avg rating — 267 ratings
17.
Good Girl
Good Girl 3.22 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
18.
Utopia
Utopia 3.29 avg rating — 445 ratings
19.
All the Seas of the World
All the Seas of the World 4.17 avg rating — 4,543 ratings
20.
The Music Game
The Music Game 4.02 avg rating — 1,265 ratings
21.
Mansions of the Moon
Mansions of the Moon 3.87 avg rating — 375 ratings
22.
Pure Colour
Pure Colour 3.43 avg rating — 20,070 ratings
23.
My Face in the Light
My Face in the Light 3.47 avg rating — 177 ratings
24.
The Island of Forgetting
The Island of Forgetting 4.04 avg rating — 1,147 ratings
25.
Querelle of Roberval
Querelle of Roberval 3.49 avg rating — 1,602 ratings
26.
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
by: Noor Naga
3.93 avg rating — 11,499 ratings
27.
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
by: Kim Fu
3.85 avg rating — 8,334 ratings
28.
The Last Chairlift
The Last Chairlift 3.43 avg rating — 9,885 ratings
29.
The Sleeping Car Porter
The Sleeping Car Porter 3.44 avg rating — 8,572 ratings
30.
Finding Edward
Finding Edward 3.99 avg rating — 488 ratings
31.
At Last Count
At Last Count 4.32 avg rating — 234 ratings
32.
Animal Person
Animal Person 4.08 avg rating — 509 ratings
33.
Ordinary Wonder Tales: Essays
Ordinary Wonder Tales: Essays 3.98 avg rating — 305 ratings
34.
Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed
Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed 4.13 avg rating — 332 ratings
35.
Rooms: Women, Writing, Woolf
Rooms: Women, Writing, Woolf 4.03 avg rating — 69 ratings
36.
Making Love with the Land: Essays
Making Love with the Land: Essays 4.07 avg rating — 1,481 ratings
37.
Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir
Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 791 ratings
38.
The Castleton Massacre: Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide
The Castleton Massacre: Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide 3.89 avg rating — 279 ratings
39.
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces 4.19 avg rating — 2,919 ratings
40.
Best Young Woman Job Book: A Memoir
Best Young Woman Job Book: A Memoir 4.02 avg rating — 514 ratings
41.
The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure
The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure
by: Dan Werb
4.27 avg rating — 124 ratings
42.
Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy
Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy 3.92 avg rating — 440 ratings
43.
Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery
Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery 4.34 avg rating — 777 ratings
44.
Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service
Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service 3.86 avg rating — 533 ratings
45.
Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement 4.47 avg rating — 483 ratings
46.
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers 3.81 avg rating — 182 ratings
47.
The Girl in the Middle: Growing Up Between Black and White, Rich and Poor
The Girl in the Middle: Growing Up Between Black and White, Rich and Poor 3.92 avg rating — 427 ratings
48.
The School for Good Mothers
The School for Good Mothers 3.53 avg rating — 121,350 ratings
49.
Young Mungo
Young Mungo 4.38 avg rating — 80,497 ratings
50.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4.13 avg rating — 1,252,212 ratings
51.
Very Cold People
Very Cold People 3.38 avg rating — 6,735 ratings
52.
The Return of Faraz Ali
The Return of Faraz Ali 3.91 avg rating — 3,591 ratings
53.
The Colony
The Colony 4.11 avg rating — 11,906 ratings
54.
Grey Bees
Grey Bees 4.06 avg rating — 7,837 ratings
55.
Pure Life: A Novel
Pure Life: A Novel 3.68 avg rating — 143 ratings
56.
The Book of Goose
The Book of Goose
by: Yiyun Li
3.69 avg rating — 19,279 ratings
57.
The Books of Jacob
The Books of Jacob 4.02 avg rating — 9,809 ratings
58.
Our Missing Hearts
Our Missing Hearts 3.79 avg rating — 204,226 ratings
59.
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 — 32,526 ratings
60.
Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More
Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More 3.86 avg rating — 2,533 ratings
61.
The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible
The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible 4.27 avg rating — 677 ratings
62.
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth 4.24 avg rating — 1,718 ratings
63.
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World 3.93 avg rating — 581 ratings
64.
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World 4.37 avg rating — 23,259 ratings
65.
Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession
Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession 3.92 avg rating — 209 ratings
66.
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle 3.63 avg rating — 1,333 ratings
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Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past 4.01 avg rating — 384 ratings
68.
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 — 19,654 ratings
69.
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks 4.29 avg rating — 4,461 ratings
70.
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm 4.55 avg rating — 4,359 ratings
71.
The Red Palace
The Red Palace
by: June Hur
4.13 avg rating — 15,559 ratings
72.
The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad
The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad 3.43 avg rating — 116 ratings
73.
Ghostlight
Ghostlight 3.88 avg rating — 890 ratings
74.
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis (Orca Issues, 6)
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis (Orca Issues, 6) 4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Clover: A Picture Book
Clover: A Picture Book 3.91 avg rating — 158 ratings
76.
Acting Class
Acting Class 4.18 avg rating — 2,558 ratings
77.
Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works 1981-2016: Complete Works 1981-2016
Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works 1981-2016: Complete Works 1981-2016 4.66 avg rating — 47 ratings
78.
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands 4.40 avg rating — 34,133 ratings
79.
Quiet Night Think: Poems & Essays
Quiet Night Think: Poems & Essays 4.11 avg rating — 73 ratings
80.
The Big Melt
The Big Melt 4.57 avg rating — 122 ratings
81.
The Affirmations
The Affirmations 3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings
82.
Exculpatory Lilies: Poems
Exculpatory Lilies: Poems 4.43 avg rating — 89 ratings
83.
Parasitic Oscillations: Poems
Parasitic Oscillations: Poems 4.04 avg rating — 45 ratings
84.
Blood Atonement
Blood Atonement 4.21 avg rating — 141 ratings
85.
The Winter Guest
The Winter Guest
by: W.C. Ryan
3.77 avg rating — 2,266 ratings
86.
The It Girl
The It Girl
by: Ruth Ware
3.85 avg rating — 284,363 ratings
87.
Never Coming Home
Never Coming Home 3.62 avg rating — 6,178 ratings
88.
Five Moves of Doom
Five Moves of Doom 4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings
89.
Watch Out for Her
Watch Out for Her 3.58 avg rating — 8,875 ratings
90.
Helpmeet
Helpmeet 3.34 avg rating — 8,946 ratings
91.
Tear
Tear 3.84 avg rating — 376 ratings
92.
Every Summer After
Every Summer After 4.19 avg rating — 744,572 ratings
93.
Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)
Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6) 4.28 avg rating — 29,159 ratings
94.
Carrie Soto Is Back
Carrie Soto Is Back 4.20 avg rating — 665,801 ratings
95.
Daughters of the Deer
Daughters of the Deer 4.38 avg rating — 5,913 ratings
96.
The Vanished Days (Slains, #3)
The Vanished Days (Slains, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 6,890 ratings
97.
Looking for Jane
Looking for Jane 4.36 avg rating — 65,045 ratings
98.
The Circus Train
The Circus Train 4.02 avg rating — 23,592 ratings
99.
The Diamond Eye
The Diamond Eye 4.29 avg rating — 184,846 ratings
100.
By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret 4.29 avg rating — 7,870 ratings