Everyone loves a top ten list, especially if it includes a great summer reading list. The Amazon Books editors Lindsay Powers and her colleagues have compiled the Best Books of the Year So Far in 2022.
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RANK |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUB |
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1 |
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Remarkably Bright Creatures |
Van Pelt, Shelby |
Ecco |
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2 |
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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma |
Foo, Stephanie |
Ballantine Books |
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3 |
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All My Rage |
Tahir, Sabaa |
Razorbill |
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4 |
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The Maid |
Prose, Nita |
Ballantine Books |
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5 |
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile |
Millard, Candice |
Doubleday |
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6 |
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Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel |
Bonnie Garmus |
Doubleday |
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7 |
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Memphis |
Stringfellow, Tara M. |
Dial |
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8 |
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Sea of Tranquility |
Emily St. John Mandel |
Knopf |
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9 |
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Half-Blown Rose |
Leesa Cross-Smith |
Hachette |
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10 |
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Hello, Molly!: A Memoir |
Shannon, Molly |
Ecco |
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11 |
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The Kaiju Preservation Society |
Scalzi, John |
Tor Books |
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12 |
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Sleepwalk |
Dan Chaon |
Henry Holt |
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13 |
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The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty |
Thompson, Neal |
Mariner Books |
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14 |
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Such Big Dreams |
Reema Patel |
Ballantine |
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15 |
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Young Mungo |
Douglas Stuart |
Grove |
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16 |
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Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases |
Holes, Paul |
Celadon Books |
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17 |
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Nightcrawling |
Leila Mottley |
Knopf |
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18 |
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Black Cake |
Wilkerson, Charmaine |
Ballantine Books |
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19 |
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The Final Strife |
Saara El-Arifi |
Random House |
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20 |
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The Unsinkable Greta James |
Smith, Jennifer E. |
Ballantine Books |