Top 2022 Books

I read mainly fiction. Mainly new books but not always, so these are the best books I read in 2022, whether new (most are) or not (a few). I have a quick trigger finger so I start a lot more books than I finish.

I’ve also had a lifelong dream to open a bookstore, and this year I opened an independent bookstore called P&T Knitwear on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Check us out at 180 Orchard Street. We were just named one of 2022’s best new shops by The Shopkeepers. We also ship anywhere in the US. Visit our online store to order any of the books below.

With that said, here’s my list:

Best Novels:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — Gabrielle Zevin

To Paradise — Hanya Yanagihara

Olga Dies Dreaming — Xochitl Gonzalez

An Honest Living — Dwyer Murphy

Either/ Or — Elif Batuman

Now is Not the Time to Panic — Kevin Wilson

Dinosaurs — Lydia Millet

When We Were Bright and Beautiful — Jillian Medoff

Free Food for Millionaires — Min Jin Lee

Groundskeeping — Lee Cole