Our 2022 year-end reading roundup starts today with Best Books of 2022 Superlatives with Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits). This year, we're splitting our wrap-up into two episodes: Superlatives and Genre Awards (coming in mid-December). We have 17 Superlatives categories for you, including Most and Least Deserving of the Hype, Biggest Surprise, the Book I Hated that Everyone Else Loved, and more!

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Announcements

• Check out my 2022 Holiday Gift Guide!
• My 2023 Reading Tracker will be coming out in early December! This year, the Tracker will ONLY be available to $7/month Superstars patrons (i.e. I will no longer be selling it for $14.99 here on my website). Become a Superstars Patron here!

Highlights

• Our best books of the year from 17 categories, including:
  • Most and Least Deserving of the Hype
  • Underrated Gems
  • Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction on Audio
  • The Book You Flew Through
  • Biggest Surprise
  • Best Heartwarming Book
  • A 2022 Book You Missed, but Plan to Read

2022 Superlatives [5:27]

Sarah

• Carris Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Amazon | Bookshop.org [7:13]
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | Amazon | Bookshop.org [7:16]
• Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown | Amazon | Bookshop.org [9:39]
• Bad City by Paul Pringle | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:30]
• More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:33]
• Cover Story by Susan Rigetti | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:08]
• Finding Me by Viola Davis | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:07]
• The Winners by Fredrik Backman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:20]
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:09]
• The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:27]
• The Local by Joey Hartstone | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:31]
• Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:48]
• People Person by Candice Carty-Williams | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:18]
• Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:53]
• Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:51]
• Love and Saffron by Kim Fay | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:47]
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver | Amazon | Bookshop.org [52:08]

Susie

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [6:17]
• The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:12]
• When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:17]
• Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:21]
• Trust by Hernan Diaz | Amazon | Bookshop.org [15:31]
• Every Summer After by Carley Fortune | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:23]
• Solito by Javier Zamora | Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:28]
• We Spread by Iain Reid | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:48]
• Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:37]
• The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton (December 6, 2022) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:52]
• The Winners by Fredrik Backman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:44]
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver | Amazon | Bookshop.org [40:40]
• Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:54]
• We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:11]
• Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:14]
• Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:17]
• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:57]
• Babel by R. F. Kuang | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:44]

Other Books Mentioned

• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid [7:24]
• The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale (December 6, 2022) [12:51]
• Vladimir by Julia May Jonas [19:10]
• The Measure by Nikki Erlick [23:30]
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman [28:39]
• Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering [32:42]
• Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering [32:43]
• The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz [33:31]
• The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz [33:33]
• Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton [36:00]
• Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh [38:30]

About Susie Boutry

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Susie has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Some of her fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, she began journaling about the books she read and turned that passion into writing about books. Her first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend's blog, but she soon realized she wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of her own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, she loves being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish.