Book Lovers by Emily HenryLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyReminders of Him by Colleen HooverTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Best Books of 2022
1,548 books — 1,851 voters
The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan CoeSlam by Nick HornbyUtterly Monkey by Nick LairdLayer Cake by J.J. ConnollyBlack Swan Green by David  Mitchell
Contemporary British Novels
505 books — 388 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
1,066 books — 1,155 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,760 books — 25,998 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,765 books — 1,647 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanFeed by Mira GrantPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Zombies!
1,666 books — 4,317 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDark Lover by J.R. WardThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,786 books — 4,921 voters