TLS - Books of the Year 2022 (9 books)

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1	A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History by Edward Wilson-Lee 3.78 avg rating — 253 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan by Felipe Fernández-Armesto 3.53 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas 3.87 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott 4.70 avg rating — 19,358 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams 3.97 avg rating — 2,188 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Albert Camus Speaking Out : Lectures and Speeches, 1937-58 (Penguin Modern Classics) /anglais by Albert Camus 4.13 avg rating — 247 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh 4.16 avg rating — 2,736 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 68) by Nora Derbal 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age by Alec Wilkinson 3.41 avg rating — 310 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars