Award year

2022 Booklist Editors Choice Winners

Browse the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

Booklist Editors Choice Awarded by ALA: The American Library Association 8 categories shown

Adult

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult category.

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Big Girl

Sullivan, Mecca Jamilah

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

By Her Own Design

Huguley, Piper

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

Standalone · Science Fiction

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Demon Copperhead

Kingsolver, Barbara

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

Hannaham, James

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Horse

Brooks, Geraldine

Standalone · Historical

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

If I Survive You

Escoffery, Jonathan

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lark Ascending

House, Silas

Standalone · Dystopian

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Liberation Day: Stories

Saunders, George

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Light Pirate

Brooks-Dalton, Lily

Standalone · Literary

Dec-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Mercury Pictures Presents

Marra, Anthony

Standalone · Historical

Aug-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Our Missing Hearts

Ng, Celeste

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Patron Saint of Second Chances

Simon, Christine

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Rabbit Hutch

Gunty, Tess

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Signal Fires

Shapiro, Dani

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Someday, Maybe

Nwabineli, Onyi

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

Warrell, Laura

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

The Swimmers

Otsuka, Julie

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

True Biz

Novic, Sara

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Yonder

Asim, Jabari

Standalone · Historical

Jan-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Adult Books for Young Adults

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult Books for Young Adults category.

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The Ballad of Perilous Graves

Jennings, Alex

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Big Girl

Sullivan, Mecca Jamilah

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Dark Earth

Stott, Rebecca

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Ghost That Ate Us

Kraus, Daniel

Standalone · Horror

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Never Been Kissed

Janovsky, Timothy

Boy Meets Boy Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Nightcrawling

Mottley, Leila

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Other Birds

Allen, Sarah Addison

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

True Biz

Novic, Sara

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Yerba Buena

LaCour, Nina

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Adult: Audio

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult: Audio category.

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Acts of Violet

Montimore, Margarita

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Any Other Family

Brown, Eleanor

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Babysitter Lives

Jones, Stephen Graham

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Bloomsbury Girls

Jenner, Natalie

Standalone · Women's Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

By Any Other Name

Kate, Lauren

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Carrie Soto Is Back

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Fairy Tale

King, Stephen

Standalone · Horror

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Iron Annie

Cassidy, Luke

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Last Karankawas

Garza, Kimberly

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Last Summer on State Street

Wolfe, Toya

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

Listening Still

Griffin, Anne

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Love & Saffron

Fay, Kim

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lucy by the Sea

Strout, Elizabeth

Amgash Series · Book 4 · Literary

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

Christie, Agatha

Standalone · Mystery

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Monae, Janelle

Standalone · Science Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Paradox Hotel

Hart, Rob

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Stella Maris

McCarthy, Cormac

The Passenger Series · Book 2 · Psychological Suspense

Dec-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Swimmers

Otsuka, Julie

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Thank You for Listening

Whelan, Julia

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Aug-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The White Girl

Birch, Tony

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2019 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Adult: Genre Fiction

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Adult: Genre Fiction category.

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After the Lights Go Out

Vercher, John

Standalone · Christian

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Anywhere You Run

Morris, Wanda M.

Standalone · Thriller

Nov-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence

Kuang, R.F.

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Count Your Lucky Stars

Bellefleur, Alexandria

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

How High We Go in the Dark

Nagamatsu, Sequoia

Standalone · Science Fiction

Jan-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Island

McKinty, Adrian

Standalone · Mystery

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The It Girl

Ware, Ruth

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Kaiju Preservation Society

Scalzi, John

Standalone · Science Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Marlowe Banks, Redesigned

Firkins, Jacqueline

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

One-Shot Harry

Phillips, Gary

A Harry Ingram Mystery Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Sea of Tranquility

Mandel, Emily St. John

Standalone · Science Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Secret Identity

Segura, Alex

Standalone · Cozy Mystery

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Shrines of Gaiety

Atkinson, Kate

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Two Nights in Lisbon

Pavone, Chris

Standalone · Thriller

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Where We End & Begin

Igharo, Jane

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Youth

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Youth category.

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All Four Quarters of the Moon

Marr, Shirley

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

All My Rage

Tahir, Sabaa

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Alone Out Here

Redgate, Riley

Standalone · Action Adventure

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

And They Lived . . .

Salvatore, Steven

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Diamond Park

Diederich, Phillippe

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Different Kinds of Fruit

Lukoff, Kyle

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Ellen Outside the Lines

Sass, A.J.

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

Caletti, Deb

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Heartbreak Symphony

Kemp, Laekan Zea

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Hell Followed with Us

White, Andrew Joseph

Standalone · Dystopian

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

Keller, Tae

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Kiss & Tell

Khorram, Adib

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lily and the Night Creatures

Lake, Nick

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Little Monarchs

Case, Jonathan

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Love in the Library

Tokuda-Hall, Maggie

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Yee, Lisa

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Man Made Monsters

Rogers, Andrea L.

Standalone · Horror

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

My Aunt Is a Monster

Yee, Reimena

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Nothing Burns as Bright as You

Woodfolk, Ashley

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Oh, Sal

Henkes, Kevin

Miller Family Series · Book 3 · General Fiction

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Only on the Weekends

Atta, Dean

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Our Crooked Hearts

Albert, Melissa

Standalone · Fantasy

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Patron Thief of Bread

Eagar, Lindsay

Standalone · Historical

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

A Rover's Story

Warga, Jasmine

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

McLemore, Anna-Marie

Remixed Classics Series · Book 5 · General Fiction

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck

Phelan, Matt

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Squire

Shammas, Nadia

Standalone · Action Adventure

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Swim Team

Christmas, Johnnie

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

This Place Is Still Beautiful

Tian, XiXi

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Those Kids from Fawn Creek

Kelly, Erin Entrada

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Torch

Miller-Lachmann, Lyn

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Unfadeable

Broaddus, Maurice

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Worser

Ziegler, Jennifer

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Youth: Audio

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Youth: Audio category.

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Ain't Burned All the Bright

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Winick, Judd

Hilo Series · Book 1 · Action Adventure

Sep-2015 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Coming Up Cuban

Manzano, Sonia

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Coraline

Gaiman, Neil

Standalone · Science Fiction

Jul-2002 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Demon in the Wood

Bardugo, Leigh

The Grisha Trilogy Series · Book 0.1 · Epic Fantasy

Aug-2015 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Demon in the Wood

Bardugo, Leigh

The Grishaverse Series · Epic Fantasy

Aug-2015 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Gallant

Schwab, V.E.

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

I Must Betray You

Sepetys, Ruta

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

Journal of a Travelling Girl

Neema, Nadine

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2020 2022 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Live, Laugh, Kidnap

Noone, Gabby

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Youth: Graphic Novel

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Youth: Graphic Novel category.

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Top of the List

My Aunt Is a Monster

Yee, Reimena

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Sir Ladybug

Tabor, Corey R.

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Youth: Younger Readers

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Booklist Editors Choice Youth: Younger Readers category.

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Agatha May and the Anglerfish

Morrison, Nora

Standalone · General Fiction

Dec-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Berry Song

Goade, Michaela

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Butterfly Child

Majewski, Marc

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky

Kim, Jihyun

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Farmhouse

Blackall, Sophie

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

A Is for Bee

Heck, Ellen

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Kat Hats

Pinkwater, Daniel

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Luli and the Language of Tea

Wang, Andrea

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle

LaCour, Nina

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Mina

Forsythe, Matthew

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Queen in the Cave

Sarda, Julia

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Tiny Dino

Freedman, Deborah J.

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

Together We Ride

Bolling, Valerie

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

With Lots of Love

Sanchez, Jenny Torres

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2022 2022 Booklist Editors Choice *

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