2022 Honorable Mention Best Books!
2022 Honorable Mention Best Books!
If my top books of the year recos weren’t enough - see part one here and part two here - then by all means, tuck into a 2022 Honorable Mention lightning round! In which we provide uncharacteristically terse but hopefully illustrative phrases to describe those books that didn’t quite crack the top 14 but were still highlights.
As a lark, let’s put it in alphabetical order. Occasionally one has to appease the traditionalists.
The Atlas Six: Deadly magical training, adult edition
The Battle of Versailles: A compelling journalistic take about the night the United States changed the course of fashion
Blood and Oil: How (TF) MBS got to where he is today
Book Lovers: Books! Small town frenemies! Secrets! A perfect romcom!
A Deadly Education: Deadly magical training, at a school
Devil in the White City: Erik Larsen wins again with murders at the Chicago World’s Fair
How to Be Eaten: twisted and darkly comic stories behind the fairy tales
The Lincoln Highway: A coming-of-age road trip novel with unforgettable characters
The Maid: An unusual, underestimated murder mystery heroine
A Season of Daring Greatly: What if a young woman made the MLB majors?