Here’s an overview of all the books that have won a literary award in 2022. Let’s find out which are the best award-winning books of 2022.
As 2021 finishes and we start stepping in 2022, almost all the major Literary Awards around the world have been assigned.
Receiving a literary award is a prestigious recognition for all those who relentlessly work in the literary industry. As I mentioned in my Guide to the Most Prestigious Literary Awards, they also allow us, readers, to find the best next title to add to our to-be-read list or to suggest as a next book club pick.
Let’s find out which are the best award-winning books of 2022.
Table of Contents
National Book Award
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1. Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: April 9, 2019
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2. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir
Publication date: August 13, 2019
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Women’s Prize for Fiction
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1. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: February 5, 2019
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Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019
The Hugo Awards
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1. The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
Genre: Science Fiction
Publication date: January 3, 2018
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Winner of The Hugo Awards for Best Novel
2. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Genre: Science Fiction Novella
Publication date: May 8, 2018
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Winner of The Hugo Awards for Best Novella
3. Wayfarers (Series) by Becky Chambers
Genre: Science Fiction
Books included in the series: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1), A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers #2), Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3)
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The Booker Prize
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1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Genre: Dystopia
Publication date: September 10, 2019
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Co-winner of The Booker Prize 2019
2. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: November 5, 2019
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Co-winner of The Booker Prize 2019
The International Booker Prize
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1. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: October 8, 2019
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Winner of The International Booker Prize 2019
The British Book Awards
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1. Normal People Sally Rooney
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: April 16, 2019
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Winner of The British Book Award Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year
2. Becoming by Michelle Obama
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir
Publication date: November 13, 2018
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Winner of The British Book Award Best Audiobook
Goodreads Choice Awards
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1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Genre: Science Fiction / Dystopia
Publication date: September 10, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction
2. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Publication date: February 5, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Mystery & Thriller
3. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publication date: March 5, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Historical Fiction
4. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Genre: Fantasy
Publication date: October 8, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fantasy
5. Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publication date: May 14, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Romance
6. Recursion by Blake Crouch
Genre: Science Fiction
Publication date: June 11, 2019Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Science Fiction
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7. The Institute by Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Publication date: September 10, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Horror
Book Shimmy Awards by Epic Reads
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1. The Wicked King by Holly Black
Genre: Fantasy Young Adult
Publication date: January 8, 2019
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Winner for Best of Shelf
2. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Genre: Fantasy Young Adult
Publication date: January 29, 2019
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Winner for Cover Lust
3. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Genre: Fantasy Young Adult
Publication date: June 4, 2019
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Winner for All By My Shelf