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 2022 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.
Table of Contents
1. National Book Award
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: April 9, 2019
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Winner of the National Book Award 2019 for Fiction.
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir
Publication date: August 13, 2019
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Winner of the National Book Award 2019 for Nonfiction
2. Women’s Prize for Fiction
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: February 5, 2019
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3. The Hugo Awards
The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
Genre: Science Fiction
Publication date: January 3, 2018
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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Genre: Science Fiction Novella
Publication date: May 8, 2018
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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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Winner of The Hugo Awards for Best Series
4. The Booker Prize
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Genre: Dystopia
Publication date: September 10, 2019
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Co-winner of The Booker Prize 2019
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
5. The International Booker Prize
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication date: October 8, 2019
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Winner of The International Booker Prize 2019
6. The British Book Awards
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
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir
Publication date: November 13, 2018
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Winner of The British Book Award Best Audiobook
7. Goodreads Choice Awards
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
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
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
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Genre: Fantasy
Publication date: October 8, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fantasy
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
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Genre: Science Fiction
Publication date: June 11, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Science Fiction
The Institute by Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Publication date: September 10, 2019
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Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Horror
8. Book Shimmy Awards by Epic Reads
The Wicked King by Holly Black
Genre: Fantasy Young Adult
Publication date: January 8, 2019
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Winner for Best of Shelf
9. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Genre: Fantasy Young Adult
Publication date: January 29, 2019
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Winner for Cover Lust
10. 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
How many of these books have you read? Did you enjoy them? Let me know in the comments which are your favorite books of the year.
Happy readings!