Top 15 Books of 2022

Here’s a list of my favorite books from 2022. Links to my reviews of each book down below.

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0:00 Intro
1:10 The Kindly Ones
2:43 Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village
3:55 Salka Valka
5:33 Poguemahone
7:05 The Gormenghast Trilogy
8:21 Terra Nostra
10:28 Tomb of Sand
11:36 The Catholic School
14:05 The Neapolitan Novels
15:30 Island of the Doomed
17:02 Ice
18:46 Maidenhair
20:21 The Notebook Trilogy
21:39 Solenoid
23:09 Septology
24:17 Honorable Mentions

Top 15:
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (trans. Charlotte Mandell):
   • THE KINDLY ONES, by Jonathan Littell ...  

Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village by Marit Kapla (trans. Peter Graves):
   • OSEBOL: VOICES FROM A SWEDISH VILLAGE...  

Salka Valka by Halldór Laxness (trans. Philip Roughton):
   • SALKA VALKA by Halldór Laxness | Book...  

Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe:
   • POGUEMAHONE by Patrick McCabe | Book ...  

The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake:
   • Why You Should Read Gormenghast by Me...  

Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes (trans. Margaret Sayers Peden)

Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (trans. Daisy Rockwell):
   • TOMB OF SAND by Geetanjali Shree | Bo...  

The Catholic School by Edoardo Albinati (trans. Antony Shugaar):
   • THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL by Edoardo Albina...  

The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante (trans. Ann Goldstein):
   • THE NEAPOLITAN NOVELS by Elena Ferran...  

Island of the Doomed by Stig Dagerman (trans. Laurie Thompson):
   • ISLAND OF THE DOOMED by Stig Dagerman...  

Ice by Anna Kavan:
   • ICE by Anna Kavan | Book Review  

Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin (trans. Marion Schwartz):
   • MAIDENHAIR, by Mikhail Shishkin | Boo...  

The Notebook Trilogy by Ágota Kristóf (trans. Alan Sheridan, David Watson, and Marc Romano):
Coming soon-ish, probably

Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu (trans. Sean Cotter):
   • SOLENOID by Mircea Cărtărescu | Book ...  

Septology by Jon Fosse (trans. Damion Searls):
   • SEPTOLOGY by Jon Fosse | Book Review  


Honorable Mentions
Sea Above, Sun Below by George Salis:
Coming soon

Doom Town by Gabriel Blackwell:
   • DOOM TOWN by Gabriel Blackwell | Book...  

The Doloriad by Missouri Williams:
   • THE DOLORIAD by Missouri Williams | B...  

Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz (trans. Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff):
   • DIE, MY LOVE by Ariana Harwicz | Book...  

The Plains by Gerald Murnane:
   • THE PLAINS by Gerald Murnane | Book R...  

Suicide by Édouard Levé (trans. Jan Steyn):
   • SUICIDE by Edouard Levé | Book Review  

Amygdalatropolis by BR Yeager:
   • AMYGDALATROPOLIS by B.R. Yeager | Boo...  

America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic by Phillip Freedenberg:
   • AMERICA AND THE CULT OF THE CACTUS BO...  

Warlock by Oakley Hall:
   • WARLOCK, by Oakley Hall | Book Review  

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