2022 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2022.

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Events

Anniversaries

New books

Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.

Fiction
New adult fiction, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of Pub. Ref.
Noah Hawley Anthem January 4 [11]
Jabari Asim Yonder January 11 [11]
Diane Chamberlain The Last House On The Street [11]
Hanya Yanagihara To Paradise [12][13]
Nikki May Wahala [14]
Colleen Hoover Reminders of Him January 18 [15]
Sequoia Nagamatsu How High We Go In the Dark [15]
Weike Wang Joan is Okay [11]
Lizzie Damilola Blackburn Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? [16]
Isabel Allende Violeta January 25 [15]
Tochi Onyebuchi Goliath [17]
Marlon James Moon Witch, Spider King February 15 [13]
Quan Barry When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East February 22 [13]
Lucy Foley The Paris Apartment [15]
Ashley Herring Blake Delilah Green Doesn't Care [15]
Julie Otsuka The Swimmers [18]
Rebecca Serle One Italian Summer March 1 [15][19]
Simone St. James The Book of Cold Cases [15]
Jennifer Egan The Candy House April 5 [20][13]
Emily St. John Mandel Sea of Tranquility [21][15][13]
Douglas Stuart Young Mungo [22][13]
Holly Black Book of Night May 3 [15]
Hernan Diaz Trust [15]
Elif Batuman Either/Or May 24 [13]
Akwaeke Emezi You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty [19]
Nina LaCour Yerba Buena May 31 [23]
Lydia Conklin Rainbow, Rainbow [13]
Ottessa Moshfegh Lapvona June 21 [24]
Alexis Hall Husband Material August 2 [15]
Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage September (UK) [25]

Children and young adults
New children's and young adult fiction, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.
Akshaya Raman The Ivory Key January 4 [26]
Sue Lynn Tan Daughter of the Moon Goddess January 11 [17]
Nnedi Okorafor Akata Woman January 18 [17]
V.E. Schwab Gallant March 1 [15]
Sabaa Tahir All My Rage [15]
Deborah Falaye Blood Scion March 8 [27]
Casey McQuiston I Kissed Shara Wheeler May 3 [15]

Poetry

Non-fiction
New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.
Imani Perry South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation January 25 [15][13]
Daniel H. Pink The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward February 1 [15]
Chuck Klosterman The Nineties February 8 [15]
Elizabeth Alexander The Trayvon Generation June 28 [13]
Patrick Radden Keefe Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks June 28 [29]

Biography and memoirs
New biographies and memoirs, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.
Bernardine Evaristo Manifesto: On Never Giving Up January 18 [13]
Laura Gao Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American March 8 [30]
Elena Ferrante In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing March 15 [13]
Maud Newton Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation March 29 [15][13]
Hannah Gadsby Ten Steps to Nanette March 29 (Australia) [31]
Delia Ephron Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life April 12 [13]
Janelle Monáe The Memory Librarian April 19 [19]
Viola Davis Finding Me April 26 [19]

Deaths
2022 deaths, sorted by date of death
Individual Background Date of Death Age Cause of Death Ref.
Zheng Min Chinese poet January 3 101 [32]
Terry Teachout American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist January 13 65 [33][34]
Ron Goulart American author of Groucho Marx mysteries January 14 89 Respiratory arrest [35]
Thiago de Mello Brazilian poet and translator January 14 95 [36]
André Leon Talley American fashion author, editor, and journalist January 18 73 Complications of a heart attack and COVID-19 [37][38][39][40]
Lani Forbes American young adult novelist` February 3 35 Neuroendocrine cancer [41]
Ashley Bryan American writer and illustrator of children's books February 4 98 [42][43]
Jason Epstein American editor and publisher February 4 93 Congestive heart failure [44]
Kenta Nishimura Japanese novelist February 5 54 [45]
Bruce Duffy American novelist February 10 70 Brain cancer [46]
P. J. O'Rourke American political satirist and journalist February 15 74 Lung cancer [47]
Jan Pieńkowski Polish-born English writer and illustrator of children's books February 19 85 Complications of dementia [48]
Shirley Hughes English writer and illustrator of children's books February 25 94 [49]
Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. American author, editor, and journalist March 8 86 Complications from Parkinson's disease [50]
Maureen Howard American novelist, memoirist, and editor March 13 91 [51]
Yuz Aleshkovsky Russian-American writer, poet, and singer-songwriter March 21 92 [52] (in Russian)
Ted Mooney American novelist and journalist (Art in America) March 22 70 Heart disease [53]
Richard Howard American poet, critic, and translator March 31 92 [54]
David McKee English writer and illustrator of children's books April 6 87 [55]
Jack Higgins British crime writer April 9 92 [56]


Awards
2022 literature awards, ordered alphabetically by award
Award Recipient(s) Work Date awarded Ref.
Award of Merit for Poetry Stephen Dobyns May [57][58]
American Indian Youth Literature Award for Picture Book Daniel W. Vandever with Corey Begay (Illus.) Herizon January 24 [59]
American Indian Youth Literature Award for Middle Grade Book Brian Young Healer of the Water Monster January 24 [59]
American Indian Youth Literature Award for Young Adult Books Eric Gansworth Apple (Skin to the Core) January 24 [59]
Arts and Letters Awards in Literature Catherine Barnett May [58]
Jo Ann Beard May [58]
Aleshea Harris May [58]
Sarah Manguso May [58]
Joyelle McSweeney May [58]
Susan Brind Morrow May [58]
Doug Peacock May [58]
Adrian Nathan West May [58]
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Picture Book Andrea Wang and Jason Chin (Illus.) Watercress January 24 [59]
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Children's Literature Hena Khan Amina's Song January 24 [59]
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Young Adult Literature Malinda Lo Last Night at the Telegraph Club January 24 [59]
Benjamin Hadley Danks Award Martyna Majok May [58]
Caldecott Medal Jason Chin (Illus.) Watercress January 24 [60][61][59]
Children’s Literature Legacy Award Grace Lin January 24 [60][59][61]
Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author Carole Boston Weatherford Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre January 24 [61][59]
Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustrator Floyd Cooper January 24 [61][59]
Ellery Queen Award Juliet Grames January 12 [62][63]
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Gail Jarrow Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield January 24 [59]
Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for Writer Paul Harbridge Out Into the Big Wide Lake March 8 [64]
Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for Illustrator Gracey Zhang Lala’s Word March 8 [64]
Geisel Award Corey R. Tabor Fox at Night January 24 [59]
Grace Dudley Prize for Arts Writing Vinson Cunningham January 5 [5][65]
Jason Farago
Ingrid Rowland
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award Joshua Cohen The Netanyahus May [57][58]
Katherine Anne Porter Award Lynne Tillman May [58]
Margaret Edwards Award A.S. King January 24 [59]
Michael L. Printz Award Angeline Boulley Firekeeper's Daughter January 24 [60][61][59]
Mildred L. Batchelder Award Sachiko Kashiwaba Temple Alley Summer January 24 [59]
Morton Dauwen Zabel Award Patricia Lockwood Priestdaddy May [58][57]
Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Laurie R. King January 12 [62][63]
Newbery Medal Donna Barba Higuera The Last Cuentista January 24 [60][61][59]
Odyssey Award C. G. Esperanza Boogie Boogie, Y'all January 24 [59]
Pura Belpré Award for Author Donna Barba Higuera The Last Cuentista January 24 [59]
Pura Belpré Award for Illustrator Raúl Gonzalez ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge January 24 [59]
Pura Belpré Award for Young Adult Raquel Vasquez Gilliland How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe January 24 [59]
Raven Award Lesa Holstine January 12 [62][63]
Robert B. Silvers Prize for Literary Criticism Elaine Blair January 5 [5][65]
Merve Emre
Becca Rothfeld
Robert B. Silvers Prize for Journalism Alma Guillermoprieto January 5 [5][65]
Nesrine Malik
Thomas Meaney
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award Kirstin Valdez Quade The Five Wounds May [57][58]
Schneider Family Book Award Darren Lebeuf and Ashley Barron (Illus.) My City Speaks January 24 [59]
Sibert Medal Cynthia Levinson and Evan Turk (Illus.) The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art January 24 [59]
Stonewall Book Award for Children’s Literature Award Kyle Lukoff Too Bright to See January 24 [59]
Stonewall Book Award for Young Adult Literature Award Malinda Lo Last Night at the Telegraph Club January 24 [59]
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction Jackie Polzin Brood May [57][58]
Sydney Taylor Book Award for Picture Book Susan Kusel with Sean Rubin (Illus.) The Passover Guest January 24 [59]
Sydney Taylor Book Award for Middle Grade Veera Hiranandani How to Find What You’re Not Looking For January 24 [59]
Sydney Taylor Book Award for Young Adult Aden Polydoros The City Beautiful January 24 [59]
Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Nikki Grimes January 24 [60][61][59]
William C. Morris Award Angeline Boulley Firekeeper's Daughter January 24 [59]
Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation Edith Grossman Love in the Time of Cholera May [57][58]

See also

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