She Reads Awards 2022

16 books

Our annual She Reads Awards are voted on thousands by you – readers and fans – and reflect the books you loved most this year. Here are the winners for the best books of the year in the She Reads Best of 2022 Awards.

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus, 2022

Book Club Pick

The Measure

A Novel

Nikki Erlick, 2022

Best Cover

A Magic Steeped in Poison

Judy I. Lin, 2022

Audiobook

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy, 2022

Best Debut

Every Summer After

Carley Fortune, 2022

Contemporary Fiction

Wahala

Nikki May, 2022

Fantasy & Magical Realism

Other Birds

A Novel

Sarah Addison Allen, 2022

Historical Fiction

The Memory Keeper of Kyiv

Erin Litteken, 2022

Literary Fiction

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

A Novel

Angie Cruz, 2022

Memoir

Finding Me

A Memoir

Viola Davis, 2022

Mystery & Thriller

The Maid

A Novel

Nita Prose, 2022

Nonfiction

The Light We Carry

Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Michelle Obama, 2022

Poetry / Short Story Collection

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty, 2022

Romance

Book Lovers

Emily Henry, 2022

Science Fiction

Sea of Tranquility

A novel

Emily St. John Mandel, 2022

Young Adult

Bloodmarked

Tracy Deonn, 2022