# The best books of 2022 according to Babelia

The top of the list of the 50 best books of 2022 voted by the critics of Babelia, El País's books supplement.

- 24 votes · 15 items
- Aug 8, 2023 · Mariana Rodríguez
- https://even.best/en/l/2148/the-best-books-of-2022-according-to-babelia

## Top 15

1. **La familia, Sara Mesa** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A novel about a family and its father.
2. **Ashes in My Mouth, Brenda Navarro** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Mexican writer on migrating to Spain.
3. **Diarios, Rafael Chirbes** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Valencian novelist's diaries, number one on the list.
4. **Un año y tres meses, Luis García Montero** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Poems of grief after the death of Almudena Grandes.
5. **Un tal González, Sergio del Molino** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A novel about Felipe González's Spain.
6. **Mira a esa chica, Cristina Araújo Gámir** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A teenage girl after an assault.
7. **Obra maestra, Juan Tallón** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The mystery of a vanished Richard Serra sculpture.
8. **The City of the Living, Nicola Lagioia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A real murder in Rome.
9. **Montevideo, Enrique Vila-Matas** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A blocked writer between Paris and Montevideo.
10. **Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A political and family novel set in 2027.
11. **Vengo de ese miedo, Miguel Ángel Oeste** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A memoir of a childhood marked by violence.
12. **The Passenger / Stella Maris, Cormac McCarthy** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The American author's last two novels.
13. **Un tiempo de gracia, Esperanza López Parada** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Number 12 on Babelia's list.
14. **The Danger of Being Sane, Rosa Montero** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An essay on creativity and madness.
15. **Una historia ridícula, Luis Landero** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — An obsessive man recounts his love for a woman.

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