The Best Books of 2022, Chosen by Mosaic Authors

By Elliott Abrams, Tamara Berens, Andrew Koss, Daniel Polisar, Neil Rogachevsky, Sarah Rindner, Jonathan Silver

Featuring wars, peacemakers, two cultures, pogroms, plays, four ages, wild problems, caves, magic, letters, American conservatives, liberal parents, radical children, and more.

To mark the close of 2022, we asked several of our writers to name the best books they’ve read this year, and briefly to explain their choices. Their answers appear below. (Unless otherwise noted, all books were published in 2022. Classic books are listed by their original publication dates.)

Elliott Abrams

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