Briefly, a Delicious Life
Nell Stevens
Published 2022
325 pages
The most popular biographical fiction books of 2022
Biographical fiction turns a real life into a novel. The people and the main events are true, and the author imagines the conversations, doubts and private moments that no record kept. It is a vivid way to meet artists, rulers, scientists and forgotten figures from the inside. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.
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By Her Own Design
Piper Huguley
Published 2022
512 pages
Godmersham Park
Gill Hornby
Published 2022
432 pages
The Last Dress from Paris
Jade Beer
Published 2022
384 pages
The Trouble with Happiness
Tove Ditlevsen, Michael Favala Goldman
2022 · 2023 edition
192 pages
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Paterson Joseph
2022 · 2023 edition
432 pages
Jackie & Me
Louis Bayard
Published 2022
352 pages
The Lipstick Bureau A Novel Inspired by a Real-Life Female Spy
Michelle Gable
Published 2022
464 pages
Last Dance on the Starlight Pier
Sarah Bird
2022 · 2023 edition
432 pages
The Novelist
Jordan Castro
2022 · 2023 edition
208 pages
The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. A Novel
Lee Kravetz
2022 · 2023 edition
272 pages
1000 Coils of Fear
Olivia Wenzel
Published 2022
304 pages
When Water Became Blue
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
2022 · 2025 edition
176 pages
Fuccboi
Sean Thor Conroe
Published 2022
343 pages
Carolina Built A Novel
Kianna Alexander
Published 2022
352 pages
The Invincible Miss Cust A Novel
Penny Haw
Published 2022
320 pages
A Dress of Violet Taffeta
Tessa Arlen
Published 2022
352 pages
Greenbrier Resort
Joy Callaway
Published 2022
775 pages
The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood
Gill Sims
Published 2022
352 pages
Last Resort A New York Times Editor's Pick
Andrew Lipstein
Published 2022
304 pages
The Dressmaker's Secret
Lorna Cook
Published 2022
384 pages
The American Adventuress A Novel
C. W. Gortner
Published 2022
384 pages
Stacey's Remarkable Books
Stacey Abrams
Published 2022
32 pages
The Great Mrs. Elias
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Published 2022
416 pages