A
Literary Saloon
&
Site of Review.

Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.


Contents:
Main
the Best
the Rest
Review Index
Links

weblog

crQ

to e-mail us:



In Association with Amazon.com


In association with Amazon.com - UK


In Partnerschaft mit Amazon.de

the Complete Review


Most Popular Reviews - 2022


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2022, first the top 50 for the year and then the top 15 each month of the year.

2022

     [Reviews with an asterisk (*) were first posted in 2022.]

  1. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal
  3. Three Days and a Life, Pierre Lemaitre
  4. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo
  5. Silverview, John le Carré
  6. Never, Ken Follett
  7. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan
  8. Basti, Intizar Husain
  9. Krishnakanta's Will, Bankim-Chandra Chatterjee
  10. The Sentence, Louise Erdrich
  11. Grey Bees*, Andrey Kurkov
  12. Bullet Train*, Isaka Kotaro
  13. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
  14. The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier
  15. Killing Time in a Warm Place, Jose Dalisay
  16. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa
  17. Goat Days, Benyamin
  18. The Books of Jacob*, Olga Tokarczuk
  19. Revolution 2020, Chetan Bhagat
  20. Death and the Penguin, Andrey Kurkov
  21. The Golden Fortress, Satyajit Ray
  22. Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
  23. A Man's Place, Annie Ernaux
  24. The Cloud-Messenger, Kalidasa
  25. The 120 Days of Sodom, the Marquis de Sade
  26. A Play of Giants, Wole Soyinka
  27. Tomb of Sand*, Geetanjali Shree
  28. Simple Passion, Annie Ernaux
  29. Happening, Annie Ernaux
  30. Crisis, Karin Boye
  31. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida*, Shehan Karunatilaka
  32. Chaka, Thomas Mofolo
  33. The Ice Palace, Tarjei Vesaas
  34. Palace Walk, Naguib Mahfouz
  35. Voss, Patrick White
  36. Ambiguous Adventure, Cheikh Hamidou Kane
  37. Our Sister Killjoy, Ama Ata Aidoo
  38. Art, Yasmina Reza
  39. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson
  40. The White Tiger, Aravind:Adiga
  41. The Orphanage, Serhiy Zhadan
  42. Tractatus Logico-Suicidalis*, Hermann Burger
  43. The Ladies' Paradise, Émile Zola
  44. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin
  45. In the Miso Soup, Murakami Ryu
  46. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
  47. The Voice, Gabriel Okara
  48. Women without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur
  49. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
  50. The Lost Daughter, Elena Ferrante

Return to top of page.


      Previous month's position given in brackets.
      Not applicable ("n.a.") indicates book is new.
      "-" indicates book was not among top 50 reviews.

December, 2022

  1. Three Days and a Life, Pierre Lemaitre (1)
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (4)
  3. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan (7)
  4. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (2)
  5. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (6)
  6. Antagony, Luis Goytisolo (n.a.)
  7. The Ice Palace, Tarjei Vesaas (-)
  8. The Voice, Gabriel Okara (40)
  9. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (52)
  10. Tractatus Logico-Suicidalis, Hermann Burger (n.a.)
  11. Slow Horses, Mick Herron (n.a.)
  12. The Singing Detective, Dennis Potter (-)
  13. The End of the Century at the End of the World, C.K.Stead (n.a.)
  14. Chaka, Thomas Mofolo (46)
  15. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (9)

Return to top of page.

November, 2022

- Reviews -

  1. Three Days and a Life, Pierre Lemaitre (1)
  2. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (2)
  3. Crisis, Karin Boye (-)
  4. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (3)
  5. Tractatus Logico-Suicidalis, Hermann Burger (n.a.)
  6. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (8)
  7. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan (19)
  8. Congo Inc., In Koli Jean Bofane (64)
  9. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (12)
  10. The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt (n.a.)
  11. Novelist as a Vocation, Murakami Haruki (n.a.)
  12. Simple Passion, Annie Ernaux (4)
  13. A Man's Place , Annie Ernaux (5)
  14. The Cloud-Messenger, Kalidasa (21)
  15. Nights of Plague, Orhan Pamuk (n.a.)

Return to top of page.

October, 2022

  1. Three Days and a Life, Pierre Lemaitre (16)
  2. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (1)
  3. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (2)
  4. Simple Passion, Annie Ernaux (-)
  5. A Man's Place , Annie Ernaux (-)
  6. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Shehan Karunatilaka (12)
  7. Happening, Annie Ernaux (93)
  8. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (4)
  9. Heartpiece (Herzstück), Heiner Müller (n.a.)
  10. Cleaned Out, Annie Ernaux (-)
  11. A Girl's Story, Annie Ernaux (-)
  12. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (6)
  13. Fifty Forgotten Books, R.B. Russell (n.a.)
  14. The Years, Annie Ernaux (-)
  15. The Last Chairlift, John Irving (n.a.)

Return to top of page.

September, 2022

  1. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (4)
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (11)
  3. Killing Time in a Warm Place, Jose Dalisay (6)
  4. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (7)
  5. Goat Days, Benyamin (62)
  6. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (13)
  7. How Democratic Is the American Constitution ?, Robert A. Dahl (-)
  8. Krishnakanta's Will, Bankim-Chandra Chatterjee (37)
  9. Never, Ken Follett (5)
  10. Silverview, John le Carré (3)
  11. The English Understand Wool, Helen DeWitt (n.a.)
  12. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Shehan Karunatilaka (n.a.)
  13. Case Study, Graeme Macrae Burnet (n.a.)
  14. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, Gina Apostol (80)
  15. The Enigma of Room 622, Joël Dicker (n.a.)

Return to top of page.

August, 2022

  1. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa (5)
  2. Bullet Train, Isaka Kotaro (3)
  3. Silverview, John le Carré (4)
  4. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (8)
  5. Never, Ken Follett (10)
  6. Killing Time in a Warm Place, Jose Dalisay (-)
  7. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (6)
  8. The Galton Case, Ross Macdonald (n.a.)
  9. Three Days and a Life, Pierre Lemaitre (20)
  10. Diary of a Void, Yagi Emi (n.a.)
  11. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (2)
  12. The Sentence, Louise Erdrich (25)
  13. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (14)
  14. Three Assassins, Isaka Kotaro (n.a.)
  15. Lambda, David Musgrave (n.a.)

Return to top of page.

July, 2022

  1. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan (12)
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (2)
  3. Bullet Train, Isaka Kotaro (7)
  4. Silverview, John le Carré (5)
  5. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa (-)
  6. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (4)
  7. One Man, One Matchet, T.M.Aluko (71)
  8. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (1)
  9. Basti, Intizar Husain (3)
  10. Never, Ken Follett (10)
  11. Venomous Lumpsucker, Ned Beauman (n.a.)
  12. The Lisbon Syndrome, Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles (n.a.)
  13. House of All Nations, Christina Stead (n.a.)
  14. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (6)
  15. Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight, Onda Riku (n.a.)

Return to top of page.

June, 2022

  1. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (1)
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (2)
  3. Basti, Intizar Husain (3)
  4. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (6)
  5. Silverview, John le Carré (7)
  6. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (9)
  7. Bullet Train, Isaka Kotaro (-)
  8. Three Days and a Life, Pierre Lemaitre (-)
  9. Grand Hotel Europa, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (n.a.)
  10. Never, Ken Follett (13)
  11. 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (n.a.)
  12. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan (45)
  13. Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree (5)
  14. The Book of Murder, Guillermo Martínez (-)
  15. Happy Valley, Patrick White (47)

Return to top of page.

May, 2022

  1. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (1)
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (2)
  3. Basti, Intizar Husain (4)
  4. The Golden Fortress, Satyajit Ray (10)
  5. Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree (n.a.)
  6. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (11)
  7. Silverview, John le Carré (7)
  8. The Sentence, Louise Erdrich (5)
  9. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (13)
  10. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (6)
  11. Emperor Shaka the Great, Mazisi Kunene (-)
  12. 533 Days, Cees Nooteboom (n.a.)
  13. Never, Ken Follett (8)
  14. Death and the Penguin, Andrey Kurkov (9)
  15. The White Room, Zoran Živković (n.a.)

Return to top of page.

April, 2022

  1. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (2)
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (1)
  3. Krishnakanta's Will, Bankim-Chandra Chatterjee (4)
  4. Basti, Intizar Husain (18)
  5. The Sentence, Louise Erdrich (5)
  6. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (22)
  7. Silverview, John le Carré (3)
  8. Never, Ken Follett (6)
  9. Death and the Penguin, Andrey Kurkov (12)
  10. The Golden Fortress, Satyajit Ray (13)
  11. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (7)
  12. The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk (11)
  13. Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov (n.a.)
  14. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan (31)
  15. The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier (9)

Return to top of page.

March, 2022

  1. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (3)
  2. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (8)
  3. Silverview, John le Carré (2)
  4. Krishnakanta's Will, Bankim-Chandra Chatterjee (44)
  5. The Sentence, Louise Erdrich (15)
  6. Never, Ken Follett (4)
  7. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (5)
  8. The Orphanage, Serhiy Zhadan (32)
  9. The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier (1)
  10. Bullet Train, Isaka Kotaro (68)
  11. The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk (7)
  12. Death and the Penguin, Andrey Kurkov (95)
  13. The Golden Fortress, Satyajit Ray (67)
  14. Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (28)
  15. Salka Valka, Halldór Laxness (n.a.)

Return to top of page.

February, 2022

  1. The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier (1)
  2. Silverview, John le Carré (3)
  3. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (2)
  4. Never, Ken Follett (7)
  5. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (8)
  6. Killing Floor, Lee Child (-)
  7. The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk (5)
  8. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (11)
  9. God, Francesca Stavrakopoulou (n.a.)
  10. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (9)
  11. Where You Come From, Saša Stanišić (n.a.)
  12. Chilean Poet, Alejandro Zambra (n.a.)
  13. Countries That Don't Exist, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (n.a.)
  14. The Pages, Hugo Hamilton (n.a.)
  15. The Sentence, Louise Erdrich (12)

Return to top of page.

January, 2022

  1. The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier (4)
  2. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (1)
  3. Silverview, John le Carré (3)
  4. The Lost Daughter, Elena Ferrante (5)
  5. The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk (n.a.)
  6. Goat Days, Benyamin (81)
  7. Never, Ken Follett (6)
  8. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (11)
  9. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (27)
  10. My Annihilation, Nakamura Fuminori (n.a.)
  11. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (14)
  12. The Sentence, Louise Erdrich (38)
  13. Islandia, Austin Tappan Wright (n.a.)
  14. The Invitation, Claude Simon (n.a.)
  15. Revolution 2020, Chetan Bhagat (37)

Return to top of page.



© 2023 the complete review

Main | the New | the Best | the Rest | Review Index | Links