Dead in 2022: The Authors We Lost (612 books)

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So these are the authors who died this year. Post tributes in the comments; I've been posting some obituary links on my own list.

Here are some sources, and let's discuss other ways to share relevant links and obituaries:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2022

Other Years:
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

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1	Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan 3.84 avg rating — 91,095 ratings score: 1,166, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel 3.91 avg rating — 235,591 ratings score: 660, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Olivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin by Olivia Newton-John 3.95 avg rating — 2,867 ratings score: 646, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories by Nichelle Nichols 3.90 avg rating — 783 ratings score: 603, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope by Naomi Judd 4.20 avg rating — 2,158 ratings score: 600, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier 3.76 avg rating — 13,615 ratings score: 588, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright 4.25 avg rating — 21,456 ratings score: 564, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine K. Albright 4.03 avg rating — 8,432 ratings score: 486, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Elmer by David McKee 4.24 avg rating — 14,376 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Oh My a Fly! by Jan Pieńkowski 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 453, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Snowman by Raymond Briggs 4.26 avg rating — 19,602 ratings score: 445, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1) by Jack Higgins 4.18 avg rating — 58,771 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Haunted House by Jan Pieńkowski 4.43 avg rating — 846 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank 3.37 avg rating — 138,931 ratings score: 380, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Skylark (Sarah, Plain and Tall #2) by Patricia MacLachlan 4.02 avg rating — 7,911 ratings score: 378, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) by Hilary Mantel 4.31 avg rating — 105,864 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette by Ronnie Spector 4.08 avg rating — 2,321 ratings score: 363, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans 3.86 avg rating — 62,059 ratings score: 357, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Ghost Story by Peter Straub 3.91 avg rating — 83,668 ratings score: 332, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian by Bob Saget 3.32 avg rating — 3,482 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Kennedy Brothers: A Legacy in Photographs by Walter R. Mears 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.66 avg rating — 195,985 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	1776 by David McCullough 4.10 avg rating — 250,471 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel 4.01 avg rating — 12,236 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too by Louie Anderson 3.95 avg rating — 1,141 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Caleb's Story (Sarah, Plain and Tall #3) by Patricia MacLachlan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,509 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh 4.25 avg rating — 15,166 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Truman by David McCullough 4.17 avg rating — 91,934 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) by Hilary Mantel 4.41 avg rating — 47,671 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	All the Places to Love: A Lyrical Picture Book About Siblings and Welcoming a Baby Sister for Kids (Ages 4-8) by Patricia MacLachlan 4.41 avg rating — 2,282 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Forever Dobie: The Many Lives of Dwayne Hickman by Dwayne Hickman 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	To Hell and Back by Meat Loaf really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 555 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny about This?" by P.J. O'Rourke 3.92 avg rating — 4,021 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Pickle-Chiffon Pie by Jolly Roger Bradfield 4.66 avg rating — 504 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	An American, a Mormon, and a Christian: My Basic Beliefs by Orrin Hatch 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life by Sally Kellerman 3.31 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 248, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Rubber Balls and Liquor by Gilbert Gottfried 3.47 avg rating — 402 ratings score: 244, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan 4.14 avg rating — 24,193 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Selected Shorts: The William Hurt Collection by Symphony Space 3.89 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs 4.29 avg rating — 4,230 ratings score: 220, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline by Loretta Lynn 4.30 avg rating — 3,057 ratings score: 209, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors by Peter Bogdanovich 4.35 avg rating — 518 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad 4.22 avg rating — 8,504 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Deadlines Past: Forty Years Of Presidential Campaigning: A Reporter's Story by Walter R. Mears 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks 3.78 avg rating — 18,702 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	John Adams by David McCullough 4.09 avg rating — 379,678 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick 3.28 avg rating — 80,459 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Het leven is vurrukkulluk by Remco Campert 3.24 avg rating — 3,659 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Dusk (Rosales Saga, #1) by F. Sionil José 4.16 avg rating — 1,454 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	A.L.T.: A Memoir by André Leon Talley 3.66 avg rating — 193 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Love Can Build a Bridge by Naomi Judd 3.96 avg rating — 499 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer 4.39 avg rating — 12,234 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Moving Molly by Shirley Hughes 4.22 avg rating — 104 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human by Richard E. Leakey 4.03 avg rating — 587 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Baby by Patricia MacLachlan 4.11 avg rating — 2,267 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind by Richard E. Leakey 4.01 avg rating — 452 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins 4.16 avg rating — 7,974 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Love Letter to the Earth by Thich Nhat Hanh 4.32 avg rating — 1,030 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Novice: A Story of True Love by Thich Nhat Hanh 4.07 avg rating — 1,540 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley 3.85 avg rating — 10,245 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Right Down the Middle: The Ralph Terry Story by Ralph Terry 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Riverfinger Women by Elana Dykewomon 3.58 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh 4.19 avg rating — 39,947 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Koko by Peter Straub 3.60 avg rating — 10,198 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Bob Saget's Tales from the Crib by Bob Saget 2.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn 3.99 avg rating — 6,208 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays, and (Other) Outrages of... by P.J. O'Rourke 3.87 avg rating — 1,085 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Grandfather's Dance (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #5) by Patricia MacLachlan 4.24 avg rating — 1,620 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter by Sidney Poitier 3.83 avg rating — 742 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in America by Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. 3.74 avg rating — 132 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Shadowland by Peter Straub 3.88 avg rating — 12,792 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout 4.15 avg rating — 975 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation (Stonewall Book Award Winner) by Urvashi Vaid 3.93 avg rating — 133 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Robbie Coltrane's B-Road Britain by Robbie Coltrane 3.50 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Riddle-Master of Hed (Riddle-Master, #1) by Patricia A. McKillip 3.98 avg rating — 13,192 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images & Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives by Todd Gitlin 3.57 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Lydia, Queen of Palestine by Uri Orlev 4.02 avg rating — 168 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Dogger by Shirley Hughes 4.32 avg rating — 5,958 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series) by Thich Nhat Hanh 4.52 avg rating — 1,051 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Wonder Woman, Vol. 4: Destiny Calling by George Pérez 3.86 avg rating — 353 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage by Todd Gitlin 3.75 avg rating — 620 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Valerie Boyd 4.36 avg rating — 1,146 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The First Christmas by Jan Pieńkowski 4.04 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Under the Rainbow: Growing Up Gay by Arnie Kantrowitz 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick 3.97 avg rating — 155,976 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	A Path Out of Poverty by Paul Farmer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford 3.91 avg rating — 9,593 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs 4.12 avg rating — 2,197 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves: My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being by Angela Lansbury 4.37 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Touched By Fire: Doctors Without Borders in a Third World Crisis by Elliott Leyton 3.81 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Barbara Ehrenreich 4.03 avg rating — 7,108 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age by Raymond Briggs 3.67 avg rating — 454 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Hey Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky? by Baxter Black 3.94 avg rating — 177 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean: A Love Story by Liz Sheridan 3.99 avg rating — 277 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 1: The Millenium Puzzle (Yu-Gi-Oh!, #1) by Kazuki Takahashi 4.10 avg rating — 11,792 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Garden and the Gun: A Journey Inside Israel by Erna Paris really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Disaster Was My God: A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud by Bruce Duffy 3.67 avg rating — 220 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Mythology of the British Isles by Geoffrey Ashe 3.56 avg rating — 601 ratings score: 137, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel 3.93 avg rating — 1,451 ratings score: 135, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	All is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day by Jim Forest 4.33 avg rating — 199 ratings score: 134, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jan 06, 2022 08:06PM

Thanks for the new list!

Would it be ok if we switched the title to Dead in 2022: The Authors We Lost so it would match up with the titles for other years?

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message 2: by Emily (new)

Jan 07, 2022 09:22AM

I changed the title of the list and put "in memoriam" in the tags.

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message 3: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jan 09, 2022 11:50PM

Bob Saget!

2022 is off to a rotten start.

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message 4: by CraftyChara (new)

Jan 21, 2022 07:17AM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Bob Saget!

2022 is off to a rotten start."

I know! 😭 And now we've lost Meat Loaf

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message 5: by Brent (last edited Jan 22, 2022 01:16PM) (new)

Jan 21, 2022 08:09AM

Meat Loaf today, and last year his collaborator, Jim Steinman. Ouch. And, next day: Thích Nhất Hạnh. God rest these souls.

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message 6: by Rainbowheart (new)

Feb 06, 2022 07:28PM

Mary Higgins Clark and Ashley Bryan are new losses.

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message 7: by Emily (new)

Mar 11, 2022 05:30PM

Mary Higgins Clark passed away in January 2020, sadly. I have removed her book Where are the Children? from this list.

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message 8: by Rainbowheart (new)

Mar 11, 2022 05:34PM

Yikes! I'm not sure how I mistook Clark for 2022. I swear she came up on a list of recently deceased authors, lol.

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message 9: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Mar 11, 2022 11:23PM

@Rainbowheart and Emily
Mary Higgins Clark was there again with A Stranger Is Watching, so I removed it.

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message 10: by Emily (last edited Mar 29, 2022 12:06AM) (new)

Mar 29, 2022 12:06AM

Doris Gwaltney passed away Dec 27 2021. I have removed her books from this list. I don't think her death was widely reported until the first week of January or later, so it may have appeared like it was 2022.

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message 11: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 05, 2022 12:39AM

Patricia MacLachlan! :(

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message 12: by Emily (new)

Apr 05, 2022 06:05AM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Patricia MacLachlan! :("

Ohhh I loved her books so much. Thanks.

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message 13: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 05, 2022 06:47PM

So did I. She leaves quite a legacy behind. Her final book was just published last year.

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message 14: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 10, 2022 05:08PM

David McKee, author of the Elmer elephant books. :(

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message 15: by CraftyChara (new)

Apr 12, 2022 02:08PM

We just lost Gilbert Gottfried

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message 16: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 20, 2022 12:51AM

Liz Sheridan and Gerda Weissmann Klein are new losses.

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message 17: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 24, 2022 12:36PM

I'm out of votes, so if anyone else wants to add them, here are more recent losses.

Orrin Hatch, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Rolando Hinojosa, and Steven Heighton

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message 18: by Brent (new)

Apr 24, 2022 02:09PM

James Bama, the great cover artist of the 1960s-1980s Doc Savage (Bantam) paperbacks and Western USA art and portraiture.

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message 19: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 30, 2022 11:24PM

Naomi Judd, Joanna Barnes, Neal Adams, and Kristian Lundberg are recent losses.

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message 20: by Rainbowheart (new)

May 17, 2022 12:08AM

Patricia A. McKillip, popular fantasy author. :(

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message 21: by Brent (last edited May 21, 2022 10:56AM) (new)

May 21, 2022 10:55AM

Roger Angell, The New Yorker long-timer and baseball great.

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message 22: by Rainbowheart (new)

May 27, 2022 07:55PM

Jim Murphy, Robert Goolrick, Dervla Murphy, and Hakim Bey are new losses.

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message 23: by ☕ Lachgas ♿ (new)

Jul 06, 2022 05:22PM

Michael Preute writing Eifel crime novels as Jacques Berndorf is a recent loss. Quite known in the german regional crime sector (there's even an award named after him, but not sure if that is one valid for GR)

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message 24: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jul 31, 2022 01:58PM

Uri Orlev, Charlotte Pomerantz, Nichelle Nichols, Stuart Woods, Diana Kennedy, Susie Steiner, Frank Moorhouse, and Elspeth Barker are some more.

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message 25: by Rainbowheart (new)

Aug 08, 2022 09:02PM

Joan Lingard, Olivia Newton-John, Elana Dykewomon, Melissa Bank, Jeanne Steig, David McCullough, Albert Woodfox, Stuart Briscoe, Eric Flint, Ivana Trump, Jim Trelease, Jean Illsley Clarke, and James E. Lovelock are additional losses.

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message 26: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 08, 2022 09:59PM) (new)

Aug 08, 2022 09:58PM

Remco Campert ...

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message 27: by Rick (new)

Aug 09, 2022 04:01AM

Brent wrote: "James Bama, the great cover artist of the 1960s-1980s Doc Savage (Bantam) paperbacks and Western USA art and portraiture."

I hadn’t heard this. Very sad.

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message 28: by slauderdale (new)

Aug 09, 2022 02:11PM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Patricia A. McKillip, popular fantasy author. :("

Oh, I didn't know. 8( She's one of those authors I always wanted to read more. Oddly, the book I best remember by her is one of her more atypical titles, "The House on Parchment Street." I had it as a library discard and read it several times when I was younger.

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message 29: by Capn (new)

Aug 10, 2022 05:05AM

Raymond Briggs as well, 88. RIP.

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message 30: by Rainbowheart (new)

Aug 12, 2022 05:45PM

Anne Heche, sadly, and let's hope we don't lose Salman Rushdie!

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message 31: by Capn (new)

Aug 12, 2022 11:52PM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Anne Heche, sadly, and let's hope we don't lose Salman Rushdie!"

Amen! :(

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message 32: by Rainbowheart (new)

Aug 17, 2022 07:41PM

Nicholas Evans, Frederick Buechner, Cecile Pineda, and Liz Goulet Dubois are also recent losses.

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message 33: by Rainbowheart (new)

Aug 19, 2022 11:51PM

Norah Vincent, Joseph Delaney, and Hans Peterson :(

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message 34: by Rick (new)

Sep 07, 2022 04:02AM

Peter Straub

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message 35: by Capn (new)

Sep 07, 2022 04:48AM

Rick wrote: "Peter Straub"

Ah, pity!

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message 36: by Rainbowheart (new)

Sep 08, 2022 10:57AM

Elizabeth II!

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message 37: by Brent (last edited Sep 08, 2022 11:28AM) (new)

Sep 08, 2022 11:27AM

Anne Garrels.
Art Rosenbaum.

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message 38: by Rainbowheart (new)

Sep 12, 2022 08:10PM

Barbara Ehrenreich, Michael Malone, John W. O'Malley, Javier Marías, and Sheila Tobias :(

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message 39: by Fiona (new)

Sep 23, 2022 05:05AM

Sad to hear about the death of Hilary Mantel.

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message 40: by Sally (new)

Sep 28, 2022 08:10PM

aww, I didn't know Coolio had a cookbook :(

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message 41: by lethe (new)

Sep 29, 2022 12:08AM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Joan Lingard, Olivia Newton-John, Elana Dykewomon, Melissa Bank, Jeanne Steig, David McCullough, [author..."

Elana Dykewomon is still listed as a GR Author. Could you report her death to Support (including a link to an obituary) so they can remove that status and add the death date?

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message 42: by Rainbowheart (new)

Sep 29, 2022 09:12AM

R.I.P. Coolio. Gangsta's Paradise was everywhere in the '90s.

I'll let support know about Elana Dykewomon.

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message 43: by lethe (new)

Sep 29, 2022 11:53AM

Thanks :)

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message 44: by Fiona (new)

Oct 05, 2022 06:26AM

Loretta Lynn :(

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message 45: by Emily (last edited Oct 05, 2022 08:01AM) (new)

Oct 05, 2022 07:59AM

I have been going through and reporting a few Goodreads Authors' accounts on this list to Support.
The Goodreads Author Bushra Rahmani
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
has the same name as a Pakistani politician and novelist who died this year at the age of 77. She did not have any English-language books that I can find. I think the person that added the Goodreads Author's book made an understandable mistake, so I have removed the book from this list.

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message 46: by Rainbowheart (new)

Oct 11, 2022 05:41PM

Angela Lansbury! :(

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message 47: by Capn (new)

Oct 12, 2022 12:22AM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Angela Lansbury! :("

Awww, sad - Chara and I were just discussing her in

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message 48: by CraftyChara (new)

Oct 15, 2022 09:46AM

Now we lost Robbie Coltrane :0(

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message 49: by Brent (last edited Oct 29, 2022 12:58PM) (new)

Oct 29, 2022 12:55PM

Jerry Lee Lewis has died. Refer to and share to a list as well, at https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Vince Dooley has died, longtime coach and athletic director of the University of Georgia Bulldogs. He became a prolific author in retirement, a gardener, too. Refer to and share to this Georgia Bulldogs list at https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

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message 50: by Rainbowheart (new)

Nov 01, 2022 06:08PM

Julie Powell!

She was only 49.

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