Culture | Our books of the year

These are The Economist’s best books of 2022

Their subjects include financial scandals, a witness to the Holocaust and cell theory

Dec 6th 2022

This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “The good books”

December 10th 2022

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