The problem with essay collections is that some you'll love and others you'll find a bit uninteresting. This volume felt a bit longer than other for some reason and didn't get to all essays before it was automatically archived.

One of the best essay collections I've ever read. So gorgeous and heartbreaking. I read this while gardening, which feels significant. It was the perfect way to engage with the book and the world. Essays that stuck with me include The Wild, Sublime Body and Ghosts.

A brilliant collection of challenging, timely, and often powerfully personal essays. Alex Marzano-Lesnevich's "Futurity" is a great one. Thank you to NetGallery for the ARC.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the ARC. Excellent resource to give to students and husband college. There thought provoking essays. I definitely recommend if you're in the mood to read essays. This is great to pick up now and then. It's also a great coffee table book for those who want to read something.

The essays selected by Chee for the 2022 edition of The Best American Essays is a great entry into the series. I appreciated the breadth of representation and topics, which seemed to encompass and chronicle some of the most pressing issues of our day. A few of the essays weren't as resonate for me personally, but the ones that were packed a punch. This is the kind of collection that a reader could return to in future years and comb through again and again.

The Best American Essays series is one of my must reads every year, and the 2022 edition does not disappoint. Guest editor Alexander Chee has chosen a nuanced assortment of essays running the gamut of experiences, all achingly illustrating what it means to be human. Two of my favorites were unexpected surprises, the contemporary female essayists Melissa Febos with "The Wild, Sublime Body" and Elissa's Washuta's "Drinking Story." Chee does an outstanding job of finding up and coming writers alongside the seasoned. Chee summons Susan Sontag in his introduction as he beckons "Welcome to my party" and what a party it is. I'm the guest who doesn't want to leave.

Essays are one of favorite reading genre, but I found this collection too be not the best example. Even the essay by Gary Steyngart about his botched circumcision was way too much information.

It has been over 10 years since I've read an edition of The Best American Essays. My professors at NYU loved to assign reading from these books and I understand why. The very first essay I read was about the difference between Japanese and American bathrooms. Let me tell you, when I was done reading that essay, I never, ever forgot about it. And instead of selling the edition once the semester was over, I kept it for my personal library.

Fast forward to 2022 and The Best American Essays is still kicking. And thank goodness because this year's edition is amazing. Alexander Chee is the guest editor this year, and he and Robert Atwan chose well. The essays are incredibly well written, emotional and why this series has stood the test of time.

A great essay really pulls at my emotions, and almost all of the essays in this collection did some damage to my heart and soul. The subjects are varied, complicated and written by some of the most talented writers I've come across in a collection.

If essays are your thing, I highly recommend you check out this edition of the Best American Essays.

This year's guest editor, Alexander Chee, chose well. The essays in BAE 2022 represent the zeitgeist of the era, this year of global pandemic and a climate of fire and ice -- raging fires and melting ice. "Fire and Ice," by writer Barry Lopez's widow, Debra Gwartney, is one of my favorites among this year's selected 23 essays. Another favorite is "Between These Lives, Azeroth" by Tanner Akoni Laguatan. In Chee's introduction to the collection he says, "This anthology was almost an anthology of elegies." There is a strong elegiac vibe, yes, but the anthology is also a tribute to creative nonfiction, which celebrates stories by those of us who have lived. So, everybody. These are specific essays by individual voices, yet they shine light on universal truths.

[Thanks to Mariner Books and NetGalley for an opportunity to read an advanced reader copy and share my opinion of this book.]

This year’s edition of Best American Essays, edited by Robert Atwan and guest edited by Alexander Chee was a great collection of recent essays. There was a diverse range of perspectives captured in this edition, and most essays felt incredibly personal - possibly due to Chee’s influence as he wrote “How to Write an Autobiographical Novel”. Overall, the writing still has a spin of social commentary underlying and a heavy dose of isolationism brought on by the pandemic. Regardless, it was still a lovely collection of pieces that I enjoyed thoroughly.

Thanks to NetGalley and Mariner Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to the publisher for an early copy of this book. I always enjoy collections of essays and this one was very well curated. I liked some more than others, but all of the essays in this book felt incredibly personal and it was an honor to get to read them.

The Best American Essays 2022 is just as enjoyable as its predecessors. I always come away with a few new (to me) writers to follow, and anything involving Alexander Chee, whether as a writer or an editor, is always a must-read for me!

THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2022 is a rich collection of highly personal writings--some intensely moving, all superbly written and clearly thoughtfully chosen. A wonderful place to find new authors to seek out and a terrific addition to the "Best American Essays" shelf. Highly recommended.

Thanks to Mariner and to Netgalley for the opportunity and pleasure of an early read.

I really love essays, they give you a glimpse into an author's writing without having to commit to a whole novel. Great essays- I always find one or two new writers to follow by reading these anthologies.