--- description: Find out why "Mouth to Mouth" by Antoine Wilson is on TIME's list of the must-read books of the year. title: 'Mouth to Mouth' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84e59f50a7c1ce9c/698a37bbcabb1d2004e50e54/MouthtoMouth.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 14, 2022 # Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Antoine Wilson’s suspenseful thriller _Mouth to Mouth_ begins with a chance encounter. The novel’s unnamed narrator runs into his former college classmate Jeff Cook at the airport. Soon, Jeff reveals to the narrator a tale of deceit, intrigue, and tested morality as they both wait for their flights. With puzzling urgency, Jeff divulges the strange story of how he once rescued Francis, a wealthy art dealer. Their lives appear to be eerily interconnected—and the narrative Jeff spins blurs the lines between fiction and reality. As he unveils more of his shocking interactions with Francis, Jeff keeps the narrator on the edge of his seat, until _Mouth to Mouth_’s jaw-dropping finale. —_Cady Lang_ **Buy Now**: _Mouth to Mouth_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781982181802 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/3G1j50y "undefined") **Contact us at** [letters@time.com](mailto:letters@time.com?subject=%28READER%20FEEDBACK%29%20Stay%20True&body=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcollection-post%2F6228627%2Fstay-true%2F "undefined")**.** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2022/6228591/mouth-to-mouth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2022/6228591/mouth-to-mouth/"},"headline":"Mouth to Mouth","datePublished":"2022-11-14T12:53:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:10:35.432Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2022/6228591/mouth-to-mouth/","keywords":["Books","list","best books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84e59f50a7c1ce9c/698a37bbcabb1d2004e50e54/MouthtoMouth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84e59f50a7c1ce9c/698a37bbcabb1d2004e50e54/MouthtoMouth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2022/6228591/mouth-to-mouth/","name":"Mouth to Mouth"}}]}] ```