We have finally finished one more year and entered a new year. You may have achieved all your resolutions of the past year or maybe not. Try not to worry too much about it. Because It's another fresh start with the new year. It's time for a reset. New goals, new resolutions. And it's also time to make a new list of books you would like to check out this year. This year is full of releases of some really amazing books with varying genres and concepts. From contemporary societal crises to escape to some dreamlike fantasy world, you will find every kind of topic in these books. It doesn't matter what kind of books you are into, because we have compiled a wide array of options for you to choose from keeping in mind everyone's different tastes. Romance novels to science fiction, mystery books to biography, every genre of books is here for your perusal. So let's see what are the best books to look forward to in the year 2022. Some books are already released and some books are coming soon.
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Reminders of Him by Colleen Hover: Published on 18th January 2022, this romance book is the latest work of the New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hover. It's a story of the redemption of a young mother, Kenna Rowan, who landed in prison for five years because of a grave mistake. After her jail term, she is determined to reunite with her daughter. But people in her daughter's life make it almost impossible for her as they refuse to give her a second chance to prove herself. The only person who doesn't shut her out is the local bar owner Ledger Ward, the only remaining link to Kenna's daughter. Inevitably, romance blooms between them even in the midst of all the pressures. Their relationship threatens to ruin everything they hold dear. So Kenna must find a way to redeem herself from her past self in order to build a better future for herself, her daughter, and her beloved.
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I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson: It's a romantic comedy released on 15th February 2022. It revolves around the topic of a second chance given to a couple to revive their once-broken relationship. The main protagonist of the story, Kian Andrews, is an aspiring journalist who suddenly gets a text from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, for a meet-up request after months of no contact. When Kian speculates the reasons as to why his ex suddenly wants to meet him again, he definitely doesn't anticipate that Hudson would have a peculiar favor to ask of him. He asks Kian to pretend to be his boyfriend for a while in front of his parents. That's how Kian finds himself as Hudson's plus one to Georgia's wedding of the season. This agreement seems beneficial to both as Hudson gets to uphold his family's reputation and Kian gets to mingle with high-society people which can finally give him his big break in his career. But the situation gets complicated when real feelings resurface in this seemingly fake relationship.
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Book lovers by Emily Henry: Slated to release on May 3rd, this introspective and delightful romance novel comes from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. The protagonist of the story is Nora Stephens who is an ardent book lover but she doesn't really associate or relate to the typical heroines of the books. She is a practical-minded literary agent. Her fondness for her sister makes her agree to go on a trip with her to the Sunshine Falls for the month of August. There she meets Charlie Lastra, a nerdy book editor from the city. Their meetings happen far too often for them to be coincidences and all their interactions seem peculiar yet intriguing. Though both of them may not seem like the typical hero-heroine combination, their odd connection seems to tell a different story altogether.
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The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon: Slated to be released on April 26th, this book is the latest work of the author who wrote The Drowning Kind, a New York Times bestselling book. This book is inspired by Mary Shelley's famous work Frankenstein and revolves around mysteries of childhood and the horrors of creepy monsters lurking around the corner.
The story is divided into two timelines, 1978 and 2019. In 1978, a renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Helen Hildreth used to live in Vermont with her two grandchildren, Vi and Eric. One day Helen brought home a girl named Iris, who seemed really eccentric and feral. But vi and Eric felt excited to find a new playmate. They made her join their Monster club where they conjured up strategies to beat the monsters. Vi always told Iris that apparently monsters were everywhere. And then fast forward to the year 2019, when the host of a popular podcast show Monsters Among Us, Lizzy Shelley finds herself going to Vermont. She gets news of sightings of monsters in the town and about the abduction of a young girl. So Lizzy takes it upon herself to hunt down the monster haunting Vermont as she knows monsters are very real, and one of them is her own sister. This story is eerily haunting and suspenseful through and through.
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Pinata by Leopoldo Gout: Slated to release on November 1st, Pinata is a tale of a terrifying possession and supernatural presence. The author of the books Ghost Radio and Genius YA trilogy brings to us the haunting story of a mother and her two daughters. Carmen Sanchez has returned to her home country of Mexico with her daughters, Izel and Luna. She gets busy supervising some renovation work and her daughters are left to their own devices in a foreign place. People of the city treat them poorly and Luna suffers some injuries after an unfortunate accident in the construction site. Carmen ultimately loses her patience and promptly leaves the city with her daughters. But back in New York, things start to turn for the worse when Luna starts acting in a really strange manner. At first, it's only Izel who starts noticing how eerily spooky her sister is acting. But she doesn't realize what kind of evil has been awakened in her sister's body until it's too late. Pinata is a bone-chilling story that seems to send us a message that you can't ever escape the consequences of your past actions.
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The Maid by Nita Prose: This book was released on January 4th and became the #1 New York Times bestseller pretty quickly. It was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated books of this year. The protagonist of this intriguing mystery story is a quirky lady, Molly Gray. She is a person with poor social skills and thus depended on her gran a lot to interpret everything in simple terms for her. So naturally, Molly becomes a little helpless when her gran dies. She finds a suitable job for herself as a hotel maid as she is really fond of cleaning and clings to this job as a lifeline. But Molly's life is thrown into utter chaos when one day she enters the suite of a wealthy guest of the hotel, Charles Black, and finds him dead. Investigation starts and Molly's unusual personality raises suspicion turning her into the lead suspect. This is the story about her journey to prove her innocence with help from some unexpected friends.
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The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart: This sci-fi mystery novel is slated to release on February 22nd and is the latest work of the author of The Warehouse. This interesting story revolves around January Cole who runs security at the Paradox Hotel, where wealthy people come to stay and wait for their 'flights' to the past. Her job becomes a lot harder when strange things start happening in the hotel. A blizzard forces them all to stay stuck there and Cole discovers a corpse in room 526. That makes her believe that there's a murderer among them moving freely but proving it is difficult as surprisingly, only Cole can see that corpse. She quickly finds herself in a tangle of past, present, and future which forces her to unravel the hotel's dark secrets and her own.
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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu: This is the debut work of the author that was released on January 18th. This fantasy tale takes place in the year 2030 when a grieving archaeologist visits the Arctic Circle and discovers the body of a girl. She seemed to have died because of an ancient virus. As the permafrost melts, this Arctic plague is unleashed on the world, and humanity gets forced to rebuild and reshape everything they have known till then. This story spans centuries and different celestial bodies to depict how resilient humans are in face of a tragedy. A theme park for terminally ill kids, a cynical worker falling in love with the mother of an infected, a heartbroken scientist getting a second chance to fatherhood with his talking pig - every little story shows us how hope and determination can be a big weapon to fight despair.
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Fevered Sky (Between Earth and Sky) by Rebecca Roanhorse: This book is the much-anticipated sequel of the critically acclaimed epic fantasy novel of 2020, Black Sun. It's slated to release on April 19th. The author takes the readers back to the shattered city of Tova. Tumultuous times force people to form unusual alliances. Sea captain Xiala finds an ally in the former Priest of Knives. Serapio and Naranpa find themselves struggling for free will as living avatars. Holding onto humanity becomes very difficult among the greed for power. Navigating life becomes challenging when legends come to life.
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Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka: Bestselling author of Girl in Snow brings a new book to us with intense, thought-provoking writing. Released on January 25th, this story portrays the story of a serial killer, Ansel Packer, who is scheduled to be executed within 12 hours. We see his life through the eyes of various women in his life, his mother, twin sister of his wife, and the homicide detective determined to catch him. Nerve-wracking suspense blends with empathy and serves us a gripping tale, questions our obsession with crime stories and psyches of violent men.
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The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder: This is an instant indie bestseller that came out on January 11th and became a hit with young adults. This is a fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince where Indiana Jones meets Sleeping Beauty. The protagonist, Fi, gets pricked by a spindle and suffers from a deadly curse. The only way out of this curse is a thing she doesn't believe in true love. The curse also brings a ghost of a sleeping prince, Briar Rose, who can only awaken with Fi's kiss. Then comes into the picture a tough warrior-girl from north, Shane, who helps Fi in her journey to fight against the curse. The adventurous path is laden with dark magic, witches, and a blossoming love no one expected.
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The Red Palace by June Hur: June Hur is the author of critically acclaimed The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls. The Red Palace is her third historical fiction laden with mysteries surrounding the imperial court released on January 25th. Set in 1758 during the Joseon dynasty, the story's protagonist Hyeon, an illegitimate daughter, manages to get into the palace as a nurse through sheer hard work. But her simple life gets thrown into disarray when someone kills four palace women in one night and the prime suspect becomes her closest friend and mentor. To prove her teacher's innocence, Hyeon starts her own investigation and gets help from a young police inspector, Login. Things get even more tricky when evidence points to the crown prince as the perpetrator and on the other hand, their own relationship becomes a lot deeper than they anticipated.
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Violeta by Isabel Allende: Released on January 25th, Violeta is the latest work of the author of the New York Times bestselling novel A Long Petal of the Sea. It's the story of Violeta Del Valle, who lived for one hundred years and experienced all the memorable events of the twentieth century. She survived world wars, pandemics, and various political upheavals. Her story is depicted in letters to someone really precious to her. It's a historical fiction filled with her passion, heartbreak, joys, and losses during difficult times. Violeta's eventful life is sure to pull at your heartstrings.
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The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn: New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code brings forth a new book based on a true story and set in the time of world war 2. Slated to release on March 29th, this is the story of Mila Pavlichenko, a quiet history student whose life turns upside down when Hitler invades Russia. She gets forced to join the fight leaving behind her ordinary life and becomes history's one of the deadliest snipers known as Lady Death. News of her 300th kill makes her a phenomenon among others and she is sent to America on a goodwill tour. There she unexpectedly befriends First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and a fellow sniper. But then she finds herself the target of two old enemies and Mila has to fight the deadliest duel of her life to survive.
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A little Closer to Home by Ginger Zee: Released on January 11th, this self-help book of the ABC chief meteorologist, Ginger Zee is the follow-up book of her bestselling Natural Disaster. She delicately handles the matter of mental health and depression in her writing. She encourages normalizing talking about it more without any shame. She lays bare her own struggles so readers can relate to her and find their own journey to healing. Her vulnerability is palpable and gives readers hope that everything will be okay eventually.
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Heiresses by Laura Thompson: Released on February 15th, this book is a non-fictional work that compiles various real stories of women born in rich households and shows us that their life is not as glamorous as they may seem from the outside. These women have their own struggles and despair to deal with. This book highlights the ugly side of these renowned women's lives which we rarely get to see. So it really gives readers a new perspective over everything which seems eye-opening.
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Two brothers by Jonathan Wilson: This book is the dual-biography of Jack and Bobby Charlton, who were World Cup-winning brothers of the 1966 England Soccer team. Wilson is the same author who wrote Inverting the Pyramid and The Barcelona Legacy previously. So his latest book definitely seems very promising.
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BI by Julia Shaw: To be released on June 28th, this book deals with the delicate subject of the inclusion of the LGBTQ community in our society. Though people are more accepting towards them now, still we have a long way to go before our society can truly become a safe place for people of varying sexuality. The author talks about how bisexuality is so often misunderstood by many. She opens up about her own experiences to draw a relatable picture and expresses her hope that people would get their deserved respect no matter what their identity is.
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The Candy House by Jennifer Egan: Set to release on April 5th, this book is the 'sibling novel' to the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Visit from the Goon Squad. Bix Bouton is the protagonist of the story who develops a new technology, Own Your Unconscious, that allows one to access any memory of theirs or to exchange with someone else. The story unfolds how this new technology changes everything. Mankind is left to struggle to maintain privacy and authenticity in this chaotic world. The book promises to provide a lasting impact on the reader's mind.
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Happy for You by Claire Stanford: Set to release on April 19th, this is a funny and quirky book about a young woman, Evelyn Kumamoto, who gets a job at a tech company. Her team gets tasked with the job of developing an app that will let you measure and grow your happiness. But when Evelyn finds herself questioning her own definition of happiness, she embarks on a philosophical journey of her own to get answers.
