5-Star Books I Read in 2022 & Books I Read That Were Published in 2022

I read four 5-star books this year. Two of them were published in 2022.

Everything I read in 2022 is listed on my Goodreads – starting from most recently read.

And here I’ve included a list of everything PUBLISHED in 2022 that I read.

(NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Goodreads links to my star-ratings and thoughts.)

5-STAR READS
5 STARS: Amy Suiter Clarke: Girl, 11: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: & Paperback: Goodreads
5 STARS: Jodi Picoult: The Color War: eBook: Goodreads
5 STARS: Amy McCulloch: Breathless: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
5 STARS: Claire Askew: A Matter of Time: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

2022 RELEASES
4 STARS: Eliza Jane Brazier: Good Rich People: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: P. J. Tracy: Desolation Canyon: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
5 STARS: Amy McCulloch: Breathless: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Claire Kohda: Woman, Eating: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Kate McLaughlin: Daughter: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads
4 STARS: Alex Kava: Fallen Creed: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads
4 STARS: Allie Reynolds: The Bay (also published as The Swell): Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads
4 STARS: Hannah Gadsby: Ten Steps to Nanette: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Fran Dorricott: The Lighthouse: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Holly Black: Book of Night: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Lisa Scottoline: What Happened to the Bennetts: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Kelley Armstrong: A Rip Through Time: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Katharine McGee: Rivals: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Andrew Neiderman: The Woman Beyond the Attic: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Kelley Armstrong: The Deepest of Secrets: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Erica Spindler: The Detective’s Daughter: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Karin Slaughter: Girl, Forgotten: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Lydia Kang: The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Darcey Bell: All I Want: Kindle Edition: Goodreads
4 STARS: Riley Sager: The House Across the Lake: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads
2 STARS: Paul Tremblay: The Pallbearers Club: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
5 STARS: Claire Askew: A Matter of Time: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Simone Buchholz (translated by Rachel Ward): River Clyde: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Amanda Panitch: Gone Dark: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Final Gambit: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Samantha Hayes: The Ex-Husband: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
2 STARS: V. C. Andrews: Becoming My Sister: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Seanan McGuire: Where the Drowned Girls Go: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads
3 STARS: Francesca Zappia: Katzenjammer: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads
3 STARS: Natasha Preston: The Fear: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Megan Shepherd: Malice House: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads
4 STARS: Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan: Trapper Road: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads
4 STARS: Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan: Mad Honey: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads

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NOW AVAILABLE

Seanan McGuire: SKELETON SONG: Kindle Edition

Karen Ann Hopkins: DARK HOLLOW ROAD: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Lisa Unger: SECLUDED CABIN SLEEPS SIX: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

PRE-ORDER

Julianna Baggott: THE WICK: 10th January 2023: Kindle Edition

Alyssa Cole: ONE OF US KNOWS: 5th September 2023/15th September 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Sylvia Day: TOO FAR: 24th October 2023: Kindle Edition

Tess Gerritsen: LISTEN TO ME: 7th February 2023 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Samantha Hayes: THE ENGAGEMENT: 10th January 2023: Kindle Edition

Emiko Jean: MIKA IN REAL LIFE: 8th August 2023 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Stephanie Oakes: THE MEADOWS: 12th September 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Cherie Priest: FLIGHT RISK: 15th August 2023 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Tiffany Reisz: A WOLFE IN WINTER: 21st December 2022: Kindle Edition

Carrie Ryan: INTO THE WINDS: 29th August 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Lisa Scottoline: PIGEON TONY’S LAST STAND: 31st January 2023: Kindle Edition

Karin Slaughter: untitled novel: 22nd August 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Paul Tremblay: THE BEAST YOU ARE: 11th July 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Lisa Unger: THE DARK DOOR: 6th December 2022: Kindle Edition

Lisa Unger: UNKNOWN CALLER: 31st January 2023: Kindle Edition

Danielle Valentine: HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR MURDER: 1st August 2023 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Danielle Valentine: DELICATE CONDITION: 8th August 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Rachel Vincent: LIVING DEAD GIRL: 19th December 2022: Kindle Edition

Wendy Walker: WHAT REMAINS: 13th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

August 2022 Releases

Better late than never, right? So here are some books you may have missed, released August 2022. All are US publication dates, and all buy links are to Amazon US. (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Goodreads links lead to my star-ratings (out of five) and any thoughts.

Marta Acosta: Howl Like the Wind: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Cassie Alexander: Nightshifted: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Hawthorne Legacy: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Final Gambit: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: Suns Will Rise: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan: Trapper Road: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Amy Suiter Clarke: Girl, 11: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Zakiya Dalila Harris: His Happy Place: Kindle Edition

Katelyn Monroe Howes: The Awoken: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Emiko Jean: Mika in Real Life: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff: Aurora’s End: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Michelle Rowen: Nightfall: Kindle Edition

Riley Sager: Survive the Night: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Lisa Scottoline: What Happened to the Bennetts: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Karin Slaughter: Girl, Forgotten: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Erica Spindler: The Detective’s Daughter: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Cristin Terrill: The Stars Between Us: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Danielle Valentine: How to Survive Your Murder: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

July 2022 Releases

Better late than never, right? So here are some books you may have missed, released July 2022. All are US publication dates, and all buy links are to Amazon US. (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Goodreads links lead to my star-ratings (out of five) and any thoughts.

Stacey Abrams: While Justice Sleeps: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Cassie Alexander: Nightshifted: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

K. L. Armstrong: The Life She Had: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Claire Askew: A Matter of Time: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan: Trapper Road: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Theo Clare: The Book of Sand: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Alyssa Cole: The A.I. Who Loved Me: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Janet Edwards: Sol 2781: Kindle Edition

Tess Gerritsen: Listen to Me: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Jodi Picoult: Keeping Faith: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Cherie Priest: Grave Reservations: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Tiffany Reisz: Misbehaving: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Beth Revis: Blood and Feathers: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Allie Reynolds: The Swell (also published as The Bay): Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads

Paul Tremblay: The Pallbearers Club: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Rachel Vincent: Every Single Lie: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Rachel Vincent: No One Is Alone: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Now Available for US Pre-Order

Cassandra Rose Clarke: Forget This Ever Happened: 4th January 2022: Paperback
Nicci French: The Unheard: 26th October 2021: Kindle Edition
Amelia Kahaney: All the Best Liars: 5th April 2022: Kindle Edition
Mindy McGinnis: The Initial Insult: 4th January 2022: Paperback
Kathleen Peacock: You Were Never Here: 4th January 2022: Paperback
Tiffany Reisz: Mischief: 27th September 2021: Kindle Edition
Carrie Ryan: Into the Winds: 8th February 2022: Hardcover
Kristen Simmons: Payback: 8th February 2022: Paperback

Free 60-Day Trial of Kindle Unlimited, and the Books Available

On Facebook, a friend shared a Groupon for a Free 60-Day Kindle Unlimited Membership (US $19.98 Value). I know nothing about Kindle Unlimited. I’m hoping that “borrowing” books through is like the way my libraries work – download books, and they get automatically deleted after a certain number of days, or you return them earlier. I’m hoping it’s not the “read for free” thing that publishers sometimes do on their websites where you can only read web-based – no downloads.

You’ll need an Amazon account, and will need to make sure the settings have your location as the United States. You’ll also need a Groupon account, for which I used my Facebook, and make sure that you’re not signed up to any of their newsletters if you’re treating this Groupon as a one-off deal.

Group will ask you for “payment”, but I clicked the PayPal button, so I wasn’t charged – because the deal is free, after all. There’s also an option for credit card info.

Once you’ve got your Amazon organised, click here and input the code from your email, to activate the deal.

And now comes the part for why you’re here – borrowing books for free. I don’t know if there are expiry dates or what kind of borrowing system it is (see above about publishers vs. libraries). I’m on the wrong machine right now, but tomorrow on my laptop, I plan to investigate the following links. I systematically checked my reading wishlist, and here are the Kindle Unlimited-eligible books I’m interested in. Some are “pre-orders”, so I doubt you’ll be able to borrow them now. Be sure to check that the ones you’re interested in have Kindle Unlimited on the page, just in case I included a non-eligible title or if the authors/publishers decide to take them off the programme.

Vicki Hendricks: Miami Purity
Cyn Balog: Drowned
Chris Beckett: The Peacock Cloak
Jenna Black: Sealed with a Curse
Rachel Caine: Stillhouse Lake (pre-order)
Amy Rose Capetta: Entangled
Naomi Clark: The Ungrateful Dead; Wild; Gone to the Dogs; Ice Ice Baby; Stakeout
Liz Coley: The Captain’s Kid
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games; Catching Fire; Mockingjay
Megan Crewe: Earth & Sky; A Clouded Sky; A Sky Unbroken
Deborah Halverson: Writing New Adult Fiction
Jen Estes: Fifteen; Sixteen
Christina Farley: Gilded; Silvern; Brazen
Megan Hart: The Resurrected Compendium; Clearwater; The Lies We Tell (pre-order); The Secrets We Keep (pre-order)
Erica Hayes: Hunter’s Heart
Anthology: Tick Tock
Karen Ann Hopkins: Lamb to the Slaughter; Embers; Whispers from the Dead; Rachel’s Deception; Gaia; Secrets from the Grave; Tempest; Hidden in Plain Sight
Lydia Kang: A Beautiful Poison (pre-order)
PD Martin: Coming Home; When Justice Fails; Missing; The Wanderer; Grounded Spirits
Liz Maverick: The Transporter (pre-order)
Seanan McGuire: Indexing; Reflections
Will McIntosh: Futures Near & Far
Tracey O’Hara: Once Upon a Moonlit Night
Jackson Pearce: Turn Here
Cheryl Rainfield: Stained; Parallel Visions
Dia Reeves: Rhymes with Vampire
Leah Rhyne: In the Land of the Blind
Carrie Ryan: A Game of Firsts
Holly Schindler: Fifth Avenue Fidos; Play It Again; Forever Finley
Jeri Smith-Ready: Bridge
Lila Veen: Burning for You
Jessica Verday: Flesh Which Is Not Flesh
M.D. Waters: Gemini’s Edge
Skyler White: Offerings
Susanne Winnacker: Between the Shadow & the Soul

September 2016 Releases

Done with August 2016 Releases? Here are September 2016 Releases. For future releases, check Reading Wishlist.

12th July 2016 Releases

Happy Release Day to:

Carrie Ryan
Daughter of Deep Silence
Penguin Speak (US & CA: 12th July 2016)
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In the wake of the devastating destruction of the luxury yacht Persephone, just three souls remain to tell its story – and two of them are lying. Only Frances Mace knows the terrifying truth, and she’ll stop at nothing to avenge the murders of everyone she held dear. Even if it means taking down the boy she loves and possibly losing herself in the process.

J. A. Souders
Revelations (Elysium Chronicles, Book 2)
Macmillan Tor (US: 12th July 2016)
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Six weeks after her arrival on the Surface, Evelyn Winters is no closer to unlocking the memories lost in her subconscious than she was when she first came. Isolated in a strange new society, Evie has only Gavin Hunter to remind her of who she once was. But even with a clean slate, it’s easy to see that Evie doesn’t fit in on the Surface. And as her differences make her feel more and more alone, she can’t help but yearn for that place she doesn’t remember: the isolated city hidden in the depths of the ocean. Elysium. Home. But she can’t exactly tell Gavin what she’s feeling. Not when he’s the one who helped her escape Elysium in the first place, and has the scars to prove it. Though the doctors say otherwise, Gavin believes that Evie just needs time. And if her memories don’t come back, well, maybe she’s better off not remembering her past. But the decision may be out of their hands when Evie’s ever-elusive memories begin to collide with reality. People and images from her past appear in the most unlikely places, haunting her, provoking her…and making her seem not only strange but dangerous. Evie and Gavin can’t wait around for her memories to return. They’ll have to journey across the Outlands of the Surface to find help, and in the end, their search may just lead them back to the place it all started…

J. A. Souders
Rebellion (Elysium Chronicles, Book 3)
Macmillan Tor (US: 12th July 2016)
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Back in Elysium at last, Evie has finally found her true self hidden under layers and layers of false memories implanted by the woman she knew as Mother. Thanks to the intervention of her father, she knows the horrible truth about Mother and her insidious plans for the city. With the help of the love of her life, Gavin, and her best friend, Asher St. James, Evie is determined to free her people from the cruel dictatorship of Mother’s laws. But how do you free people who don’t know they need rescuing? Working with the growing Underground rebellion, Evie tries to remove Mother from her position by force – with disastrous results. As the body count rises, Evie must find a way to save Elysium before Mother destroys them all.

Wendy Walker
All Is Not Forgotten
Macmillan St. Martin’s (US: 12th July 2016)
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It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, struggles to pretend this horrific event did not touch her carefully constructed world. As Tom and Charlotte seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years.

July 2016 Releases

Done with June 2016 Releases? Here are July 2016 Releases. For future releases, check Reading Wishlist.

6 New Covers (McGarry, Reisz, Ryan, Simmons, Vincent, Williams)