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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Megan Abbott: Beware the Woman: 30th May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Stacey Abrams: Rogue Justice: 23rd May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Julianna Baggott: I’d Really Prefer Not to Be Here with You, and Other Stories: 28th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Brothers Hawthorne: 29th August 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Sylvia Day: So Close: 28th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Demitria Lunetta: The Shining City: 1st March 2023: Paperback

Tom Perrotta: Tracy Flick Can’t Win: 6th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Beth Revis: Museum of Magic: 1st December 2022: Kindle Edition

Paul Tremblay: The Beast You Are: Stories: 11th July 2023: Hardcover

Francesca Zappia: Katzenjammer: 27th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

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Kelley Armstrong: A TURN OF THE TIDE: 4th October 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Megan Shepherd: MALICE HOUSE: 4th October 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Lilja Sigurðardóttir (translated by Quentin Bates): RED AS BLOOD: 13th October 2022/1st March 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Tiffany Reisz: THE HEADMASTER: 24th October 2022: Kindle Edition

V. C. Andrews: EDEN’S CHILDREN: 25th October 2022/3rd January 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Karen Ann Hopkins: DARK HOLLOW ROAD: 27th October 2022: Kindle Edition

Kelley Armstrong: GHOSTS & GARLANDS: 15th November 2022: Kindle Edition

Kelley Armstrong: CHRISTMAS AT THORNE MANOR: 15th November 2022: Hardcover & Paperback

Christina Farley: THE DREAM HEIST: 15th November 2022: Kindle Edition

Tiffany Reisz: WRAPPED IN BLACK: 22nd November 2022: Paperback

Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner: BEYOND THE END OF THE WORLD: 17th January 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

P. J. Tracy: THE DEVIL YOU KNOW: 17th January 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Janelle Monáe: THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN: 31st January 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

V. C. Andrews: BECOMING MY SISTER: 7th February 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback

V. C. Andrews: LITTLE PAULA: 7th February 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Seanan McGuire: SPELUNKING THROUGH HELL: 7th February 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback

Karen Ann Hopkins: NIGHT SONG: 14th February 2023: Kindle Edition

Laura Lam & Elizabeth May: SEVEN MERCIES: 14th February 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Mindy McGinnis: THE LAST LAUGH: 14th February 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Kelley Armstrong: MURDER AT HAVEN’S ROCK: 21st February 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Veronica Roth: ARCH-CONSPIRATOR: 21st February 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Keri Arthur: WRAITH’S REVENGE: 28th February 2023: Kindle Edition

Natasha Preston: THE ISLAND: 28th February 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Tara Isabella Burton: THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE: 7th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Amelia Kahaney: ALL THE BEST LIARS: 7th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Seanan McGuire: BACKPACKING THROUGH BEDLAM: 7th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Claire Askew: THE DEAD DON’T SPEAK: 9th March 2023: Kindle Edition

Mindy McGinnis: A LONG STRETCH OF BAD DAYS: 14th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Fran Dorricott: THE LOCH: 16th March 2023: Kindle Edition

Marianna Baer: THE INCONCEIVABLE LIFE OF QUINN: 21st March 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Darcey Bell: WOMAN OF THE YEAR: 21st March 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Ren DeStefano: HOW I’LL KILL YOU: 21st March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Marianna Baer: WOLFWOOD: 28th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Sylvia Day: SO CLOSE: 28th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Lisa Scottoline: LOYALTY: 28th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Francesca Zappia: GREYMIST FAIR: 28th March 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Amanda Panitch: GONE DARK: 4th April 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Kelley Armstrong: SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING: 11th April 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Kate McLaughlin: PIECES OF ME: 18th April 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Jennifer Bosworth: THE KILLING JAR: 1st May 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Jessica Brody: SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: 2nd May 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Amie Kaufman: THE ISLES OF THE GODS: 2nd May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Amy Suiter Clarke: LAY YOUR BODY DOWN: 9th May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Emma Cline: THE GUEST: 9th May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Andrea Robertson: BOUND BY SWORD AND SPIRIT: 16th May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Kelley Armstrong: THE POISONER’S RING: 23rd May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Victoria Helen Stone: THE HOOK: 23rd May 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Amy Tintera: ALL THESE WARRIORS: 23rd May 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Megan Abbott: BEWARE THE WOMAN: 6th June 2023: Hardcover

Eliza Jane Brazier: GIRLS AND THEIR HORSES: 6th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Kim Harrison: DEMONS OF GOOD AND EVIL: 13th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Greg Iles: SOUTHERN MAN: 13th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Wendy Walker: WHAT REMAINS: 13th June 2023: Hardcover

Riley Sager: THE ONLY ONE LEFT: 20th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Cyn Balog: YOU WON’T BELIEVE ME: 27th June 2023: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Stephanie Oakes: THE MEADOWS: 8th August 2023: Kindle Edition

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

June 2022 Releases

Better late than never, right? So here are some books you may have missed, released June 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.

Keri Arthur: Sorrow’s Song: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Claire Askew: Cover Your Tracks: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Amy Ewing: Lucien’s Story: Kindle Edition

Mina Hardy: After All I’ve Done: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Zakiya Dalila Harris: The Other Black Girl: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Kim Harrison: Trouble with the Cursed: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Paula Hawkins: A Slow Fire Burning: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Samantha Hayes: The Ex-Husband: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Carrie Jones: The Fear That Returns: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Tara Moss: The Ghosts of Paris: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Tom Perrotta: Tracy Flick Can’t Win: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Jodi Picoult: Wish You Were Here: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Riley Sager: The House Across the Lake: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Erica Spindler: Last Known Victim: Kindle Edition: Goodreads

Francesca Zappia: Katzenjammer: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

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NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

NOW AVAILABLE
Kelley Armstrong: DREAMING DARKNESS: VOLUME TWO: Kindle Edition
Karen Ann Hopkins: THE FORTUNA COIN: Kindle Edition & Paperback
Carrie Jones: THE THINGS WE SEEK: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Beth Revis: PAPER HEARTS FAST DRAFT WORKBOOK: Paperback

PRE-ORDER
Keri Arthur: BROKEN BONDS: 26th October 2021: Kindle Edition & Paperback
Jennifer Lynn Barnes: THE FINAL GAMBIT: 30th August 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Laura Bickle: SHIFTING SUMMER: 20th October 2021: Kindle Edition
Tess Gerritsen: LISTEN TO ME: 5th July 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Imogen Howson: A GIRL OF DUST & DEATH: 23rd November 2021 (PB out now): Kindle Edition & Paperback
Emiko Jean: TOKYO DREAMING: 31st May 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Amy McCulloch: BREATHLESS: 3rd May 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Riley Sager: THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE: 28th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Lisa Scottoline: ETERNAL: 1st February 2022 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Andrew Shaffer: FEEL THE BERN: 28th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Paperback
Cristin Terrill: THE STARS BETWEEN US: 2nd August 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Paul Tremblay: THE PALLBEARERS CLUB: 5th July 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Francesca Zappia: KATZENJAMMER: 28th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

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These are all the books I added to my wishlist from July 1st onwards. Because I’m so behind, some of these books have already been published. So click what takes your fancy, and maybe you’ll be in luck to buy and read straight away.

Tara Altebrando: TAKE ME WITH YOU: 1st June 2021: US Paperback

V. C. Andrews: THE UMBRELLA LADY: 2nd February 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Hardcover

Kelley Armstrong: CURSED LUCK: 4th May 2021: US Kindle Edition

Keri Arthur: MAGIC MISLED: 23rd February 2021: US Kindle Edition

Claire Askew: NOVELISTA: 15th October 2020: US Kindle Edition

Chris Beckett: TWO TRIBES: US Kindle Edition

Oyinkan Braithwaite: TREASURE: US Kindle Edition

Kylie Chan: SCALES OF EMPIRE: 1st September 2020: US Paperback

Naomi Clark: THE WITCH’S GUIDE TO WEREWOLVES: US Kindle Edition

Katelyn Detweiler: THE PEOPLE WE CHOOSE: 4th May 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Hardcover

Janet Edwards: EARTH PRIME: US Kindle Edition

Nicci French: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR: 27th April 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Paperback

Tess Gerritsen & Gary Braver: CHOOSE ME: 22nd June 2021: US Kindle Edition

R. Z. Held: UNJUST THEFT: US Kindle Edition

Kristi Helvig: STRANGE SKIES: US Kindle Edition

Karen Ann Hopkins: BLOODY TIES: 22nd September 2020: US Kindle Edition

Emiko Jean: TOKYO EVER AFTER: 25th May 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Hardcover

Seanan McGuire: CALCULATED RISKS: 23rd February 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Paperback

Seanan McGuire: ANGEL OF THE OVERPASS: 11th May 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Paperback

Saundra Mitchell: ALL THE THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK: 16th February 2021: US Paperback

Francine Pascal: LITTLE CREW OF BUTCHERS: 25th May 2021: US Paperback

Parker Peevyhouse: STRANGE EXIT: 27th April 2021: US Paperback

Tiffany Reisz: A MIDWINTER NIGHT’S DREAM: 1st December 2020: US Kindle Edition & US Paperback

Tiffany Reisz: A WINTER SYMPHONY: 1st December 2020: US Kindle Edition & US Paperback

Tiffany Reisz: THE PEARL: 1st December 2020: US Paperback

Laura Ruby: THIRTEEN DOORWAYS, WOLVES BEHIND THEM ALL: 27th April 2021: US Paperback

Lisa Scottoline: EXPOSED: 29th December 2020: US Paperback

Lisa Scottoline: ETERNAL: 23rd March 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Hardcover

Andrew Shaffer: LOOK MOM I’M A POET (AND SO IS MY CAT): 11th May 2021: US Paperback

Lilja Sigurðardóttir: BETRAYAL: 1st May 2021: US Paperback

Karin Slaughter: THE SILENT WIFE: 20th April 2021: US Paperback

Maria V. Snyder: DEFENDING THE GALAXY: 2nd December 2020: Australian Kindle Edition

Victoria Helen Stone: THE LAST ONE HOME: 23rd March 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Paperback

Amy Tintera: ALL THESE MONSTERS: 15th June 2021: US Paperback

Paul Tremblay: NO SLEEP TILL WONDERLAND: 20th April 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Paperback

Andy Weir: PROJECT HAIL MARY: 4th May 2021: US Kindle Edition & US Hardcover

Francesca Zappia: NOW ENTERING ADDAMSVILLE: 13th April 2021: US Paperback

4 New Covers (Liggett, Lu, Mitchell, Zappia)

Now Available for US Pre-Order

Keri Arthur: DEMON DANCE: 12th February 2019: Buy (US)
Amy Rose Capetta: THE BRILLIANT DEATH (paperback): 3rd September 2019: Buy (US)
Amy Rose Capetta: THE STORM OF LIFE: 1st October 2019: Buy (US)
Kim Liggett: THE GRACE YEAR: 17th September 2019: Buy (US)
Kelly Meding: STRAY MOON (paperback): 5th February 2019: Buy (US)
Marissa Meyer: Untitled 3rd Renegades book: 5th November 2019: Buy (US)
Parker Peevyhouse: THE ECHO ROOM (paperback): 17th September 2019: Buy (US)
Beth Revis: GIVE THE DARK MY LOVE (paperback): 24th September 2019: Buy (US)
Veronica Roth: THE END AND OTHER BEGINNINGS: 1st October 2019: Buy (US)
Laura Ruby: THIRTEEN DOORWAYS, WOLVES BEHIND THEM ALL: 1st October 2019: Buy (US)
Megan Shepherd: GRIM LOVELIES (paperback): 4th June 2019: Buy (US)
Megan Shepherd: MIDNIGHT BEAUTIES: 13th August 2019: Buy (US)
Paul Tremblay: THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD (paperback): 24th September 2019: Buy (US)
Francesca Zappia: NOW ENTERING ADDAMSVILLE: 1st October 2019: Buy (US)

Now Available for US Pre-Order

Kelley Armstrong: WHEREVER SHE GOES: 25th June 2019: Buy (US)
Cyn Balog: THAT NIGHT: 4th June 2019: Buy (US)
Amy Rose Capetta: THE LOST COAST: 14th May 2019: Buy (US)
Ally Condie: THE LAST VOYAGE OF POE BLYTHE: 15th January 2019: Buy (US)
Claudia Gray: DEFY THE FATES: 2nd April 2019: Buy (US)
Rhiannon Held: LADY’S CHILDREN: 6th November 2018: Buy (US)
Natasha Preston: THE LOST: 2nd April 2019: Buy (US)
Tiffany Reisz: PICTURE PERFECT COWBOY: 5th November 2018: Buy (US)
Madeleine Roux: COURT OF SHADOWS (paperback): 23rd April 2019: Buy (US)
Madeleine Roux: TOMB OF ANCIENTS: 14th May 2019: Buy (US)
Danielle Vega: LAST RITES (paperback): 7th May 2019: Buy (US)
Wendy Walker: THE NIGHT BEFORE: 14th May 2019: Buy (US)
Francesca Zappia: ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS (paperback): 7th May 2019: Buy (US)

July 2017 Releases

Done with June 2017 Releases? Here are July 2017 Releases. For future releases, check Reading Wishlist.