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

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

October 2022 Releases

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

Cassie Alexander: Moonshifted: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

V. C. Andrews: Eden’s Children: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Kelley Armstrong: A Turn of the Tide: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Sara Creasy: Song of Scarabaeus: Kindle Edition: Goodreads

Sara Creasy: Children of Scarabaeus: Kindle Edition: Goodreads

Nicci French: The Favor: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Karen Ann Hopkins: Dark Hollow Road: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Mur Lafferty: Station Eternity: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Malinda Lo: A Line in the Dark: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Daniel O’Malley: Blitz: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Amy Christine Parker: Flight 171: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan: Mad Honey: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Sara Raasch & Kristen Simmons: Rise Up from the Embers: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Tiffany Reisz: The Headmaster: Kindle Edition

Veronica Roth: Poster Girl: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Megan Shepherd: Malice House: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Lilja Sigurðardóttir (translated by Quentin Bates): Red as Blood: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Karin Slaughter: False Witness: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback: Goodreads

Maggie Stiefvater: Greywaren: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

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

May 2022 Releases

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

Megan Abbott: The Turnout: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

V. C. Andrews: The Umbrella Lady: Kindle Edition & Mass Market Paperback: Goodreads

Kelley Armstrong: A Rip Through Time: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback: Goodreads

Holly Black: Book of Night: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads

A. R. Capetta: The Lost Coast: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Tami Hoag: Down the Darkest Road: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Karen Ann Hopkins: Serenity: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Greg Iles: True Evil: Kindle Edition & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback

Emiko Jean: Tokyo Ever After: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Emiko Jean: Tokyo Dreaming: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

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

Lydia Kang: The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Amy McCulloch: Breathless: Kindle Edition & Hardcover: Goodreads

Katharine McGee: Inheritance: Kindle Edition

Katharine McGee: Rivals: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Karin Slaughter: Pieces of Her: Kindle Edition & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback: Goodreads

Erica Spindler: Killer Takes All: Kindle Edition

Victoria Helen Stone: At the Quiet Edge: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Wendy Walker: Emma in the Night: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

April 2022 Releases

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

Fran Dorricott: The Lighthouse: Kindle Edition

Kim Harrison: Million Dollar Demon: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Mass Market Paperback

Romy Hausmann: Dear Child: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback

Romy Hausmann: Sleepless: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

R. Z. Held: Pure Motives: Kindle Edition

Karen Ann Hopkins: Serenity: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Amelia Kahaney: All the Best Liars: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Claire Kohda: Woman, Eating: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Janelle Monáe: The Memory Librarian: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Amanda Panitch: Gone Dark: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Tiffany Reisz: Seize the Night: Kindle Edition & Paperback: Goodreads

Lisa Scottoline: Running from the Law: Kindle Edition & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback

Karin Slaughter: False Witness: Kindle Edition & Paperback & Mass Market Paperback: Goodreads

Maria V. Snyder: Up to the Challenge: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Scott Westerfeld: Mirror’s Edge: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Scott Westerfeld: Youngbloods: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Now Available for US Pre-Order

All are US publication dates. (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

NOW AVAILABLE
Janet Edwards: PERILOUS: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Janet Edwards: DEFENDER: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Janet Edwards: HURRICANE: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Janet Edwards: BORDERLINE: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Janet Edwards: ARRAY 2781: Kindle Edition
Carrie Jones: ALMOST DEAD: Kindle Edition & Paperback
Beth Revis: THE FUTURE COLLECTION: Kindle Edition & Paperback

NOW AVAILABLE FOR US PRE-ORDER
Kelley Armstrong: HIGH JINX: 7th December 2021: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Kelley Armstrong: GODDESS OF SUMMER LOVE: 18th January 2022: Kindle Edition
Kelley Armstrong: A TURN OF THE TIDE: 4th October 2022: Kindle Edition
Chris Beckett: TOMORROW: 1st May 2022 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: SUNS WILL RISE: 16th August 2022 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Simone Buchholz (translated by Rachel Ward): RIVER CLYDE: 1st July 2022: Paperback
Abigail Dean: GIRL A: 1st February 2022 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Tess Gerritsen: LISTEN TO ME: 5th July 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Zakiya Dalila Harris: THE OTHER BLACK GIRL: 7th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
L. A. Larkin: THE SAFE PLACE: 9th November 2021: Kindle Edition & Paperback
Marissa Meyer: CURSED: 8th November 2022: Kindle Edition
Daniel O’Malley: BLITZ: 4th October 2022: Kindle Edition
Cherie Priest: GRAVE RESERVATIONS: 19th July 2022 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Allie Reynolds: SHIVER: 28th December 2021 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback
Allie Reynolds THE SWELL: 14th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Karin Slaughter: GIRL, FORGOTTEN: 2nd August 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

July 2021 Releases

Better late than never, right? So here are some books you may have missed, released July 2021. All are US publication dates, and all buy links are to Kindle Editions. (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Goodreads links lead to my star-ratings (out of five) and any thoughts.

JULY 2021 RELEASES
Cassandra Alexander: Year of the Nurse
Kelley Armstrong: Ballgowns & Butterflies
Chris Beckett: Tomorrow
Naomi Clark: The Mortal Touch
Tess Gerritsen & Gary Braver: Choose Me: Goodreads
Jenna Glass: Mother of All
Carrie Jones: Those Who Survived
Tiffany Reisz: The Auction
Andrea Robertson: Cast in Secrets and Shadow
Eve Silver: Northern Waste Box Set
Karin Slaughter: False Witness: Goodreads
Amy Tintera: All These Warriors
Rachel Vincent: Red Wolf

[REWIND] August 2020 Releases

If you stopped keeping updated on book stuff in 2020, this blog series is for you. A list, organised by month, of 2020 book releases. All are US publication dates, and all buy links are to Kindle Editions. (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Goodreads links lead to my star-ratings (out of five) and any thoughts.

AUGUST 2020 RELEASES

Janet Edwards: Earth Prime: Buy
R. Z. Held: Unjust Theft: Buy
Kristi Helvig: Strange Skies: Buy
Kristi Helvig: The House on 6th Street: Buy: Goodreads
Alex Kava: Hidden Creed: Buy: Goodreads
Laura Lam & Elizabeth May: Seven Devils: Buy
Kate McLaughlin (also published as Kady Cross): The Girl in the Steel Corset: Buy: Goodreads
Carrie Mesrobian: The Whitsun Daughters: Buy
Stephenie Meyer: Midnight Sun: Buy
Sara Raasch & Kristen Simmons: Set Fire to the Gods: Buy
Lilja Sigurðardóttir (translated by Quentin Bates): Betrayal: Buy: Goodreads
Karin Slaughter: The Silent Wife: Buy

Now Available for US Pre-Order

NOW AVAILABLE
Shirley Jackson: THE SUMMER PEOPLE: Kindle Edition
Tiffany Reisz: THE CONFESSIONS: Paperback
Tiffany Reisz: THE RED: Paperback
Tiffany Reisz: MICHAEL’S WINGS: Paperback
Tiffany Reisz: THE CHATEAU: Paperback
Tiffany Reisz: PICTURE PERFECT COWBOY: Paperback
Andrew Shaffer: CATSBY: Paperback
Andrew Shaffer: THE SUMMER OF ’82: Kindle Edition & Paperback
Maria V. Snyder: THE EYES OF TAMBURAH: Paperback

NOW AVAILABLE FOR US PRE-ORDER
Kelley Armstrong: A STRANGER IN TOWN: 9th November 2021: Paperback
Claire Askew: A MATTER OF TIME: 2nd September 2021: Kindle Edition
Emma Cline: REWARDS: 25th February 2021: Kindle Edition
Christina Dalcher: FEMLANDIA: 19th October 2021: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Nicci French: untitled: 26th October 2021: Hardcover & Paperback
Romy Hausmann: SLEEPLESS: 5th October 2021: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen: PATIENT ZERO: 26th October 2021: Hardcover
Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY: 26th October 2021: Paperback
Laura Lam & Elizabeth May: SEVEN DEVILS: 27th July 2021: Paperback
Marissa Meyer: GILDED: 2nd November 2021: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Andrew Shaffer: LOOK MOM I’M A POET (AND SO IS MY CAT): 1st June 2021: Hardcover
Karin Slaughter: THE SILENT WIFE: 26th October 2021: Paperback
Maria V. Snyder: THE CITY OF ZIRDAI: 2nd June 2021: Kindle Edition
Paul Tremblay: SURVIVOR SONG: 28th September 2021: Paperback
Scott Westerfeld: MIRROR’S EDGE: 6th April 2021: Hardcover