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

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

November 2021 Releases

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

NOVEMBER 2021 RELEASES
V. C. Andrews: Out of the Rain: Buy
Kelley Armstrong: Snowstorms & Sleigh Bells: Buy
Karen Ann Hopkins: The Offering: Buy
Imogen Howson: A Girl of Dust & Death (previously published as Blood of the Volcano): Buy
Carrie Jones: Almost Dead: Buy
Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen: Patient Zero: Buy
Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff: Aurora’s End: Buy
L. A. Larkin: The Safe Place: Buy
Marissa Meyer: Gilded: Buy
Diana Peterfreund: In the Ballroom with the Candlestick: Buy
Jodi Picoult: Wish You Were Here: Buy
Maria V. Snyder: The King of Koraha: Buy

Now Available for US Pre-Order

All are US publication dates, and all buy links are to Amazon. (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

NOW AVAILABLE

Cassandra Alexander: YEAR OF THE NURSE: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Naomi Clark: THE MORTAL TOUCH: Kindle Edition

Samantha Hayes: THE TRAPPED WIFE: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Imogen Howson: A GIRL OF STONE & SMOKE: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Carrie Jones: SAINT: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Carrie Jones: INCHWORMS: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

PRE-ORDER

Kelley Armstrong: A TWIST OF FATE: 5th/31st October 2021: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Kelley Armstrong: HIGH JINX: 7th December 2021: Kindle Edition

Kelley Armstrong: A RIP THROUGH TIME: 31st May 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Keri Arthur: SORROW’S SONG: 28th June 2022: Kindle Edition

Claire Askew: A MATTER OF TIME: 10th March 2022/31st May 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Darcey Bell: ALL I WANT: 11th January 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

A. R. Capetta: THE LOST COAST: 3rd May 2022 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Kim Harrison: TROUBLE WITH THE CURSED: 14th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Karen Ann Hopkins: THE FORTUNA COIN: 12th October 2021: Kindle Edition

Karen Ann Hopkins: THE OFFERING: 30th November 2021: Kindle Edition

Greg Iles: SOUTHERN MAN: 24th May 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Emiko Jean: TOKYO DREAMING: 31st May 2022: Hardcover

Carrie Jones: ALMOST DEAD: 1st November 2021: Kindle Edition

Carrie Jones: WHEN YOU BRING THEM BACK: 1st December 2021: Kindle Edition

Carrie Jones: THE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE: 15th January 2022: Kindle Edition

Carrie Jones: THE GREED THAT KILLS: 1st February 2022: Kindle Edition

Lydia Kang: THE HALF-LIFE OF RUBY FIELDING: 5th April 2022: Kindle Edition & Paperback

L. A. Larkin: THE SAFE PLACE: 9th November 2021: (Kindle Edition)

Janelle Monáe: THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN: AND OTHER STORIES OF DIRTY COMPUTER: 19th April 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Tara Moss: THE GHOSTS OF PARIS: 7th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Andrew Neiderman: THE WOMAN BEYOND THE ATTIC: 1st February 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Tom Perrotta: TRACY FLICK CAN’T WIN: 7th June 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

Tiffany Reisz: WRAPPED IN BLACK: 1st December 2021: Kindle Edition

Maria V. Snyder: THE KING OF KORAHA: 22nd November 2021: Kindle Edition

Victoria Helen Stone: AT THE QUIET EDGE: 19th April 2022: Kindle Edition & Paperback

Cristin Terrill: THE STARS BETWEEN US: 2nd August 2022: Kindle Edition

Rachel Vincent: EVERY SINGLE LIE: 12th July 2022 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Rachel Vincent: NO ONE IS ALONE: 12th July 2022: Hardcover

Mary Weber: RECLAIMING SHILO SNOW: 12th October 2021 (KE & HC out now): Kindle Edition & Hardcover & Paperback

Scott Westerfeld: YOUNGBLOODS: 1st March 2022: Kindle Edition & Hardcover

[REWIND] July 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.

JULY 2020 RELEASES

Madeline Ashby: ReV: Buy
Chris Beckett: Two Tribes: Buy: Goodreads
Oyinkan Braithwaite: Treasure: Buy: Goodreads
Nicci French: Until It’s Over: Buy
Lydia Kang: Opium and Absinthe: Buy: Goodreads
Tom Perrotta: Me and Carlos: Buy: Goodreads
Tiffany Reisz: A Midwinter Night’s Dream: Buy
Amy Tintera: All These Monsters: Buy
Paul Tremblay: Survivor Song: Buy: Goodreads
Danielle Vega: The Unleashed: Buy
Robin Wasserman: Mother Daughter Widow Wife: Buy

Now Available for US Pre-Order

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NOW AVAILABLE
Keri Arthur: MAGIC MISLED: Paperback
Laura Bickle: SHIFTING SILENCE: Kindle Edition

PRE-ORDER
Keri Arthur: BROKEN BONDS: 26th October 2021: Kindle Edition
Simone Buchholz (translated by Rachel Ward): HOTEL CARTAGENA: 1st September 2021: Paperback
Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen: PATIENT ZERO: 26th October 2021: Kindle Edition
Krissy Kneen: THE THREE BURIALS OF LOTTY KNEEN: 4th May 2021: Kindle Edition
Demitria Lunetta: OUR BROKEN EARTH: 1st August 2021: Hardcover & Paperback
Carrie Mesrobian: THE WHITSUN DAUGHTERS: 24th August 2021: Paperback
Diana Peterfreund: IN THE STUDY WITH THE WRENCH: 28th September 2021: Paperback
Diana Peterfreund: IN THE BALLROOM WITH THE CANDLESTICK: 26th October 2021: Kindle Edition & Hardcover
Andrew Shaffer: LOOK MOM I’M A POET (AND SO IS MY CAT): 1st June 2021: Hardcover

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

July 2020 Releases

Madeline Ashby: ReV: Kindle Edition; Paperback

Chris Beckett: Two Tribes: Kindle Edition

Oyinkan Braithwaite: Treasure: Kindle Edition

Nicci French: Until It’s Over: Kindle Edition; Paperback

Carrie Jones & Steven E. Wedel: In the Woods: Paperback

Lydia Kang: Opium and Absinthe: Kindle Edition; Paperback

Tom Perrotta: Me and Carlos: Kindle Edition

Tiffany Reisz: A Midwinter Night’s Dream: Kindle Edition

Madeleine Roux: Tomb of Ancients: Paperback

Lisa Scottoline: Exposed: Paperback

Karin Slaughter: The Last Widow: Paperback

Amy Tintera: All These Monsters: Kindle Edition; Hardcover

Paul Tremblay: Survivor Song: Kindle Edition; Hardcover

Danielle Vega: The Unleashed: Kindle Edition; Hardcover

Robin Wasserman: Mother Daughter Widow Wife: Kindle Edition; Hardcover

Book Releases: 1st June 2020 – Onward

Think I stopped sharing pre-order links at some stage, but don’t know when. So I’ll just go through the alphabet, and post books released on or after 1st June 2020.

Books I Bought

Finally earned enough credits for Amazon to pay up. Here’s what I bought:

Laura Bickle’s WITCH CREEK http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071VBHPW7?tag=tesa06-20
Heather Davis’s A CURSE SO DARK http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075PG99GC?tag=tesa06-20
Lauren DeStefano’s THE GLASS SPARE http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N27P6R5?tag=tesa06-20
Merrie Destefano’s SHADE: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KSDPPX4?tag=tesa06-20
Erica Hayes’s UNFORGIVEN http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JQ4625D?tag=tesa06-20
Erica Hayes’s HEARTLESS http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K1P2Y4X?tag=tesa06-20
Lydia Kang’s THE IMPOSSIBLE GIRL http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BDHGKJX?tag=tesa06-20
Sophie Littlefield’s SURVIVORS http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Z2I6HS?tag=tesa06-20
Mindy McGinnis’s THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AFXMGTO?tag=tesa06-20
Lila Veen’s DROWNING IN A DREAM http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DY6GRFO?tag=tesa06-20
Lila Veen’s THE AIR THAT I BREATHE http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FWGA3R2?tag=tesa06-20
M. D. Waters’s ANTITYPE http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IIVFKSA?tag=tesa06-20

Check out the stuff I bought, and see if the stories and prices are right for you.