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

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

March 2021 Releases

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

MARCH 2021 RELEASES

Laura Bickle: The Underground Library: Buy
Rachel Caine: Heartbreak Bay: Buy
Kylie Chan: Dawn of Empire: Buy
Kate McLaughlin (previously published as Kady Cross): The Girl in the Clockwork Collar: Buy
Natasha Preston: The Lake: Buy
Tiffany Reisz: The Mistress Files: Buy
Danielle Rollins: Dark Stars: Buy
Holly Schindler: Play It Again: Buy
Lisa Scottoline: Eternal: Buy
Laurie Faria Stolarz: The Last Secret You’ll Ever Keep: Buy
Victoria Helen Stone: The Last One Home: Buy

[REWIND] February 2020 Releases

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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.

FEBRUARY 2020 RELEASES

V. C. Andrews: Out of the Attic: 4 Feb 2020: Buy: Goodreads
Kelley Armstrong: Alone in the Wild: 4 Feb 2020: Buy: Goodreads
Keri Arthur: Blackbird Rising: 3 Feb 2020: Buy
Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre: Honor Lost: 11 Feb 2020: Buy
Megan E. Hart: In the House of Broken Glass: 13 Feb 2020: Buy
Jennifer Iacopelli: Break the Fall: 18 Feb 2020: Buy
Carrie Jones: The Places We Hide: 1 Feb 2020: Buy
Seanan McGuire: Imaginary Numbers: 25 Feb 2020: Buy
Tara Moss: The Blood Countess: 4 Feb 2020: Buy: Goodreads
Tara Moss: The Spider Goddess: 4 Feb 2020: Buy: Goodreads
Tara Moss: The Skeleton Key: 4 Feb 2020: Buy: Goodreads
Danielle Rollins: Twisted Fates: 25 Feb 2020: Buy
Kristen Simmons: Scammed: 4 Feb 2020: Buy

[REWIND] January 2020 Releases

SUBSCRIBE: Want to be notified of new posts on this blog? Simply leave a comment on this post, tick the ticky-box that says “Notify me of new posts via email”, then click “Post Comment”. I don’t have a newsletter, so this will have to suffice. And I don’t post often nowadays, so you probably won’t be bombarded with alerts.

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.

JANUARY 2020 RELEASES

Simone Buchholz (translated by Rachel Ward): Mexico Street: Buy: Goodreads
Rachel Caine: Bitter Falls: Buy: Goodreads
A. R. Capetta: The Storm of Life: Buy
Nicci French: Losing You: Buy
Megan Hart: Shattered: Buy
Kristi Helvig: The Boy Who Wasn’t There: Buy: Goodreads
Parker Peevyhouse: Strange Exit: Buy
Erica Spindler: The Look-Alike: Buy: Goodreads
Laurie Faria Stolarz: Jane Anonymous: Buy: Goodreads

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.

February 2020 Releases

V. C. Andrews: Out of the Attic: Kindle Edition: Kindle Edition, Hardcover, Paperback
Kelley Armstrong: Alone in the Wild: Hardcover
Keri Arthur: Blackbird Rising: Kindle Edition: Kindle Edition, Paperback
Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: Sky Without Stars: Paperback
Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre: Honor Lost: Kindle Edition, Hardcover
Janet Edwards: Borderline: Paperback
Amy Ewing: The Cerulean: Paperback
Megan E. Hart: In the House of Broken Glass: Kindle Edition
S. F. Henson: Devils Within: Paperback
Jennifer Iacopelli: Break the Fall: Hardcover
Carrie Jones: The Places We Hide: Kindle Edition
Mindy McGinnis: Heroine: Paperback
Seanan McGuire: Imaginary Numbers: Kindle Edition, Paperback
Marissa Meyer: Cress: Paperback
Marissa Meyer: Winter: Paperback
Cherie Priest: The Agony House: Paperback
Danielle Rollins: Twisted Fates: Kindle Edition, Hardcover
Kristen Simmons: The Deceivers: Paperback
Kristen Simmons: Scammed: Kindle Edition, Hardcover

January 2020 Releases

Simone Buchholz: Mexico Street: Kindle Edition
Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre: Honor Bound: Paperback
Rachel Caine: Bitter Falls: Kindle Edition, Paperback
Amy Rose Capetta: The Storm of Life: Kindle Edition, Hardcover
Tracey Garvis Graves: The Girl He Used to Know: Paperback
Megan Hart: Shattered: Kindle Edition, Paperback
Carrie Jones: The Places We Hide: Paperback
Parker Peevyhouse: Strange Exit: Kindle Edition, Hardcover
Danielle Rollins: Stolen Time: Paperback
Erica Spindler: The Look-Alike: Hardcover
Laurie Faria Stolarz: Jane Anonymous: Kindle Edition, Hardcover

Now Available for US Pre-Order

Josephine Angelini: WHAT SHE FOUND IN THE WOODS: 25th July 2019: Buy (US)
Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre: HONOR LOST: 11th February 2020: Buy (US)
Cecil Castellucci: GIRL ON FILM: 19th November 2019: Buy (US)
Amy Ewing: THE CERULEAN (paperback): 4th February 2020: Buy (US)
Amy Ewing: THE ALCAZAR: 3rd March 2020: Buy (US)
Lisa Heathfield: I AM NOT A NUMBER: 27th June 2019: Buy (US)
Mindy McGinnis: HEROINE (paperback): 4th February 2020: Buy (US)
Mindy McGinnis: BE NOT FAR FROM ME: 3rd March 2020: Buy (US)
Seanan McGuire: ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS: 3rd July 2019: Buy (US)
Seanan McGuire: IMAGINARY NUMBERS: 25th February 2020: Buy (US)
Tara Moss: DEAD MAN SWITCH: 21st October 2019: Buy (AU)
Natasha Preston: THE TWIN: 3rd March 2020: Buy (US)
Danielle Rollins: STOLEN TIME (paperback): 21st January 2020: Buy (US)
Danielle Rollins: TWISTED FATES: 25th February 2020: Buy (US)
Maria V. Snyder: CHASING THE SHADOWS: 18th November 2019: Buy (AU)