22 More Great New Books To Read in 2022

Jackson’s last book, White Smoke, was terrifying! And now she returns to horror with this Carrie-esque tale of racism and a Georgia high school’s first integrated prom. More upcoming YA mystery for your TBR: What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla (August 2), Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson (December 27), The Lies We Tell by Katie Zhao (August 9).

This romance starts with a bang — literally. Accidentally hitting someone with your car doesn’t sound like a great meet cute, but that’s exactly what happens to kick off this charming queer romance. More upcoming YA romance for your TBR: Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales (December 6), The Do-Over by Lynn Painter (November 15), Love from Mecca to Medina by S. K. Ali (October 18).

This is an electrifying story of Misery Nomaki, who lives on a mining planet and begins exhibiting strange powers they definitely shouldn’t have. But nothing happens when you get powers, right? JK, Misery is thought to be the next Messiah. More upcoming sci-fi for your TBR: The Sleepless by Victor Manibo (August 23), Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell (November 1), Dwellers: Winner of the Philippine National Book Award by Eliza Victoria, Aldy Aguirre (August 16).

It has been seven years since Irving published a new novel, but the wait is over! This hefty tome is about a single mother and her son growing up in a Colorado ski resort. More exciting upcoming novels for your TBR: People Person by Candice Carty-Williams (September 13), The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (October 25) and the second half Stella Maris (December 6), The Furrows by Namwali Serpell (September 27).

This stunning debut is about four teenagers who have aged out the the Indiana foster care system. They are now trying to figure out their futures while living in a run-down apartment building known as the Rabbit Hutch. More upcoming debut novels for your TBR: Delphi by Clare Pollard (August 2), A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt (October 4), The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra (December 27).

I bet no one had “release of previously unpublished Dunn novel” on their 2022 bingo card! This is an earlier novel from the author of the beloved classic Geek Love, about a reclusive young woman. Even more exciting upcoming novels for your TBR: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson (November 8), The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken (October 5), Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah (August 23).

In this exciting debut YA novel, a young alien hunter must contend with a mysterious replacement at the Academy after aliens kill one of her elite squad mates. More upcoming YA sci-fi for your TBR: In the City of Time by Gwendolyn Clare (November 29), The Q by Amy Tintera (November 8), The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill (August 2).

A young Black girl’s life is in upheaval when her family moves to the South for her senior year and she is confronted with the the town’s racist past and present. More upcoming YA for your TBR: Azar on Fire by Olivia Abtahi (August 23), This is Our Place by Vitor Martins, Larissa Helena (translator) (November 1), I Miss You, I Hate This by Sara Saedi (October 11).

In one of the most buzzed about mysteries of the year, an Indigenous woman who is haunted by her past when she receives a bracelet belonging to her long-dead mother. More upcoming mysteries for your TBR: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (August 30), Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (September 6); The Cloisters by Katy Hays (November 1).

In Henderson’s first book, The Year of Witching, she tackled witches. This time, she takes us back in time to a place where a young woman gets drawn into high society and becomes a bloodmaid. What is a bloodmaid? You’ll have to read it to find out. More upcoming horror for your TBR: The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel (August 2), Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (October 5); Leech by Hiron Ennes (September 27).

And this is easily one of the most anticipated novels of the year! This time, Ng gets a little speculative in this powerful look at a future society consumed with xenophobia and the young child of a dissident. More upcoming speculative fiction for your TBR: The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton (December 6), The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings (August 9), Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (November 8).

Fresh off her award-winning success with Hamnet, O’Farrell is delivering another marvelous historical novel. This one is about the third daughter of a grand duke in Renaissance Italy. More upcoming historical fiction for your TBR: Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra (September 6), Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (September 27), Ithaca by Claire North (September 6).

A young card sharp must defend her sister in the mystical West of 1880s Colorado in this dark fantasy from the bestselling author of Black Sun. More upcoming fantasy books for your TBR: The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang (November 15), High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson (August 9), Babel by R.F. Kuang (August 23).