From debut authors to bestsellers, here’s a sneak-peak of some of our most highly anticipated books we’re excited to read in 2022.
Black Cake
In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.
The Family Chao
A re-imagining of The Brothers Karamazov, The Family Chao successfully combines a propulsive literary mystery and a generational family drama in this highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town.
Gallant
New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab weaves a dark and original tale about the place where the world meets its shadow, and the young woman beckoned by both sides. The Secret Garden meets Crimson Peak in this stand-alone novel perfect for readers of Holly Black and Neil Gaiman.
Sea of Tranquility
The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon three hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.
All My Rage
From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the Ember in the Ashes series comes a brilliant, unforgettable, and heart-wrenching contemporary YA novel about family and forgiveness, love and loss, in a sweeping story that crosses generations and continents.
The House Across the Lake
The New York Times best-selling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his most unexpected thriller yet. With Sager’s trademark blend of sharp characters, psychological suspense, and gasp-worthy surprises, The House Across the Lake unveils more than one twist that will shock readers until the very last page.
Upgrade
Logan Ramsay is about to get the brain he always dreamed of. But will he be transformed into something more than human…or something less? The mind-blowing new thriller from the ‘New York Times’ best-selling author of ‘Dark Matter’ and ‘Recursion’.
The Maid
A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
A captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of Chang’e, the Chinese moon goddess, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm. Thus begins an enchanting, romantic duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic.
The School for Good Mothers
In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. This propulsive, witty page-turner explores the perils of “perfect” upper-middle-class parenting, the violence enacted upon women by the state and each other, and the boundless love a mother has for her daughter.
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
“Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you”….. and so begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Bestselling and acclaimed author Allison Pataki has crafted an intimate portrait of a larger-than-life woman, embracing her own power while shaping history in the process.
What the Fireflies Knew
In the vein of Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees comes a dazzling and moving novel about family, identity, and race. Capturing all the vulnerability, perceptiveness, and inquisitiveness of a young Black girl on the cusp of puberty, What the Fireflies Knew follows 11 year old KB and her sister who try to make sense of their new life with their estranged grandfather after the death of their father and disappearance of their mother.
Meet Me in the Margins
Savannah Cade is a low-level editor at Pennington Publishing, a prestigious publisher producing only the highest of highbrow titles. And while editing the latest edition of The Anthology of Medieval Didactic Poetry may be her day job, she has two secrets she’s hiding. Melissa Ferguson’s latest—a love letter to books, readers, and romance—will leave fans laughing out loud and swooning in the same breath.
The Bodyguard
From New York Times bestselling author of Things You Save in a Fire and How to Walk Away, Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic, laugh-out-loud funny, and the perfect summer read.
A River Enchanted
House of Earth and Blood meets The Witch’s Heart in Rebecca Ross’s brilliant first adult fantasy, set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan. With unforgettable characters, a fast-paced plot, and compelling world building, A River Enchanted is a stirring story of duty, love, and the power of true partnership, and marks Rebecca Ross’s brilliant entry on the adult fantasy stage.
The Reunion
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Game comes a new romantic comedy about the antics that ensue when three siblings come together for their parents’ fiftieth-anniversary party. Whatever happens, The Reunion promises to be a fun, flirty, wild ride.
How High We Go in the Dark
For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.
The Woman They Could Not Silence
The tale of a forgotten woman whose journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today. Fighting the stigma of her gender and her supposed madness, Elizabeth embarked on a ceaseless quest for justice. It not only challenged the medical science of the day and saved untold others from suffering her fate, it ultimately led to a giant leap forward in human rights the world over.
The Lies I Tell
From the instant New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight, The Lies I Tell is a twisted domestic thriller that dives deep into the psyches and motivations of two women and their unwavering quest to seek justice for the past and rewrite the future.
Flying Solo
A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
Things We Do in the Dark
Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy re-imagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.
The Charmed List
n The Charmed List, Julie Abe sweeps readers away to a secret magical world, complete with cupcakes and tea with added sparks of joy, and an enchanted cottage where you can dance under the stars.
Love on the Brain
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results.
Built to Last
Author of YA romances, including “You’d Be Mine”, “More Than Maybe” and “Never Saw You Coming”, Erin Hahn’s sparkling adult rom-com debut, Built to Last, is a second chance romance sure to have readers falling in love fast.
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
In her most powerful novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Ellen Marie Wiseman masterfully viscerally evokes the real-life Willowbrook State School, the infamous Staten Island, New York, mental institution that shocked a nation when exposed in the 1970s as a dumping ground for unwanted children. Girl, Interrupted meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in this gripping narrative of social injustice, survival, and a young woman determined to find her sister.
Fairy Tale
Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours.
Spells for Forgetting
A rural island community steeped in the mystical superstitions of its founders and haunted by an unsolved murder is upended by the return of the suspected killer in this deeply atmospheric novel. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Sky in the Deep duology and the Fable series comes Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting is a vivid exploration of lost love and the unraveling of a small town and its many secrets.
The Candy House
From one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our time and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity, privacy, and meaning in a world where our memories are no longer our own—featuring characters from A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Foul Lady Fortune
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends comes the first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai.
The Golden Enclaves
Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
The It Girl
The New York Times bestselling author of One by One, Ruth Ware returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.
The Book of Cold Cases
A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel.
The Children on the Hill
Author of The Drowning Kind, Jennifer McMahon is back with a genre-defying new novel, inspired by Mary Shelley’s masterpiece Frankenstein, that brilliantly explores the eerie mysteries of childhood and the evils perpetrated by the monsters among us.
Book of Night
#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus.
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi’s first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy.
Book Lovers
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn’t see coming….. From the author of A Million Junes and People We Meet on Vacation comes this contemporary romance by Emily Henry.
The Family Remains
A woman stops at nothing to find her husband’s murderer in this psychological thriller about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions. From New York Times bestselling author of the The Family Upstairs, comes the continued story that picks up where the previous one left off with some new characters..
The Final Gambit
Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake—and there is nothing more important to Hawthorne than winning. Don’t miss the final conclusion of The Inheritance Trilogy.
Daisy Darker
The New York Times bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie, Alice Feeney brings us another suspenseful thriller about a family reunion that leads to murder. With a wicked wink to Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Daisy Darker’s unforgettable twists will leave readers reeling.
Insomnia
In this twisty, mind-bending thriller from the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, Emma Averell worries that her crippling insomnia is a sign that she’s slowly going insane—like the mother she’s worked so hard to leave in her past.
Reminders of Him
A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover.
I’ll Be You
Two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart–until one disappears, and the other is forced to confront the secrets they’ve kept from each other in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things.
The Younger Wife
The New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister and Mother-in-Law, Sally Hepworth brings us another thriller that is bound to keep us in suspense.
The Long Weekend
Three couples. Two bodies. One secret. Dark Fell Barn is a “perfectly isolated” retreat until the women find a devastating note claiming one of their husbands will be murdered.
A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons
Saffron Everleigh is in a race against time to free her wrongly accused professor before he goes behind bars forever. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Anna Lee Huber, Kate Khavari’s debut historical mystery is a fast-paced, fearless adventure.
The Caretakers
Set in a wealthy Parisian suburb, an emotionally riveting debut told from the point of view of six women, and centered around a group of au pairs, one of whom is arrested after a sudden and suspicious tragedy strikes her host family–a dramatic exploration of identity, class, and caregiving from a profoundly talented new writer.
Beautiful Little Fools
USA Today bestselling author Jillian Cantor reimagines and expands on the literary classic The Great Gatsby in this atmospheric historical novel with echoes of Big Little Lies, told in three women’s alternating voices.
Something Wilder
Bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners, Christina Lauren (aka Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings) brings us another swoon-worthy romantic comedy just in time for the summer.
Meant To Be Mine
From the author of Playing with Matches comes a sweeping love story in the vein of Rebecca Serle and Chloe Benjamin about a woman who knows the date she’ll meet her true love—only he isn’t quite as perfect as she always imagined.
The No-Show
Three women. Three dates. One missing man… The No-Show is the brilliantly funny, heart-breaking and joyful new novel from Beth O’Leary about dating, and waiting, and the ways love can find us. An utterly extraordinary tearjerker of a book, this is O’Leary’s most ambitious novel yet.
When You Get The Chance
Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream to become a Broadway star. Millie needs an ally. And when a left-open browser brings Millie to her dad’s embarrassingly moody LiveJournal from 2003, Millie knows just what to do. But how can you find a new part of your life and expect it to fit into your old one, without leaving any marks? And why is it that when you go looking for the past, it somehow keeps bringing you back to what you’ve had all along?
Part of Your World
The New York Times bestselling author of Life’s Too Short delivers a refreshingly modern fairy tale perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Emily Henry.
Weather Girl
A TV meteorologist and a sports reporter scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this charming romantic comedy from the author of The Ex Talk.
By The Book
Best-selling author Jasmine Guillory’s reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person you have to read between the lines.
This May End Badly
This May End Badly by debut author by Samantha Markum is a story about friendship, falling in love, and crossing pretty much every line presented to you—and how to atone when you do.
The Honeys
Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline’s radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who’d grown tragically distant. From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer retreat.
Daughters of a Dead Empire
Daughters of a Dead Empire is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, loyalty, and the price we pay for change. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story. From debut author Carolyn Tara O’Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution.
Full Flight
A heartbreaking novel about finding your first love and what happens when it’s over too soon. Ashley Schumacher’s Full Flight is about how first love shapes us—even after it’s gone.
The Night Shift
It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: crashing planes, a digital apocalypse. None of that happens. But at a Blockbuster Video in Linden, New Jersey, four teenage girls working the night shift are attacked. Only one survives. The Night Shift is a story about the legacy of trauma and how the broken can come out on the other side, and it solidifies Alex Finlay as one of the new leading voices in the world of thrillers.
Our Missing Hearts
From bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere – Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It’s a story about the power—and limitations—of art to create change, the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and how any of us can survive a broken world with our hearts intact.
Belladonna
A girl confronts Death—and her own deathly powers—in this Gothic-infused, romantic young adult fantasy series by Adalyn Grace, author of All The Stars and Teeth.
Greenwich Park
A twisty, whip-smart debut thriller, as electrifying as the #1 New York Times bestseller The Girl on the Train, about impending motherhood, unreliable friendship, and the high price of keeping secrets.
This Might Hurt
From the USA Today bestselling and Edgar-nominated author of Darling Rose Gold comes a dark, thrilling novel about two sisters–one trapped in the clutches of a cult, the other in a web of her own lies.
A Forgery of Roses
Myra Whitlock has a gift. One many would kill for. She’s an artist whose portraits alter people’s real-life bodies, a talent she must hide. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. From Sing Me Forgotten author Jessica S. Olson comes a gothic fantasy murder mystery perfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco and Erin A. Craig.
An Arrow to the Moon
Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After.
Hotel Magnifique
For fans of Caraval and The Night Circus, this decadent and darkly enchanting YA fantasy, set against the backdrop of a Belle Époque-inspired hotel, follows seventeen-year-old Jani as she uncovers the deeply disturbing secrets of the legendary Hotel Magnifique.
This Vicious Grace
Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Emily Thiede’s exciting fantasy debut, This Vicious Grace, will keep readers turning the pages until the devastating conclusion and leave them primed for more!
The Diamond Eye
The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.
Violet Made of Thorns
A darkly enchanting fantasy debut about a morally gray witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies—perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove. Violet Made of Thorns is the first of a duology.
Nothing More to Tell
From bestselling author Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us is Lying series, comes a thriller about a shocking murder of Brynn’s favorite teacher – who begins to uncover secrets that might change everything—about Saint Ambrose, about Mr. Larkin, and about her ex-best friend, Tripp Talbot.
The Last House on the Street
From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice. The Last House on the Street is a novel of shocking prejudice and violence, forbidden love, the search for justice, and the tangled vines of two families.
I Must Betray You
Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force.
The Last to Vanish
From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Stranger and The Last House Guest. Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. Except her town has a unsettling past – visitors vanishing without a trace. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her.
The Matchmaker’s Gift
A heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to realize their unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places.
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Mina seeks out the Sea God and bring an end to the killer storms once and for all but she doesn’t have much time: A human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking…
The Delivery
From USA Today Bestseller L.A. Detwiler comes a brand-new chilling domestic thriller that will hook you from page one. Evette Harding’s world of maternal bliss is perfect except for one thing: there’s something wrong with her husband. The Delivery is a dark, page-turner of a domestic thriller with a jaw-dropping twist.
Evette
A new house. A new start. But what happens when things start to unravel for this picture-perfect family? This dark domestic thriller features several shocking twists. Set in the same world as The Redwood Asylum and The Flayed One, this page-turner gives a deeper look into the haunting town.
Violeta
This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.
The Poison Season
Leelo has spent her whole life on Endla, coexisting with the bloodthirsty forest and respecting the poisonous lake that protects her island from outsiders who seek to destroy it. Then comes the day that Leelo sees a young outsider on the verge of drowning in the lake. She knows she is supposed to leave him to his fate, but, instead betraying everything she knows. As they grow closer, Leelo and Jaren discover that not all danger comes from beyond the lake—and they can only survive if Leelo is willing to question the very fabric of her society, her people, and herself.
Salt and Sugar
The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud in this delicious debut rom-com perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Gloria Chao.
The Whispering Dark
The Raven Boys meets Ninth House in the most exciting debut of 2022 — a dark, atmospheric fantasy about a Deaf college student with a peculiar connection to the afterlife.
Fool Me Once
Debut author Ashley Winstead brings us a enemies-to-lovers romance in this heartwarming and hilarious rom-com, Fool Me Once.
Embers on the Wind
The past and the present converge in this enthralling, serpentine tale of women connected by motherhood, slavery’s legacy, and histories that span centuries in Lisa Williamson Rosenberg’s debut novel, Embers on the Wind
Unraveller
Kellen and Nettle live in a world where anyone can create a life-destroying curse, but only one person has the power to unravel them. But not everyone is happy he can do so and, suddenly, he’s in a race to save both himself and all those who have been touched by magic… A spell-binding new tale from the master of speculative fiction.
Set on You
A gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea’s steamy debut romantic comedy.
Never Rescue a Rogue
Synopsis coming soon!
The Summer Place
From “the undisputed boss of the beach read” (The New York Times), The Summer Place is a testament to family in all its messy glory; a story about what we sacrifice and how we forgive. Enthralling, witty, big-hearted, and sharply observed, this is Jennifer Weiner’s love letter to the Outer Cape and the power of home, the way our lives are enriched by the people we call family, and the endless ways love can surprise us.
The Dead Romantics
A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.
Just Like Home
There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder House. Vera must face them, and find out for herself just how deep the rot goes.
The Night Ship
Based on a real-life event, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island.
In the Middle of Hickory Lane
From the USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe comes Heather Webber’s next charming novel, In the Middle of Hickory Lane!
Always Be My Duchess
Pretty Woman meets the Bridgertons in this witty, vivacious historical take on 90s romcoms by USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard.
Four Came Back
The Breakfast Club meets The Usual Suspects in this riveting YA mystery told entirely through the first-person police interviews of four teens over the course of several hours that asks: what happened at Salvation Creek?
First Born
From the acclaimed author of The Last Thing to Burn, a psychological thriller about the dark secrets that emerge when a woman’s twin sister is murdered, with his signature intense, gripping prose.
Only a Monster
With the sweeping romance of Passenger and the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song, this standout YA contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, is the first in a planned trilogy.
Don’t Cry for Me
A Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and forgiveness, for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robert Jones Jr. and Alice Walker.
An Impossible Impostor
While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
Secrets of Our House
A thrilling domestic drama set against the power of the wilderness, Secrets of Our House is a deeply-felt novel of long-held secrets and the strength of family. Engaging, propulsive, and with a dramatic, heart-pounding final act.
Ramón and Julieta
When fate and tacos bring Ramón and Julieta together on the Day of the Dead, the star-crossed pair must make a choice: accept the bitter food rivalry that drives them apart or surrender to a love that consumes them.
The Night Burns Bright
In this coming-of-age thriller, a twelve-year-old boy’s spark of courage to question the harmonious wooded commune he calls home may burn down more than just his own illusions.
Dead Silence
Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn’t yet ended.
Unmissing
A return from the past knocks a family dangerously off-balance in a novel of spiraling suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.
