2022 Books to Look Out For
Happy New Year! Check out some of the 2022 book releases I'm most looking forward to:
In the Seeing Hands of Others by Nat Ogle (Jan)
Handling its difficult subject matter with grace and striking insight, Ogle’s multi-viewpoint debut novel about the aftermath of a rape trial is a breathtaking meditation on trauma, care and the limits of empathy.
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (Feb)
A puzzling inheritance in the form of a wealth of secrets and requests changes the lives of Byron and Benny as they are reunited at their estranged mother’s funeral in Wilkerson’s immersive, stunningly assured debut.
Our Wives Under the Sea (March)
Imbued with the same beautifully evoked strangeness and yearning as her short story collection Salt Slow, Armfield's debut novel finds the relationship between two women transformed by a deep dive onto a mysterious underwater vessel.
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (April)
Deftly subversive and delightfully uplifting, Garmus' 60s set debut features an unconventional female scientist with a quiet game-plan to change the world.
One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe (April)
The dynamics of a dysfunctional relationship are probed with perfectly judged humour and compassion by the author of Reasons to Be Cheerful and Love, Nina in this hilarious novel of muddling through and making do.
The It Girl by Ruth Ware (July)
April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It Girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. By the end of the second term, April was dead.
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (Aug)
The Darker family haven’t all been in the same place for over a decade, and when the tide comes in they’ll be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. When the tide goes back out, nothing will ever be the same again, because one of them is a killer.
In the Seeing Hands of Others by Nat Ogle (Jan)
Handling its difficult subject matter with grace and striking insight, Ogle’s multi-viewpoint debut novel about the aftermath of a rape trial is a breathtaking meditation on trauma, care and the limits of empathy.
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (Feb)
A puzzling inheritance in the form of a wealth of secrets and requests changes the lives of Byron and Benny as they are reunited at their estranged mother’s funeral in Wilkerson’s immersive, stunningly assured debut.
Our Wives Under the Sea (March)
Imbued with the same beautifully evoked strangeness and yearning as her short story collection Salt Slow, Armfield's debut novel finds the relationship between two women transformed by a deep dive onto a mysterious underwater vessel.
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (April)
Deftly subversive and delightfully uplifting, Garmus' 60s set debut features an unconventional female scientist with a quiet game-plan to change the world.
One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe (April)
The dynamics of a dysfunctional relationship are probed with perfectly judged humour and compassion by the author of Reasons to Be Cheerful and Love, Nina in this hilarious novel of muddling through and making do.
The It Girl by Ruth Ware (July)
April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It Girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. By the end of the second term, April was dead.
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (Aug)
The Darker family haven’t all been in the same place for over a decade, and when the tide comes in they’ll be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. When the tide goes back out, nothing will ever be the same again, because one of them is a killer.
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