“What are the Most Anticipated 2022 Books?” We looked at 468 of the top Most Anticipated 2022 books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 43 books, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Most Anticipated 2022” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 400+ titles, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

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Top 43 Best Most Anticipated 2022 Books

43.) Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives written byMary Laura Philpott

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Lit Hub
• Off The Shelf

From the bestselling author of I Miss You When I Blink and “writer of singular spark and delight” (Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling au… RELEASE DATE: April 12

42.) Devil House written byJohn Darnielle

Lists It Appears On:

• Kirkus
• Lit Hub
• Lit Hub 2
• Tor

From John Darnielle, bestselling author and the singer-songwriter of the Mountain Goats, comes an epic, gripping novel about murder, truth, and the da… RELEASE DATE: January 25

41.) Either/Or written byElif Batuman

Lists It Appears On:

• AV Club
• Books & Books
• Oprah Daily
• Time

From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Idiot, the continuation of beloved protagonist Selin’s quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroa… RELEASE DATE: May 24

40.) I Kissed Shara Wheeler written byCasey McQuiston

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Book List Queen
• Bustle
• Goodreads

… RELEASE DATE: May 3

39.) In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing written byElena Ferrante

Lists It Appears On:

• AV Club
• Bustle
• Oprah Daily
• Time

… RELEASE DATE: March 15

38.) Pure Colour written bySheila Heti

Lists It Appears On:

• AV Club
• Bustle
• Oprah Daily
• Vulture

Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. It is a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, an… RELEASE DATE: February 15

37.) Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks written byPatrick Radden Keefe

Lists It Appears On:

• Books & Books
• EW
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub

From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of SAY NOTHING and EMPIRE OF PAIN, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by… RELEASE DATE: June 28

36.) Siren Queen written byNghi Vo

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• Lit Hub 2
• Polygon
• Tor

… RELEASE DATE: May 10

35.) Thank You, Mr. Nixon written byGish Jen

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• Esquire
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily

The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the liv… RELEASE DATE: January 25

34.) The Book of Cold Cases written bySimone St. James

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Bustle
• Goodreads
• The Bibliofile

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… RELEASE DATE: March 15

33.) The Last White Man written byMohsin Hamid

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• EW
• Vulture

“Gorgeously crafted, morally authoritative, The Last White Man concludes on a note of hope, a door jarred open just enough to let transcendence pour t… RELEASE DATE: August 2

32.) The Maid written byNita Prose

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Buzzfeed
• Goodreads
• The Bibliofile

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK – NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE – “A twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of t… RELEASE DATE: January 4

31.) The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer written byJanelle Monáe

Lists It Appears On:

• AV Club
• Bustle
• Polygon
• Tor

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe … RELEASE DATE: April 19

30.) The Nineties written byChuck Klosterman

Lists It Appears On:

• Books & Books
• Goodreads
• Kirkus
• Vulture

From bestselling author of But What if We’re Wrong, a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about the sin of tryi… RELEASE DATE: February 8

29.) The Swimmers written byJulie Otsuka

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Lit Hub

From the best-selling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel about what happens to a group of … RELEASE DATE: February 22

28.) You Don’t Know Us Negroes written byZora Neale Hurston

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Vulture

… RELEASE DATE: January 18

27.) All My Rage written bySabaa Tahir

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Bustle
• Buzzfeed
• EW
• Goodreads

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir comes a brilliant, unforgettable, and heart-wrenching contemporary YA novel about family and for… RELEASE DATE: March 1

26.) Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation written byMaud Newton

Lists It Appears On:

• Esquire
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Time

An acclaimed writer goes searching for the truth about her wildly unconventional Southern family–and finds that our obsession with ancestors opens up… RELEASE DATE: March 29

25.) Black Cake written byCharmaine Wilkerson

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Bustle
• Goodreads
• Parade
• Vulture

In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past–a journey o… RELEASE DATE: February 1

24.) Finding Me written byViola Davis

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Bustle
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Parade

Finding Me is Viola Davis’ story, in her own words, and spans her incredible, inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present da… RELEASE DATE: April 26

23.) Fiona and Jane written byJean Chen Ho

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Parade
• Time

“A knockout of a book.” –Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer and The Committed “Fiona and Jane is the book I did not … RELEASE DATE: January 4

22.) Goliath written byTochi Onyebuchi

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Lit Hub 2
• Polygon
• Tor
• Vulture

“Onyebuchi sets fire to the boundary between fiction and reality, and brings a crumbling city and an all too plausible future to vibrant life. Rivetin… RELEASE DATE: January 25

21.) One Italian Summer written byRebecca Serle

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Goodreads
• Off The Shelf
• Parade
• The Bibliofile

bestselling author of the “heartwarming, heartbreaking, and hard to put down” (Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author) modern classic In Fi… RELEASE DATE: March 1

20.) Vladimir written byJulia May Jonas

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• Esquire
• Lit Hub
• Off The Shelf
• Oprah Daily

A provocative, razor-sharp, and timely debut novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her professor husband by for… RELEASE DATE: February 1

19.) Gallant written byV.E. Schwab

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Bustle
• Goodreads
• Off The Shelf
• Polygon
• The Bibliofile

Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets i… RELEASE DATE: March 1

18.) How High We Go in the Dark written bySequoia Nagamatsu

Lists It Appears On:

• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Esquire
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub
• Polygon

Haunting and luminous, How High We Go in the Dark orchestrates its multitude of memorable voices into beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonish… RELEASE DATE: January 18

17.) Olga Dies Dreaming written byXochitl Gonzalez

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• Esquire
• Kirkus
• Lit Hub
• Parade
• Time

Named one of the most anticipated books of 2022 by Bustle, TIME, HipLatina, Parade, The Rumpus, Angela Lashbrook, Hey Alma, and more. Atmospheric, int… RELEASE DATE: January 4

16.) South to America written byImani Perry

Lists It Appears On:

• Esquire
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Time
• Vulture

“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South–and thus of America–by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intel… RELEASE DATE: January 25

15.) The Books of Jacob written byOlga Tokarczuk

Lists It Appears On:

• AV Club
• Books & Books
• EW
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Vulture

The Nobel Prize-winner’s richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious lead… RELEASE DATE: February 1

14.) The Paris Apartment written byLucy Foley

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Ask
• Ask
• Ask
• Ask
• Ask

From bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to … RELEASE DATE: February 22

13.) The School for Good Mothers written byJessamine Chan

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• EW
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub
• Off The Shelf
• Oprah Daily

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform… RELEASE DATE: January 4

12.) This Time Tomorrow written byEmma Straub

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Bustle
• EW
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Parade

What if you could take a vacation to your past? With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers he… RELEASE DATE: May 17

11.) Trust written byHernan Diaz

Lists It Appears On:

• AV Club
• Books & Books
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Vulture

From an award-winning chronicler of our nation’s history and its legends comes his much-anticipated book about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, … RELEASE DATE: May 3

10.) Violeta written byIsabel Allende

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Goodreads
• Oprah Daily
• The Bibliofile

This sweeping novel from bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred… RELEASE DATE: January 25

9.) Book Lovers written byEmily Henry

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Goodreads
• Parade
• The Bibliofile

An insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. One summer. Two rivals… RELEASE DATE: May 3

8.) Book of Night written byHolly Black

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub 2
• Off The Shelf
• Polygon
• Tor

#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 secre… RELEASE DATE: May 3

7.) Time Is a Mother written byOcean Vuong

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Time
• Vulture

The highly anticipated collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it poi… RELEASE DATE: April 5

6.) You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty written byAkwaeke Emezi

Lists It Appears On:

• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Lit Hub
• Off The Shelf
• Parade
• Vulture

A New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and “one of our greatest living writers” (Shondaland) reimagines the love story in … RELEASE DATE: May 24

5.) Young Mungo written byDouglas Stuart

Lists It Appears On:

• Books & Books
• EW
• Goodreads
• Kirkus
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Time

A story of queer love and working-class families, Young Mungo is the brilliant second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain Dougl… RELEASE DATE: April 5

4.) The Candy House written byJennifer Egan

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• EW
• Goodreads
• Kirkus
• Lit Hub
• Off The Shelf
• Oprah Daily
• Parade
• Time
• Vulture

From one of the most celebrated writers of our time, a literary figure with cult status, a “sibling novel” to her Pulitzer Prize- and NBCC Award-winni… RELEASE DATE: April 5

3.) Moon Witch, Spider King written byMarlon James

Lists It Appears On:

• AV Club
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Esquire
• EW
• Kirkus
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Polygon
• Time
• Tor
• Vulture

From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy, his Afric… RELEASE DATE: February 15

2.) To Paradise written byHanya Yanagihara

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• AV Club
• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• Esquire
• EW
• Goodreads
• Kirkus
• Lit Hub
• Oprah Daily
• Time
• Vulture

From the author of the classic A Little Life–a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment… RELEASE DATE: January 11

1.) Sea of Tranquility written byEmily St. John Mandel

Lists It Appears On:

• Ask
• Book List Queen
• Books & Books
• Bustle
• EW
• Goodreads
• Lit Hub 2
• Oprah Daily
• Parade
• Polygon
• The Bibliofile
• Time
• Tor
• Vulture

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… RELEASE DATE: April 19

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