22 Most Anticipated Releases of 2022
I felt left out since so many people have already posted theirs but I finally got caught up with some of the earlier releases of next year! This has to specialization (young adult, adult, contemporary, fantasy, etc.), because not enough books have been revealed yet for me to do one of those but I want to more of these as the months go on.
I will probably talk about all of these more as the year goes on over at my Goodreads and as I post my ARC reviews (I probably have already for some of these). Hopefully, find some new books to get excited over ♡
Life update: (because when was the last time I did that?) I got into BTS and I am not currently doing a rewatch binge of all MCUs for Christmas break since this University student finally has some time off from chaotic papers and exams.
As per usual, this is in no particular order...
🌙 = ARC received from the publisher at the time of writing this post
--- 1. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh ---
Release: February 22nd 2022 by Feiwel & Friends
" Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering. "
I honestly really just heard Spirited Away vibes featuring red string of fate and then slapped it on my TBR.
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--- 2. Only a Monster 🌙 by Vanessa Len ---
Release: February 22nd 2022 by Harperteen
" With the sweeping romance of Passenger and the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song "
" Her family aren’t just eccentric: they’re monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And Nick isn’t just a cute boy: he’s a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to bring them down.
As she battles Nick, Joan is forced to work with the beautiful and ruthless Aaron Oliver, heir to a monster family that hates her own. She’ll have to embrace her own monstrousness if she is to save herself, and her family. Because in this story . . .
. . . she is not the hero. "
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--- 3. Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang ---
Release: August 23rd 2022 by Harper Voyager
There is no way you are going to get me to type that whole title.
" When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide: Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? What is he willing to sacrifice to bring Babel down?
Babel — a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell — grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire. "
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--- 4. The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas ---
Release: September 6th 2022 by Feiwel & Friends
" Percy Jackson meets The Hunger Games."
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--- 5. If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang ---
Release: 2022 by Inkyard
" This debut YA novel follows a Chinese American teenage girl, who, upon discovering that she can no longer afford tuition at her elite Beijing boarding school, teams up with her academic rival and monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates' most scandalous secrets. "
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--- 6. Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong ---
Release: 2022 by Margaret K. McElderry Books
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--- 7. Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li ---
Release: April 5th 2022 by Tiny Reparations Books
" Ocean’s Eleven meets The Farewell in Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums, about diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity.
History is told by the conquerors. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of colonialism: priceless pieces of art looted from other countries, kept even now.
Will Chen plans to steal them back. "
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--- 8. (Iron Widow #2) by Xiran Jay Zhao ---
Release: 2022 by Margaret K. McElderry Books
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--- 9. The Red Palace by Jun Hur ---
Release: January 25th 2022 by Feiwel & Friends
keep the Korean historial mysteries coming.
" To enter the palace means to walk a path stained in blood...
Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father's approval.
But Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon's closest friend and mentor. Determined to prove her beloved teacher's innocence, Hyeon launches her own secret investigation. "
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--- 10. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan ---
Release: January 11th 2022 by Harper Voyager
I was sold at "romantic Chinese mythology" mixed with the words: cosy fantasy adventure
" 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 "
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--- 11. The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne ---
Release: April 2022 by Orbit
I haven't even read the first book but I just had to include it.
" The Hunger of the Gods continues John Gwynne’s acclaimed Norse-inspired epic fantasy series, packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance. "
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--- 12. The Genesis Wars by Akemi Dawn Bowman ---
Release: April 19th 2022 by Simon Pulse
" Black Mirror meets Marie Lu’s Warcross in Nami’s continuing adventures as she fights to free her friends in this high-stakes sequel to The Infinity Courts by award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman. "
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--- 13. The City Inside 🌙 by Samit Basu ---
Release: June 7th 2022 by Tordotcom
" This near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large—yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential of the future.
“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.” "
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--- 14. Book Lovers by Emily Henry ---
Release: May 3rd 2022 by Berkley
" If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves. "
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--- 15. Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen ---
Release: July 26th 2022 by Delacorte Press
" grumpy/sunshine this, enemies-to-lovers that, what about "I can fix her" x "I can make him worse" "
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--- 16. A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin ---
Release: March 29th 2022 by Feiwel and Friends
" I used to look at my hands with pride. Now all I can think is, "These are the hands that buried my mother."
For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her—the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. "
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--- 17. The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee ---
Release: April 2022 by Subterranean Press
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--- 18. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequioa Nagamatsu ---
Release: January 18th 2022 by William Morrow
" Follow a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. "
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--- 19. Servant Mage 🌙 by Kate Elliot ---
Release: January 18th 2022 by Tordotcom
" Fellion is a Lamplighter, able to provide illumination through magic. A group of rebel Monarchists free her from indentured servitude and take her on a journey to rescue trapped compatriots from an underground complex of mines.
Along the way they get caught up in a conspiracy to kill the latest royal child and wipe out the Monarchist movement for good. "
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--- 20. Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean ---
Release: August 9th 2022 by Tor Books
" Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you.
Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries. "
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--- 21. Gallant by V.E. Schwab ---
Release: March 1st 2022 by Greenwillow Books
" 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 its source.
a vivid and lush novel that grapples with the demons that are often locked behind closed doors. An eerie, standalone saga about life, death, and the young woman beckoned by both. "
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--- 22. The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah ---
Release: May 17th 2022 by Orbit
" Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, The Stardust Thief weaves the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp.
Neither here nor there, but long ago…
Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land—at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. "
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