Must-Read Fiction, Summer 2022 and Fall 2022

Must-Read Fiction

Summer 2022 and Fall 2022 For a complete list of formats and ISBNs for each title, view or download the excel spreadsheet here.

T he Other Mother

Nightcrawling Leila Mottley

Kali Fajardo-Ans tine

Geraldine Brooks

HC: 978-1-64009-504-5 Cou n terpoint | 25,000 On Sal e May 3, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook Edition

HC: 978-0-593-31893-5 Kn opf | 125,000 On Sal e June 7, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, DN and Large Print Editions

HC: 978-0-525-51132-8 On e Worl d | 100,000 On Sal e June 7, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, DN and Large Print Editions

HC: 978-0-399-56296-9 V i king | 100,000 On Sal e June 14, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, DN and Large Print Editions

A dazzling n ovel about a young black wom an who walks the streets of Oakl and and stumbles headlon g into th e failure of i ts justice system-the debu t of a blazingly original voice.

A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generation s of an In di genous Ch icano family in the A m erican West, from the author of th e N ation al Book Award Finalist S abrina & Corina.

A di scarded painting in a junk pile, a skel eton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from th ese strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner brai ds a sweeping story of spirit, obsessi on, and injustice across A m erican history.

Rachel Harper

A page-turning generation al saga abou t a young man's search for a paren t he never knew, and a moving portrait of motherhood, race, and the tru ths we hide in the name of family.

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Lapvona

Ottes sa Moshfegh HC: 978-0-593-30026-8 Pen guin Press | 100,000 On Sal e June 21, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, DN and Large Pri nt Editions In a v illage buffeted by n atural di sasters, a motherless shepherd boy fi n ds himself part of a power struggle th at puts the community's faith to a sav age test.

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Wom an of Light

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Kaleidoscope

Hooked

HC: 978-0-593-18445-5 Du tton | 50,000 On Sal e July 5, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons

TP: 978-1-78909-683-5 Ti tan Books | 50,000 On Sal e July 12, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook Edition

Cecily Wong

A dazzling and heartfelt n ovel about two si sters caught in their parents' am bition, the tragedy that brings i t all crashing down, and the journey that fol l ows.

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A.C. Wis e

A gorgeous literary feminist take on wh at happened to Wen dy and Captain Hook after Neverland from the bestselling author of Wendy, Darling, perfect for fans of Christina Henry an d V .E. Schwab.

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Horse

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T he Disappearance of Josef Mengele Olivier Guez

TP: 978-1-78873-588-9 V erso | 40,000 On Sal e August 9, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook Edition A n extraordinary novel about one of h i story's most reviled figures, written as an action-packed historical bi ography.

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Carrie Soto Is Back

Unleashed

T he Marriage Portrait

Lucy by the Sea

HC: 978-0-593-15868-5 Bal lantine Books | 250,000 On Sal e August 30, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons

HC: 978-0-593-47144-9 Du tton | 50,000 On Sal e September 6, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons

HC: 978-0-593-32062-4 Kn opf | 150,000 On Sal e September 6, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, DN and Large Print Editions

HC: 978-0-593-44606-5 Ran dom Hou se | 150,000 On Sal e September 20, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons

In th is powerful n ovel about the cost of greatness, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback when the world con si ders her past her prime—from th e Ne w York Times bestselling au thor of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones Jone s & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

By award-winning author Cai Em m ons, an ambitious and transcendent nov el set against the backdrop of California's wildfire season in which a family i n crisis i s th rust on a collision course with the worl d around them that has an ou tcom e beyond their wildest i m aginings.

From th e author of the breakout New York Times best seller Hamnet— wi n ner of the National Book Critics Ci rcl e Award—an electrifying new n ov el set in Renaissance Italy and cen tering on the captivating y oung du ch ess Lu crezia de' Medi ci.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author El i zabeth Strout com es a poi gnant, pi tch-perfect nov el abou t a former cou pl e in l ockdown together—and the l ov e, l oss, despair, and hope that an i mate us ev en as the world seems to be fal ling apart.

Taylor Jenk ins Reid

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Cai Em m ons

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Our Missing Hearts

T he Whalebone Theatre

HC: 978-0-593-49254-3 Pen guin Press | 750,000 On Sal e October 4, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, DN and Large Print Editions

HC: 978-0-593-32170-6 Kn opf | 50,000 On Sal e October 4, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook, DN and Large Print Editions

From th e number on e bestselling au thor of Little Fires Everywhere, a deepl y suspenseful and heartrending n ov el about the unbreakable lov e between a mother and child in a soci ety con sumed by fear.

A n u tterly enchanting, immersive n ov el about an irrepressible young h eroi ne who becomes an undercov er agen t during World War II—a sparkling debut, by turns h eartwarming and h eartbreaking.

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Celes te Ng

Maggie O'Farrell

Joanna Quinn

Mad Honey

Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan HC: 978-1-9848-1838-6 Bal lantine Books | 500,000 On Sal e October 4, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons A sou l-stirring nov el about what we ch oose to keep from our past, and wh at we choose to leave behind, from th e Ne w York Times bestselling au thor of Wish You Were Here and th e bestselling author of S he's Not The re .

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Eliz abeth Strout

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Liberation Day George Saunders

HC: 978-0-525-50959-2 Ran dom Hou se | 100,000 On Sal e October 18, 2022 A l so Available i n eBook and DN Edi ti ons MacA rthur "genius" and Booker Prize wi n ner George Saunders returns with a col l ection of short stories that make sen se of ou r increasingly troubled worl d, his first since the New York Time s bestseller and National Book A ward finalist Tenth of De cember.

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