2022 Book Releases to Get Excited About

Expect highly-anticipated titles from Emma Straub, Akwaeke Emezi, Rebecca Serle, and more!

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If you've finally completed your 2021 TBR pile (opens in new tab), prepare yourself for 2022's stacked lineup of new releases. Expect an incredible mix of fiction including Rebecca Serle's One Italian Summer (opens in new tab) and Kai Harris's What the Fireflies Knew (opens in new tab) (one of the first titles from Phoebe Robinson's new imprint (opens in new tab)), as well as powerful memoirs like Viola Davis's Finding Me (opens in new tab). Excited yet? Find our running list of the most anticipated books of 2022 to pre-order now, ahead.

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