Hottest Summer Reads of 2022

by Kirkus
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53 books
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Fiction

Counterfeit

Kirstin Chen, 2022

The Mutual Friend

A Novel
Carter Bays, 2022

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 2022

Fellowship Point

A Novel
Alice Elliott Dark, 2022

Trust

Hernan Diaz, 2022

This Time Tomorrow

A Novel
Emma Straub, 2022

The Hotel Nantucket

Elin Hilderbrand, 2022

Winter Work

A novel
Dan Fesperman, 2022

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid, 2023

Book Lovers

Emily Henry, 2022
Romance
Nonfiction

Pig Years

Ellyn Gaydos, 2022

Fire Island

A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
Jack Parlett, 2022

Explorer

The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown
Benedict Allen, 2022

Rogues

True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe, 2022

The Last Resort

A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach
Sarah Stodola, 2022

The Church of Baseball

The Making of Bull Durham
Ron Shelton, 2022

Illuminated by Water

Fly Fishing and the Allure of the Natural World
Malachy Tallack, 2022

Imagine a City

A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World
Mark Vanhoenacker, 2022

Normal Family

On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings
Chrysta Bilton, 2022

Split Decision

Life Stories
Ice-T, Spike, Douglas Century, 2022
Teens & Young Adult

Generation Wonder

The New Age of Heroes
Barry Lyga, 2022

Jumper

Melanie Crowder, 2022

The Loophole

Naz Kutub, 2022

The Dream Runners

Shveta Thakrar, 2022

Bad Things Happen Here

Rebecca Barrow, 2022

Wake the Bones

A Novel
Elizabeth Kilcoyne, 2022

Wind Daughter

Joanna Ruth Meyer, 2022

My Imaginary Mary

Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows, 2022

Nothing More to Tell

Karen M. McManus, 2022

Lord of the Fly Fest

Goldy Moldavsky, 2022

Love Radio

Ebony LaDelle, 2022
Children's

The Secret Forest Friends

Kyoko Hara, 2022

Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

Tolá Okogwu, 2022

Valentina Salazar is not a Monster Hunter

Zoraida Córdova, 2022

Manatee Summer

Evan Griffith, 2022

Tâpwê & the Magic Hat

Buffy Sainte-Marie, 2022

Alliana, Girl of Dragons

Julie Abe, 2022

Fire on Headless Mountain

Iain Lawrence, 2022

Barb and the Ghost Blade

Dan Abdo, Jason Patterson, Dan & Jason, 2022

Daddy and Me and the Rhyme to Be (A Karma's World Picture Book)

Chris Bridges, Halcyon Person, 2022

Frances in the Country

Liz Garton Scanlon, 2022

I Want to Be a Vase

Julio Torres, 2022

Arab Arab All Year Long!

Cathy Camper, 2022

The Adventures of Robo-Kid

Diane deGroat, 2022

Two Dogs

Ian Falconer, 2022

Jigsaw

Mystery in the Mail
Bob Graham, 2022

A Day by the Sea

Barbara Nascimbeni, 2022

Pip & Zip

Elana K. Arnold, 2022

Giant Island

Doug Keith, 2022
Graphic Novels & Comics