The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2022 Book Preview (April-June)

1.
Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility 4.06 avg rating β€” 282,178 ratings
2.
Trust
Trust 3.81 avg rating β€” 154,209 ratings
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Easy Beauty
Easy Beauty 4.06 avg rating β€” 5,925 ratings
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Unlikely Animals
Unlikely Animals 4.06 avg rating β€” 24,736 ratings
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The Candy House
The Candy House 3.64 avg rating β€” 65,929 ratings
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Portrait of a Thief
Portrait of a Thief 3.44 avg rating β€” 31,195 ratings
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Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service
Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service 3.86 avg rating β€” 533 ratings
8.
Either/Or
Either/Or 3.98 avg rating β€” 28,583 ratings
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This Time Tomorrow
This Time Tomorrow 3.80 avg rating β€” 152,024 ratings
10.
Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling 3.96 avg rating β€” 57,317 ratings
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Young Mungo
Young Mungo 4.38 avg rating β€” 80,461 ratings
12.
Woman, Eating
Woman, Eating 3.44 avg rating β€” 20,533 ratings
13.
Post-Traumatic
Post-Traumatic 3.70 avg rating β€” 5,582 ratings
14.
Out There
Out There
by: Kate Folk
4.13 avg rating β€” 6,489 ratings
15.
Companion Piece
Companion Piece
by: Ali Smith
3.80 avg rating β€” 7,230 ratings
16.
Lapvona
Lapvona 3.54 avg rating β€” 90,174 ratings
17.
Invisible Things
Invisible Things 3.54 avg rating β€” 1,497 ratings
18.
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta 3.94 avg rating β€” 3,104 ratings
19.
Woman of Light
Woman of Light 3.64 avg rating β€” 13,617 ratings
20.
Forbidden City
Forbidden City 3.63 avg rating β€” 1,703 ratings
21.
Search
Search 3.86 avg rating β€” 5,796 ratings
22.
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir 3.76 avg rating β€” 1,478 ratings
23.
The Unwritten Book: An Investigation
The Unwritten Book: An Investigation 4.17 avg rating β€” 550 ratings
23.
Probably Ruby
Probably Ruby 3.48 avg rating β€” 2,329 ratings
25.
Heartbroke
Heartbroke 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,669 ratings
26.
The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories
The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories 3.87 avg rating β€” 2,161 ratings
27.
A Tiny Upward Shove
A Tiny Upward Shove 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,058 ratings
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey 3.07 avg rating β€” 3,115 ratings
29.
People from Bloomington
People from Bloomington 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,195 ratings
30.
True Biz
True Biz 4.06 avg rating β€” 77,891 ratings
31.
Violets
Violets 3.56 avg rating β€” 3,775 ratings
32.
All the Secrets of the World
All the Secrets of the World 3.85 avg rating β€” 770 ratings
33.
I Was the President's Mistress!!
I Was the President's Mistress!! 3.12 avg rating β€” 125 ratings
34.
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces 4.19 avg rating β€” 2,919 ratings
35.
We Do What We Do in the Dark
We Do What We Do in the Dark 3.53 avg rating β€” 12,898 ratings
36.
Valleyesque: Stories
Valleyesque: Stories 3.74 avg rating β€” 311 ratings
37.
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies 4.07 avg rating β€” 3,534 ratings
38.
Mirror Made of Rain
Mirror Made of Rain 3.64 avg rating β€” 357 ratings
39.
Boys Come First
Boys Come First 3.86 avg rating β€” 933 ratings
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The Shore
The Shore 3.49 avg rating β€” 5,003 ratings
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The Red Arrow
The Red Arrow 3.76 avg rating β€” 751 ratings
42.
Neruda on the Park
Neruda on the Park 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,144 ratings
43.
The Midcoast
The Midcoast 3.51 avg rating β€” 10,882 ratings
44.
The Kingdom of Sand
The Kingdom of Sand 3.49 avg rating β€” 1,471 ratings
45.
Memphis
Memphis 4.09 avg rating β€” 37,701 ratings
45.
Cult Classic
Cult Classic 3.28 avg rating β€” 21,752 ratings
47.
Binding the Ghost: Theology, Mystery, and the Transcendence of Literature
Binding the Ghost: Theology, Mystery, and the Transcendence of Literature
by: Ed Simon
4.17 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
48.
The Age of Astonishment: John Morris in the Miracle Century―From the Civil War to the Cold War
The Age of Astonishment: John Morris in the Miracle Century―From the Civil War to the Cold War 3.77 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
49.
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho 3.42 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
49.
Dele Weds Destiny
Dele Weds Destiny 3.61 avg rating β€” 3,029 ratings
51.
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer 3.75 avg rating β€” 5,191 ratings
52.
Tracy Flick Can't Win
Tracy Flick Can't Win 3.63 avg rating β€” 14,348 ratings
53.
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
by: Dan Chaon
3.65 avg rating β€” 4,040 ratings
53.
A Trail of Crab Tracks
A Trail of Crab Tracks 3.82 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
55.
Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore
Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore 3.48 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
56.
Four Treasures of the Sky
Four Treasures of the Sky 4.08 avg rating β€” 19,142 ratings
57.
Ghost Lover: Stories
Ghost Lover: Stories 3.26 avg rating β€” 6,496 ratings
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Nevada
Nevada 3.94 avg rating β€” 17,551 ratings
59.
Happy for You
Happy for You 3.30 avg rating β€” 1,507 ratings
60.
End of the World House
End of the World House 3.01 avg rating β€” 1,467 ratings
61.
Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories
Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,123 ratings
62.
The Red Zone: A Love Story
The Red Zone: A Love Story 4.13 avg rating β€” 491 ratings
63.
Rouge Street: Three Novellas
Rouge Street: Three Novellas 3.83 avg rating β€” 745 ratings
64.
Activities of Daily Living
Activities of Daily Living 3.83 avg rating β€” 916 ratings
65.
An Unlasting Home
An Unlasting Home 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,209 ratings
66.
At the Edge of the Woods
At the Edge of the Woods 3.04 avg rating β€” 506 ratings
67.
Ruin
Ruin 3.81 avg rating β€” 144 ratings
68.
The Return of Faraz Ali
The Return of Faraz Ali 3.91 avg rating β€” 3,591 ratings
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The Evening Hero
The Evening Hero 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,207 ratings
70.
Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change 3.81 avg rating β€” 2,946 ratings
71.
The Immortal King Rao
The Immortal King Rao 3.66 avg rating β€” 4,090 ratings
72.
Circa
Circa 3.62 avg rating β€” 286 ratings
73.
Acts of Service
Acts of Service 3.06 avg rating β€” 14,280 ratings
74.
Little Rabbit
Little Rabbit 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,256 ratings
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The Year of the Horses
The Year of the Horses 4.01 avg rating β€” 882 ratings
76.
Rainbow Rainbow
Rainbow Rainbow 3.36 avg rating β€” 1,235 ratings
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Linea Nigra
Linea Nigra 4.29 avg rating β€” 2,405 ratings
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Chorus
Chorus 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,937 ratings
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A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times 3.93 avg rating β€” 256 ratings
80.
Be Brief and Tell Them Everything
Be Brief and Tell Them Everything 4.11 avg rating β€” 246 ratings
81.
Greenland
Greenland 3.77 avg rating β€” 928 ratings
82.
Blithedale Canyon
Blithedale Canyon 4.22 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
83.
Avalon
Avalon
by: Nell Zink
3.18 avg rating β€” 1,082 ratings
84.
Learning to Talk
Learning to Talk 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,716 ratings
85.
Raising Raffi: The First Five Years
Raising Raffi: The First Five Years 3.89 avg rating β€” 558 ratings
86.
The Twilight World
The Twilight World 3.86 avg rating β€” 7,392 ratings
87.
The Angel of Rome and Other Stories
The Angel of Rome and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating β€” 4,109 ratings
88.
X
X 3.34 avg rating β€” 1,011 ratings
89.
Mother Ocean Father Nation
Mother Ocean Father Nation 3.72 avg rating β€” 661 ratings
90.
Hurricane Girl
Hurricane Girl 3.64 avg rating β€” 6,525 ratings
91.
More Than You'll Ever Know
More Than You'll Ever Know 3.73 avg rating β€” 24,658 ratings
92.
Nuclear Family
Nuclear Family 3.22 avg rating β€” 2,445 ratings
93.
Thrust
Thrust 3.53 avg rating β€” 2,375 ratings
94.
The Seaplane on Final Approach
The Seaplane on Final Approach 3.20 avg rating β€” 1,404 ratings
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Brown Neon
Brown Neon 3.95 avg rating β€” 331 ratings
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Counterfeit
Counterfeit 3.48 avg rating β€” 102,204 ratings