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Open WaterCaleb Azumah Nelson
GhostsDolly Alderton
The Island of Missing TreesElif Shafak
WahalaNikki May
The Women of TroyPat Barker
Great CircleMaggie Shipstead
Transcendent KingdomYaa Gyasi
The PorpoiseMark Haddon
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The best new books out in 2022

A month-by-month guide to the most exciting fiction, non-fiction and children’s books out in 2022.

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Fantastic stories to while away time

IdolLouise O'Neill
Three RoomsJo Hamya
Snow CountrySebastian Faulks
Malibu RisingTaylor Jenkins Reid
The Paper PalaceMiranda Cowley Heller
The Giver of StarsJojo Moyes

Books adapted for film and TV

My PolicemanBethan Roberts
Persuasion (Vintage Classics Austen Series)Jane Austen
David CopperfieldCharles Dickens
The DigJohn Preston
Noughts & CrossesMalorie Blackman
How to Build a GirlCaitlin Moran
CherryNico Walker
Emma (Vintage Classics Austen Series)Jane Austen
The Invisible ManH G Wells
The Call of the WildJack London
Little WomenLouisa May Alcott

Award-winning novels

Girl, Woman, OtherBernardine Evaristo
That Reminds MeDerek Owusu
Reasons to be CheerfulNina Stibbe
The TestamentsMargaret Atwood
The Sea, The SeaIris Murdoch

Wronged characters and wicked revenge

FloridaLauren Groff
The Girl in The TowerKatherine Arden
The Secret HistoryDonna Tartt
SorrowlandRivers Solomon
The Talented Mr RipleyPatricia Highsmith
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