May 2022 Most Anticipated New Book Releases


may 2022 books new release most anticipated upcoming titles to read coming soon

Notable upcoming books to be published in May 2022, limited to hardcover new releases. Here are the most anticipated books releases for the month:

Book Lovers
Emily Henry

What It's About: One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...

NORA STEPHENS'S LIFE IS BOOKS—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laid-back dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister, Libby...

Publication Date: May 3, 2022
  
romance physical tbr contemporary


Book of Night
Holly Black

What It's About: Holly Black makes her adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies.

In Charlie Hall’s world, shadows can be altered, for entertainment and cosmetic preferences—but also to increase power and influence. You can alter someone’s feelings—and memories—but manipulating shadows has a cost, with the potential to take hours or days from your life...

Publication Date: May 3, 2022
  
fantasy physical tbr dnf


The Summer Place
Jennifer Weiner

What It's About: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdownable novel of family, secrets, and the ties that bind.

When her twenty-two-year-old stepdaughter announces her engagement to her pandemic boyfriend, Sarah Danhauser is shocked. But the wheels are in motion...

Publication Date: May 10, 2022
  
dnf romance audiobooks


Family of Liars: The Prequel to We Were Liars
E. Lockhart

What It's About: The thrilling prequel to the TikTok phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Liars takes readers back to the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come.

A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts.
A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow...

Publication Date: May 3, 2022
  
physical tbr young adult books i own


This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub

What It's About: What if you could take a vacation to your past?

With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes, and a different kind of love story.

On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible...

Publication Date: May 17, 2022
  
time travel audiobook audiobooks


The Latecomer
Jean Hanff Korelitz

What It's About: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot, Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Latecomer is a layered and immersive literary novel about three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth.

The Latecomer follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and Johanna, under tragic circumstances, to their triplets born during the early days of IVF...

Publication Date: May 31, 2022
  
dnf audiobook audio


Something Wilder
Christina Lauren

What It's About: Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession… or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah...

Publication Date: May 17, 2022
  
romance physical tbr contemporary


I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston

What It's About: From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a debut YA romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need...

Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy...

Publication Date: May 3, 2022
  
romance lgbtq young adult


The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek #2)
Kim Michele Richardson

What It's About: An Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Mary Angeline Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free...

Publication Date: May 3, 2022
  
historical fiction audiobook audiobooks


By the Book (Meant to Be #2)
Jasmine Guillory

What It's About: A tale as old as time—for a new generation…

Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life...

Publication Date: May 3, 2022
  
physical tbr contemporary audiobook


Love Marriage
Monica Ali

What It's About: In present-day London, Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father), and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose formidable mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist. The gulf between families is vast. So, too, is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe...

Publication Date: February 3, 2022
  
romance contemporary book club


Under One Roof
Ali Hazelwood

What It's About: A scientist should never cohabitate with her annoyingly hot nemesis – it leads to combustion.

Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn…...

Publication Date: February 8, 2022
  
contemporary audiobook novella



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