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Goodreads Members' Top 72 Hit Books of the Year (So Far)
We’re halfway through 2022—that seemed awfully fast, didn’t it?—so it’s time once again for our annual check-in of Goodreads’ most popular new books of the year (so far).
The listings below represent the books that have generated the most interest and enthusiasm from Goodreads members in the first half of the year. The editorial team measures this by tallying up reader reviews and watching how often a particular title is added to readers’ Want to Read lists. We’ve also limited the selections to books that have a 3.5-star or better average star rating.
As of this writing, Goodreads has more than 140 million members worldwide, so the number crunching can get pretty serious. This time around, we’ve also chopped up the results by genre.
Scroll over the covers to learn more about each book, and be sure to add the books that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf!
Fiction
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Mystery & Thriller
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Romance
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Young Adult
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Nonfiction
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Jun 22, 2022 05:07PM
Where is horror.
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Sue wrote: "That's funny, because Midnight Library was one of my favorites."I love that book as well Sue!
Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."Hear hear!
You really should release your algorithm or the statistics along with your lists.My guilty pleasure genre may not be everyone's cup of tea but I have never actually scene ANY of the many bestsellers/highly-rated books I have read or want-to-read on any of your lists.
Instead, they are filled with books that look like they are handed out from your college/workplace DEI office...
You can't just lump together magick and fantasy with future technological advances, major social or environmental changes, space or time travel, and life on other planets.So long as you're cool with anything involving time travel or FTL speeds being filed under "Fantasy".
Theresa wrote: "Where is the Historical Fiction?????"Agree! Need that added asap!
sci fi should be separate from fantasy
Shocked that "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" didn't make the list!
Horror Junkie wrote: "David wrote: "Add Horror!"I co-sign what he said"
Me too!
Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"Agreed!
Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."I am in on this.
Completely different!
Why do they always categorise these genres together!
Barbara wrote: "I loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab"OMG! I loved Addie LaRue!!!
Sara wrote: "Shocked that "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" didn't make the list!"it's about popular books published in 2022. That book was published in 2017
How about having lists by language? For those of us who don't happen to have English as their mother tongue? Or who like to read multiple languages?
Won't touch it, and I don't recommend anyone else even consider cracking it open.
Carrie wrote: "Just finished & loved Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau… a perfect, coming-of-age summer read!"I also loved this. Also try two other coming-of-age novels, SISTER STARDUST by Jane Green and LADY SUNSHINE by Amy Mason Doan.
Sbaker99 wrote: "I just finished The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz — ENJOYED!!"This book is a delight and so beautifully written.
Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."YES
Where is Tomb of Sand? Oh.. Right there in Racially Snubbed List!
I have barely heard of any of them. I guess I prefer to read books after their "hot" days, jeje
Not to be snotty/snobby but why do the majority of these look cheap and badly written? example: every single cover in the romance section looks the same, it's kind of disappointing
I really loved The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow!!
My top five faves so far this year:"Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (impossible tasks, dangerous fairy markets, evil princes, and a dog of bones.)
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison (Another novel set in the world of "The Goblin Emperor"; once more exciting and hopeful.)
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (Another book in her *Doorway* series; about places that press you to conform until you break and bleed.)
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (Dissatisfied by the skeletal frame of Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher"? The author was, too. She fleshed out that horror - and it is horrifying, full of lush fungal growths and unnatural wildlife, and pools which should never touch your skin. Soooo very creepy.)
Saint Death's Daughter by C.S.E. Cooney (A family of magical assassins, two orphaned sisters, a prince in chains, and a terrible debt come due. One sister is a worthy successor to the family. One is a rare necromancer - whose talent comes with an allergy to the violence that is the family trade, and who must find a way to save their family before everything is lost forever.)
Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes (On the edge of space, a salvage crew finds a derelict ship of horrors - the hulk of a luxury liner missing for years, still intact, a floating grave for every single passenger and crew, whose bodies tell a story of unspeakable madness, violence, and terror. When the salvage team boards, and begins to see and hear things, they soon realize that whatever killed everyone on the Aurora is still in the ship. And they are next.)
Honorable Mention: The Bone Orchard by Sara Mueller (magic, disassociation, and revenge.)
Ankit wrote: "Shruti wrote: "Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."I Support Totally."
I Third."
And me.
I put this one off until now, not just because I've been busy working and moving house but because I've had enough of the annoying interactions between Eve and Roarke. Her abrasive treatment of others doesn't gel well with her inability to stand up to her husband. It is really effecting how seriously I take her as a "kickass cop" "in charge," and she isn't even really in control there, as her cops are routinely outvoting her and ignoring her orders and preferences because they believe they know what's best for her and her case.Her husband's presence in the field and his apparent control of her has done damage to her professional environment and Robb thinks this is perfectly acceptable because romance. Roarke has all but declawed her in front of her squad, tacitly reassuring them that he can put her in check when he feels she's not doing what he thinks is good for her.
One good thing is that we're about an hour plus into the audible book and she hasn't been told what to eat, when to sleep, how to dress or when to take medication. She hasn't yet been sidelined in her own investigation, bridaled on her own operation or bullied into ignoring police procedure so that her love interest can look like the hero and flex his "romantic" protective muscles. Book's young, though.
Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"agree
I have so many of these already on my TBR!!!
H wrote: "No more categories! All the fiction and all the non-fiction thrown in together higgledy-piggledy! Let the whole place burn!"You're an animal! :-) Kidding, kidding! Couldn't care less. Haven't read one book on this list and probably won't. It feels like Amazon's to be pushed list frankly versus a true people's reading list. Because if it was, then there would be 25 genres and then we bust out to the 30 or 40 sub-genres and then we really get crazy with adding to our TBRs.
Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"100%
Eleanor wrote: "Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"Well, The Midnight Library is rated 4.05 on Goodreads, so a lot of people must love it. Just because you didn't enjo..."
YES
why not add some motivational or spiritual books alsoa lot on my read list though
wtf why modern literature is so cringe and garbage and why people consume it?
Others have said this, but to further the point: Please add horror!!! And separate science fiction and fantasy!
Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"I finished Midnight Library today and I echo the sentiment. How is this book top rated ? It was pretty average
ADD HORROR!!! What is the point of this list without it? Also poetry would be nice, but I know it's a long shot. Ocean Vuong and Victoria Chang both had new books this year which are fabulous! & Chen Chen has a new one coming any day now.
Also for poetry: Ada Limon, who is a poetry goddess, also had a new book out this year.
