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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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Just finished & loved Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau… a perfect, coming-of-age summer read!
David wrote: "Add Horror!"Hear, hear…!
I loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1
That's funny, because Midnight Library was one of my favorites.
We won't be halfway thru the year until the end of June
Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging.
And how about a category for European and Nordic genres?????
deGramont, Nina The Christie AffairDray, Stephanie The Women of Chateau Lafayette
Ephron, Delia Left on Tenth: a second chance at life
Messud, Claire A Dream Life
O’Brien, Keith Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
Renehan, Edward J. Jr. Deliberate Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 murder of a Salem slave trader
Thomas, Will Fierce Poison
Truss, Lynne Psycho By the Sea
Wolfhart, Nell McShane The Great Stewardess Rebellion: how women launched a workplace revolution at 30,000 feet
W. T. Flint Hot time
Lessons in chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is a great summer read. Quirky, relevant, topical, entertaining.
Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."OMG yes please!
Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"I totally agree about The Midnight Library! Nonsense so predictable: Just click your heels three times and say "There's no place like home."
Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."Yes, please! They're completely different genres, each deserving its own list. 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.
I love them both, but they don't make good bed-mates.
I've only read one of these so far - Run Rose Run - but several others are on my wait list at the library. I have to say I didn't care much for Run Rose Run - it was disappointing.
I just finished The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz — ENJOYED!!
Add on Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Olga Dies Dreaming is favorite read all year, and I don’t know that anything will beat it. I’m excited to find out though. But I can’t recommend this book enough.
Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."PLEASEEE I want my scifiiiii
Tony wrote: "And how about a category for European and Nordic genres?????"A bit specific but in love with it!
Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"Amen. That book was awful.
Why is horror always left out of these lists?
Amélie wrote: "Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."OMG yes please!"
Agree, they are two different categories.
Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."I Support Totally.
David wrote: "Add Horror!"I co-sign what he said
Tony wrote: "And how about a category for European and Nordic genres?????"Or maybe just translated fiction?
David wrote: "Add Horror!"It's so annoying these posts never include Horror.
Shruti wrote: "Tony wrote: "Please separate Science fiction from the Fantasy genre... we keep begging."I Support Totally."
I Third.
Well, KPop Revolution, Tokyo Dreaming.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy are NOT the same thing. They should have two distinct categories. By grouping them together you are saying that Asimov and Tolkien wrote the same sort of books.
Really cool to see Heather Gudenkauf on this list. She is definitely a favorite of mine.
Steve wrote: "Sci-Fi and Fantasy are NOT the same thing. They should have two distinct categories. By grouping them together you are saying that Asimov and Tolkien wrote the same sort of books."Amen. They need to be split.
Add horror and separate Science Fiction from Fantasy please!
i refuse to trust any of the romance genre ratings anymore lmao
Scarecrow Has a Gun—by Michael Kozlowsky and the The Patient’s Secret by Loreth White—both five star reads!
Need to separate Sci-Fi from Fantasy!!!
Tony wrote: "And how about a category for European and Nordic genres?????"hear! hear!
Barbara wrote: "I loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab"Barbara wrote: "I loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab"
Me too! Best book I've read this year!
Robbie wrote: "I don't trust any list that once had The Midnight Library as #1"I laughed out loud at this one. True fact.
Nice list! Read many of them and many others in my TBR. Time to catch-up!
I guess we all have our biases, but this list should have definitely included "Dream Town" (Archer #3) by David Baldacci in my most humblest of opinions.
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 enjoy it doesn't mean it makes a list untrustworthy lol, it just means your taste differs.
i love how I haven't read any of these lol
Many of these are on my read or to-read List… lovely!