Hello, Tuesday friends! Did you get a lot of rest over the weekend? Because today is the biggest new release day of the first half of 2022 and you are going to need to use all your energy making Muppet arms when you see all the books! I hope you find tons of amazing things here to read and they bring you joy. Today’s new books include the latest from Emily St. John Mandel, Ocean Vuong, Charlie Jane Anders, Jennifer Egan, and more! It’s just how I like it: Books all day, every day.
I do these first Tuesday megalists because the first Tuesday of each month has so many new releases, and it’s fun to round some of them up. Below, you’ll find titles (loosely) broken up into several categories, to make it easier for your browsing convenience. I hope you have fun with it! And as with each first Tuesday newsletter, I am putting a ❤️ next to the books that I have had the chance to read and loved.
And speaking of today’s great books, for this week’s episode of All the Books! Danika and I discussed some of the wonderful books that we’ve read, such as Memphis, At Least You Have Your Health, Lessons in Chemistry, and more. And thank you to everyone who has sent us lovely messages about the new show format. 😘
Biography and Memoir
Burning Butch by R/B Mertz
Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath
Easy Beauty: A Memoir by Chloé Cooper Jones ❤️
Fiction
Memphis by Tara Stringfellow ❤️
At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus ❤️
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang ❤️
True Biz by Sara Nović ❤️
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho by Gayl Jones
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
Delphine Jones Takes a Chance by Beth Morrey
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum
Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder
Post-traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek
The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad
Heartbroke: Stories by Chelsea Bieker ❤️
The Wise Women by Gina Sorell
I Was the President’s Mistress!! by Miguel Syjuco
Cover Story by Susan Rigetti
Middle Grade
Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and KC Oster (illustrator)
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat
Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi
A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser ❤️
It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds
Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero, Megan Kearney ❤️
Mystery and Thriller
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments (Edinburgh Nights Book 2) by T. L. Huchu
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Nonfiction
Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing
When Women Kill by Alia Trabucco Zerán, Sophie Hughes (translator)
Learning America: One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children by Luma Mufleh
In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch
The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander
Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth by Clyde W. Ford
Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist’s Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection by Stephanie Cacioppo
The Unwritten Book: An Investigation by Samantha Hunt
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain
Poetry
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong ❤️
Against Heaven: Poems by Kemi Alabi
Romance
The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead
The Date from Hell (Match Made in Hell Book 2) by Gwenda Bond
Reputation by Lex Croucher
Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror
Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel ❤️
The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish
Young Adult
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (Unstoppable Book 2) by Charlie Jane Anders
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk
Does My Body Offend You? by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt
Sense and Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, 2) by Tirzah Price ❤️
In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power
Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!
This week: I’m currently reading Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Outside of books, I’m enjoying the last week of the regular NBA season and the song stuck in my head is People Ain’t No Good by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. And here’s a cat picture: Zevon leans far over the side, but somehow manages to stay upright.
Thank you, as always, for joining me each week as I rave about books! I am wishing the best for all of you in whatever situation you find yourself in now. And yay, books! – XO, Liberty ❤️