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New Year, New Book Club List for 2022

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We love kicking off the new year with this special lineup of book recommendations, curated for every type of book club and reader. If your book club likes to map out your books for the year or if your TBR stack needs some fresh inspiration then this guide is for you! Without further adieu, here’s our New Year, New Book Club list for 2022:

 

2022 Hardcover Picks

Hot off the press, these latest releases are perfect for book club conversations and solo reading by the fire. We’re especially excited about the debut novel Olga Dies Dreaming, by Xochitl Gonzalez and Perpetual West, a heavily anticipated book of 2022 by Mesha Maren the critically-acclaimed author of Sugar Run. And finally, Dream Big is the perfect read for anyone out there kicking off January with a New Year resolution for change. Author, Bob Goff, is here to help you recapture the version of your lives you’ve dreamed about.

 

2022 Paperback Picks

Great finds you might have missed the first time around. Grab your copy today to get caught up on these book club favorites like the Victorian era-inspired mystery, The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell or Little Sister: A Memoir, the gripping true story of author Patricia Walsh Chadwick’s unorthodox and sometimes cruel upbringing in an excommunicated Catholic commune in Boston.

 

2022 Audiobook Picks

Calling all audiophiles! Get lost in a riveting story or take a non-fiction journey with Atlas of the Heart mapping out eighty-seven emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human.

 

Additional Book Club Reading Recommendations

For more book recommendations or to see what’s trending within the Bookclubs community, check out our Find a Book page and peruse our collection of book club discussion guides to help kick off the conversation at your next meeting.

 

 

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