Happy almost New Year, friends!
I’m so excited for January and a new year. One of my big reading goals for 2023 is to buy fewer books and spend more time hitting my backlist so that I can stop telling people, “I have that, but I haven’t read it yet.” What are your big reading goals for this year? I’d love to hear about them. Feel free to reach out! In the meantime, let’s look back at the year in books and what’s coming soon!
Book Deals and Reveals
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With all of the icy weather across the country, now seems like a good time to share the cover reveal of this book: Ice by Amy Brady. Yes, this book covers the history of ice and how it has transformed our nation. It’s out from Putnam Books in June 2023.
Starz has released the first teaser for the 7th season of Outlander, and the premium cable outlet has announced the series will return in summer 2023.
Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books bookstore chain in Miami, has launched HUBB (Helping Ukrainian Books and Booksellers) to support the Ukrainian literary community.
Cassandra Clare, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles, is coming out with an adult fantasy novel in October 2023.
Donald Glover is attached to star in and produce a feature film set in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man universe of Marvel Comics characters. The movie will focus on Spider-Man villain Hypno-Hustler.
Nick Cutter’s underwater thriller The Deep is getting a series adaptation at Amazon. The series comes from C. Henry Chaisson, writer of Antlers and Apple series Servant.
Last week, Barack Obama shared his favorite movies, music, and (most importantly) books from 2022.
Let’s keep the best of the year lists “rolling”: Rolling Stone has named their picks for the best music books of 2022.
What are some of the best YA books of 2022 and ones you’ll want to make sure you don’t miss? Here’s our roundup of the best YA books of 2022!
Book Riot published thousands of posts in 2022. Here are the top ten you were most interested in, from space operas to bedtime stories.
Book Riot’s 2023 reading log is here! It can help you track your reading stats and generate infographics to help you achieve your reading goals.
Book Riot Recommends
I’m a Contributing Editor at Book Riot, I write the Today in Books newsletter, and I’m a Bibliologist for Book Riot’s Tailored Book Recommendations subscription service. I also have a PhD in English, so I’m basically a doctor of books. Books are my life, in other words, so in this section of the newsletter, let me share with you some upcoming books I’m super excited about. And I think you will be too!
Best Books of 2022
It’s time to look back at the books that really left an impression on me in this last year. These are my picks for the best books released in 2022. Which ones were your personal favorites? Let me know, and give me more books to add to my TBR in 2023.
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The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings — I loved Gidding’s Lakewood, so I was expecting to enjoy this one. But this was still so surprising. I think what surprised me the most was how funny this one was. I loved it.
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson — Tiffany D. Jackson was on my list last year for White Smoke, and now she’s done it again! This retelling of Stephen King’s Carrie was, dare I say it, even better than the original.
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy — No offense to anyone, but when I pick up a celebrity memoir, it’s more to learn about the author than it is about reading a well-written book. But Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died is not just a well-written memoir; it felt like an incredibly important book. I would recommend this one to everyone, even if you’ve never even heard of McCurdy before.
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes — This YA novel really had all the things: a heart-warming story of a family, a coming-of-age tale of a teen girl becoming more confident in herself and her sexuality, and a really adorable romance.
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey — It’s probably no secret that horror is one of my favorite genres, and this was for sure the scariest horror novel I read this year. Also, if you said you saw that ending coming, you’re lying.
Most Anticipated Books of 2023
And now that we’ve looked back, let’s look ahead. It was hard to narrow this down to just five, but here are five books I cannot wait to read in 2023.
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Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah — If you’ve read Friday Black, then you’re probably just as excited for Adjei-Brenyah’s debut novel as I am. I think we can expect this to be highly imaginative, maybe a little shocking, and incredibly thought-provoking.
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez — This is Enriquez’s first novel to be translated into English, and it’s about dang time! I’m already enamored with the world Enriquez has created in her short story collections. I can’t wait to get lost in a full novel.
How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix — I can’t believe I’ve gone a full year without a new Grady Hendrix book! The world is hungry for this one, and I’m right there with them.
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert — Somehow I’ve gone this long without reading a Talia Hibbert novel, even though she comes highly recommended. But now that she’s releasing her debut YA novel with Nicola and David Yoon’s imprint Joy Revolution? I’m ready to become a Talia Hibbert reader.
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones — This is the sequel to My Heart is a Chainsaw, which I also loved. I’m so excited to return to this story and, most importantly, the protagonist Jade Daniels, who is so beautifully vulnerable and flawed.
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What I Loved Watching in 2022
And just for funzies, I thought it would be cool to look back on the TV and movies that really stuck with me in 2022, especially those that are adaptations of books! Of course, I will never forget the final seasons of Atlanta or White Lotus season 2. But in terms of 2022 book adaptations, these were some of my faves:
What I’m Excited to Watch in 2023
Lots of adaptations are coming out in 2023, and probably my most anticipated one of the whole year is M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin, based on Paul Tremblay’s novel The Cabin at the End of the World. I am so, so, so pumped for this one! Seems unfair to even put anything else, so I’ll just leave it at that and see how the rest of the year unfolds.
And Here’s a Cat Picture!
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Is this not the vibe this week, the week between Christmas and the New Year? There’s a sleepy Cersei, there are all the books I’m trying to read in 2023, and there’s our Christmas tree looking on, holding strong.
Well, that was really fun, friends! I’m so excited for the new year, and I hope you are too. Talk soon!