#TopTenTuesday Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2022

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.


This week’s topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2022.

Katastrophe by Graham Hurley (7th July) – The new blockbuster thriller set against the final stages of the Second World War.
That Bonesetter Woman by Frances Quinn (21st July) – Meet Endurance Proudfoot – England’s strongest woman, boldest adventurer and first female bonesetter.
The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh (4th August) – It’s the party to end all parties….but not everyone is here to celebrate.
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd (4th August) – An epic and imaginative historical novel, based on the true story of the wrecked Batavia
The Iron Way by Tim Leach (4th August) – Cast to the edge of the Empire, the Sarmatian army must fight in defence of Rome
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris (1st September) – ‘From what is it they flee?’ He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, ‘They killed the King.’
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones (15th September) – Some men fight for glory. Others fight for coin. The Essex Dogs? They fight for each other.
All The Broken Places by John Boyne (15th September) – The sequel to the phenomenal bestseller, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (27th September) – The award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to the dazzling London of the Roaring Twenties in a whirlwind tale of corruption, seduction, and debts that have come due
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North by Rachel Joyce (20th October) – Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.

Links from the titles will take you to the book description on Goodreads. 

#TopTenTuesday Books On My Summer 2022 To-Read List

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.


This week’s topic is Books On My Summer 2022 To-Read List. This is an easy one for me because I’m taking part in the 20 Books of Summer 2022 reading challenge hosted by Cathy at 746Books which runs from the beginning of June to the end of August. Below are the first ten books on that list. I regret to say I’ve yet to read a single one!

The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers 
The Boy Who Saw by Simon Toyne 
The Women of the Castle by Jessica Shattuck 
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio 
Island of Secrets by Patricia Wilson 
The Plague Charmer by Karen Maitland  
The House of Birds by Morgan McCarthy 
The Honey Farm on the Hill by Jo Thomas 
Rivals of the Republic by Annelise Freisenbruch 

Links from the titles will take you to the book description on Goodreads.