In this list you\u2019ll find a mix of genres and moods\u2014sad books, thrilling books, cozy books, and horror stories.<\/p>\n
1. She and Her Cat<\/em> by Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa, translated by Ginny Taplew Takemori (2017)<\/h3>\nI fell head over heels (and cried too) for She and Her Cat<\/em>, a slim book translated from Japanese with four interconnected stories about women and cats. These stories are about loneliness, a desire for connection, and the beauty of community as these women trudge through depression, guilt, grief and heart break. You would love this book even if you are not a pet lover. I read the 2022 edition by Atria books which has illustrations by Rohan Eason.
\n(PS: There\u2019s a dog too. The last chapter broke my heart, but in a good way and reminded me that everything will be alright).<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
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<\/p>\n2. The Sound of the World by Heart<\/em> by Giacomo Keison Bevilacqua<\/h3>\nPerfection! This graphic novel, translated from Italian, is as much an ode to the city of New York as about love and loneliness. It made me crave to sit on a bench at a museum for hours. It made me wish I was sandwiched in the busy crowds on the pavements New York city. It made me want to run into the New York Public Library. This book is about art, magic in a still photo, life in a busy world, soul mates and serendipity. I finished it with tears in my eyes and started re-reading right away. PS: Don\u2019t skip the dedication.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/p>\n3. Disorientation<\/em> by Elaine Hseih Chou (2022)<\/h3>\nI read major parts of Disorientation<\/em> on a commute and found myself cackling and re-reading paragraphs. This debut novel is a witty satire on academia. It lists the challenges faced by people of color trying to survive in all-white academic departments that study other cultures. Chou packs a punch with her sly commentary on power dynamics in inter-racial relationships, authenticity of translations by white translators who cannot speak the language they translate and win awards for, and identity politics that clash with personal and professional spheres. This one\u2019s a real treat.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n4. All the Lovers in the Night<\/em> by Meiko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd (2022)<\/h3>\nA perfect novel for those who enjoy sad girl books. I knew no peace until I savoured page by page of this quiet novel about a freelance copywriter in her mid-thirties looking for love, connection and happiness. All the Lovers in the Night<\/em> is the kind of book you read before bed, underlining your way and pausing more often than you intend to. If you love books by Murakami, consider picking up a Kawakami. Marvellous!<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAlso Read :<\/em><\/strong> 18 Fun Asian Books to Binge Read <\/a><\/p>\n5. Manjhi\u2019s Mayhem<\/em> by Tanuj Solanki (2022)<\/h3>\nDo not sleep on Tanuj Solanki\u2019s potboiler of a Mumbai book that clasps your neck with the opening lines \u201cNone of this happened in English. It couldn\u2019t have. English is not the language in which life runs for most people in this country. It all happened in a mix of Hindi and Marathi.\u201d Solanki spins an addictive, thrilling tale of a Dalit security guard who changed his caste with a fake Adhaar card for better prospects in job and women, and an immigrant worker from UP who persuades him to pursue revenge on her behalf. The city of Mumbai spreads its hands and catches those who fall dejected. It throws them back into the game of life, whispering \u2018play\u2019 in their ears.<\/p>\n
Manjhi\u2019s Mayhem<\/em> captures the essence of life in India, which many contemporary novels miss, without shying away from the medley of language politics and caste politics. It is about friendships forged in local trains, lust sealed with promises, gangsters, roadside stalls, love, sex and money, mayhem, narrated with a cinematic, adrenaline-charged prose.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\nAlso Read<\/em><\/strong> : Jane Borge’s charming ode to Bombay\u2014Bombay Balch\u00e3o<\/a><\/p>\n6. Motherthing<\/em> by Ainslie Hogarth (2022)<\/h3>\nI had heard high praise for Motherthing<\/em> before I picked it up but what I didn\u2019t know was how incredibly funny this book is! This is a gothic domestic horror where a young wife tries to save her marriage from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law. It is about toxic, symbiotic relationships, recipe books, crabby mother-in-laws, dingy basements. Dark, witty, zingy, outrageous, surprising.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
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\nAlso Read<\/em><\/strong> : The most beautiful book blogs<\/a><\/p>\n7. Juniper and Thorn<\/em> by Ava Reid (2022)<\/h3>\nThree witch sisters live secluded in a magical castle under the watchful eyes of their tyrannical ex-wizard father. Set in the capitalist city of Oblya, an inspired East European city, moving away from magic and superstitions to modernity and industrialization, this grim novel talks about women\u2019s agency, hunger, patriarchy and magic. More thoughts about the novel in my newsletter edition #42\/\/ witches and boarding schools<\/a>. Fans of Bear and the Nightingale<\/em> series by Katherine Arden would love this dark, grotesque fairytale.
\nTrigger warnings : Abuse (mental, physical, sexual, child), cannibalism, eating disorders<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n8. Seven days in June<\/em> by Tia Williams (2021)<\/h3>\nSeven Days in June<\/em> is a perfect escapist romance between literary fiction writer Sean and vampire erotica writer Eva Mercy. It is about first love and second chances, single mothers and wise teenagers. Sensual, funny and hot.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In <\/a>
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\nAlso Read<\/em> <\/strong>: 14 awesome books for all moods of 2022<\/a><\/p>\n9. Dial A for Aunties<\/em> by Jesse Q Sutanto (2021)<\/h3>\nA laugh riot with an accidental murder, a big wedding and an inter-generational curse on a Chinese-Indonesian family. When Meddelin Chan accidentally kills her blind date, her fierce aunties help her hide the dead body, while simultaneously managing the big wedding of their billionaire client. I listened to this book on audio narrated by Risa Mei, and had to re-listen for more laughs. Check the review in my newsletter #37\/\/ the aunties are here<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n10. Lore Olympus<\/em> by Rachel Smythe (2021, 2022)<\/h3>\nThe Lore Olympus<\/em> volumes that follow the tumultuous romance between Hades and Persephone kept me company throughout 2022. Smythe\u2019s Greek gods love meddling in love lives. Set in a modern world with social media and dating apps, the Greek pantheon serves us scandalous gossip, glitzy parties and a forbidden romance. I can\u2019t wait for Vol.4 but for the impatient ones among you, there is always the webtoon to binge on.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n11. Moonflower Murders<\/em> by Anthony Horowitz (2020)<\/h3>\nI love that I find at least one cosy crime to obsess over every year. In 2021 it was Horowitz\u2019s Magpie Murders<\/em>\u2014where writer Alan Conway\u2019s untimely death bore eerie similarities to his soon-to-be published murder mystery set in a sleepy English village. Susan Ryeland, Conway’s editor, played an accidental detective. This year I devoured the sequel Moonflower Murders<\/em> where Ryeland is retired and happily (not quite) running a small hotel on a Greek island with her boyfriend. When the rich Trehernes offers her a deal to play detective on an old murder case, which seems to hold secrets in an Alan Conway crime novel, she gladly accepts it for money and a golden opportunity to go back to London. Similar to Magpie Murders<\/em>, there are hidden clues in Conway\u2019s mystery novels that chip away the lies surrounding the murder case. The climax was underwhelming, but overall, Moonflower Murders<\/em> was a glorious escape. I hope Horowitz would bless us with a third book in this series.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n12. This Might Hurt<\/em> by Stephanie Wrobel (2022)<\/h3>\nMy favourite thriller of 2022! This Might Hurt<\/em> is set in a wellness retreat hosted on a private island in Maine, where attendees are forced to cut connections with the mainland, and give up their phones and internet. It follows two sisters\u2014workaholic Natalie and depressed Kit\u2014and is heaped in toxicity, family secrets, biting cold, and fear. It\u2019s a maddening, gripping cultish story that plunges you into icy deep waters without warning.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n13. Brown Girls<\/em> by Daphne Palasi Andreades (2022)<\/h3>\nTold in a collective voice, almost musical, Brown Girls<\/em> is pure indulgence. The story\u2014told in snippets\u2014follows a group of brown girls who grow up in the dregs of Queens. Brown Girls<\/em> is a hypnotic dance on the senses as the cultural and personal lives of the girls collide, flow, and diverge. It is a book about marginalization, dreams, ambition, racism, motherhood and personhood, told in evocative, lyrical prose\u2014a fitting ode to brown girls of America. A stunning debut and one of the best books of 2022.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n15. If I Survive You<\/em> by Jonathan Escoffery (2022)<\/h3>\nI read If I Survive You<\/em> in December and it is one of the finest books that narrate the American experience. Told through interconnected stories, this book follows a Jamaican family that immigrates to America. Perhaps this is the first book that I read that beautifully encapsulates the identity crisis of a first-generation Jamaican in America\u2014he doesn\u2019t look or sound Jamaican, he isn\u2019t American enough, he looks Dominican but he can\u2019t speak Spanish, black people don\u2019t consider him black, some Americans consider him black, some think he is brown, and his fellow Jamaicans don\u2019t call themselves black. This is a book that begs to be underlined, written in shocking, razor-sharp prose.<\/p>\nIf I Survive You<\/em> wasn\u2019t on my radar, so I was more than thrilled to read it and find a new favourite; thanks to the American fiction series<\/a> by Boxwalla, curated by author Alexander Chee. It is an urgent book about identity crisis, immigration, racism\u2014you simply cannot look away.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n15. Sorrow and Bliss<\/em> by Meg Mason (2022)<\/h3>\nI immersed myself in the life of the thirty-something writer who is mostly sad, tired and misunderstood. Sorrow and Bliss<\/em> is funny in parts but also profoundly sad in a way that made me cry bucketfuls over the course of the novel. It is about marriage, societal expectations from a married woman and loneliness, told in between gaping depths of sorrow and short-lived, elusive happiness. If you loved Sally Rooney\u2019s Normal People<\/em> about people in their twenties, shatter your heart with the spiraling trials of a woman in her thirties in this caustic, beautiful novel.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n16. Seeking Fortune Elsewhere<\/em> by Sindya Bhanoo (2022)<\/h3>\nI picked up Sindya Bhanoo\u2019s stories as a quick read, one story at a time. But before I knew it, my tea had gone cold and I was under the spell of her Tamil and Tamil-American characters. It\u2019s been a while since I read stories where characters burrow into your heart. A woman who inherits a house exercises her choice over her husband\u2019s decision, a widow in a retirement home chats with other elderly parents about their children in America, a mother is jealous when her daughter invites her step mother to a family trip but not her, a professor faces inquiry after his students filed a complaint about exploitation. These stories explore the disconnect between American and Indian cultures, the dissonance in a family where identities clash, the urge to belong and the bitterness of being shunned, and the rifts that deepen with no fault of either side of the relationship. Restrained, bittersweet writing with sad notes for fans of Jhumpa Lahiri\u2014A must-read of 2022.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/p>\nAlso Read<\/em><\/strong> : The best books of 2022\u2014short story collections<\/a><\/p>\n17. The Vanishing Half <\/em>by Brit Bennett (2020)<\/h3>\nThe Vanishing Half<\/em> is an exhilarating, pulsing, pacy story about the Vignes twins of Mallard, a small town in Louisiana, in the middle of nowhere. It\u2019s a town of light skinned black people where dark skin is frowned upon. One twin decides to pass off as white, reinvent a past and escape home while the other remains in the wretched hometown. If you are looking for a book that\u2019ll make you feel all the emotions in the world\u2014happiness, anger, frustration, disappointment, betrayal\u2014this one\u2019s for you. It\u2019s been a year since I read this but the Vignes twins live rent-free in my head.<\/p>\nBuy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n18. This was Our Pact<\/em> by Ryan Andrews (2013)<\/h3>\nOne of the most beautiful middle grade graphic novels I\u2019ve read. It\u2019s about a group of boys who make a pact and cycle towards an adventure. There are talking bears, caves of stars, witches, constellations, folk songs\u2014cozy, fantastical, magical!<\/p>\n
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\n(PS: There\u2019s a dog too. The last chapter broke my heart, but in a good way and reminded me that everything will be alright).<\/p>\n
Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> Perfection! This graphic novel, translated from Italian, is as much an ode to the city of New York as about love and loneliness. It made me crave to sit on a bench at a museum for hours. It made me wish I was sandwiched in the busy crowds on the pavements New York city. It made me want to run into the New York Public Library. This book is about art, magic in a still photo, life in a busy world, soul mates and serendipity. I finished it with tears in my eyes and started re-reading right away. PS: Don\u2019t skip the dedication.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> I read major parts of Disorientation<\/em> on a commute and found myself cackling and re-reading paragraphs. This debut novel is a witty satire on academia. It lists the challenges faced by people of color trying to survive in all-white academic departments that study other cultures. Chou packs a punch with her sly commentary on power dynamics in inter-racial relationships, authenticity of translations by white translators who cannot speak the language they translate and win awards for, and identity politics that clash with personal and professional spheres. This one\u2019s a real treat.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> A perfect novel for those who enjoy sad girl books. I knew no peace until I savoured page by page of this quiet novel about a freelance copywriter in her mid-thirties looking for love, connection and happiness. All the Lovers in the Night<\/em> is the kind of book you read before bed, underlining your way and pausing more often than you intend to. If you love books by Murakami, consider picking up a Kawakami. Marvellous!<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a><\/p>\n Do not sleep on Tanuj Solanki\u2019s potboiler of a Mumbai book that clasps your neck with the opening lines \u201cNone of this happened in English. It couldn\u2019t have. English is not the language in which life runs for most people in this country. It all happened in a mix of Hindi and Marathi.\u201d Solanki spins an addictive, thrilling tale of a Dalit security guard who changed his caste with a fake Adhaar card for better prospects in job and women, and an immigrant worker from UP who persuades him to pursue revenge on her behalf. The city of Mumbai spreads its hands and catches those who fall dejected. It throws them back into the game of life, whispering \u2018play\u2019 in their ears.<\/p>\n Manjhi\u2019s Mayhem<\/em> captures the essence of life in India, which many contemporary novels miss, without shying away from the medley of language politics and caste politics. It is about friendships forged in local trains, lust sealed with promises, gangsters, roadside stalls, love, sex and money, mayhem, narrated with a cinematic, adrenaline-charged prose.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Amazon In<\/a> Also Read<\/em><\/strong> : Jane Borge’s charming ode to Bombay\u2014Bombay Balch\u00e3o<\/a><\/p>\n I had heard high praise for Motherthing<\/em> before I picked it up but what I didn\u2019t know was how incredibly funny this book is! This is a gothic domestic horror where a young wife tries to save her marriage from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law. It is about toxic, symbiotic relationships, recipe books, crabby mother-in-laws, dingy basements. Dark, witty, zingy, outrageous, surprising.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> Three witch sisters live secluded in a magical castle under the watchful eyes of their tyrannical ex-wizard father. Set in the capitalist city of Oblya, an inspired East European city, moving away from magic and superstitions to modernity and industrialization, this grim novel talks about women\u2019s agency, hunger, patriarchy and magic. More thoughts about the novel in my newsletter edition #42\/\/ witches and boarding schools<\/a>. Fans of Bear and the Nightingale<\/em> series by Katherine Arden would love this dark, grotesque fairytale. Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> Seven Days in June<\/em> is a perfect escapist romance between literary fiction writer Sean and vampire erotica writer Eva Mercy. It is about first love and second chances, single mothers and wise teenagers. Sensual, funny and hot.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In <\/a> A laugh riot with an accidental murder, a big wedding and an inter-generational curse on a Chinese-Indonesian family. When Meddelin Chan accidentally kills her blind date, her fierce aunties help her hide the dead body, while simultaneously managing the big wedding of their billionaire client. I listened to this book on audio narrated by Risa Mei, and had to re-listen for more laughs. Check the review in my newsletter #37\/\/ the aunties are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> The Lore Olympus<\/em> volumes that follow the tumultuous romance between Hades and Persephone kept me company throughout 2022. Smythe\u2019s Greek gods love meddling in love lives. Set in a modern world with social media and dating apps, the Greek pantheon serves us scandalous gossip, glitzy parties and a forbidden romance. I can\u2019t wait for Vol.4 but for the impatient ones among you, there is always the webtoon to binge on.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> I love that I find at least one cosy crime to obsess over every year. In 2021 it was Horowitz\u2019s Magpie Murders<\/em>\u2014where writer Alan Conway\u2019s untimely death bore eerie similarities to his soon-to-be published murder mystery set in a sleepy English village. Susan Ryeland, Conway’s editor, played an accidental detective. This year I devoured the sequel Moonflower Murders<\/em> where Ryeland is retired and happily (not quite) running a small hotel on a Greek island with her boyfriend. When the rich Trehernes offers her a deal to play detective on an old murder case, which seems to hold secrets in an Alan Conway crime novel, she gladly accepts it for money and a golden opportunity to go back to London. Similar to Magpie Murders<\/em>, there are hidden clues in Conway\u2019s mystery novels that chip away the lies surrounding the murder case. The climax was underwhelming, but overall, Moonflower Murders<\/em> was a glorious escape. I hope Horowitz would bless us with a third book in this series.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> My favourite thriller of 2022! This Might Hurt<\/em> is set in a wellness retreat hosted on a private island in Maine, where attendees are forced to cut connections with the mainland, and give up their phones and internet. It follows two sisters\u2014workaholic Natalie and depressed Kit\u2014and is heaped in toxicity, family secrets, biting cold, and fear. It\u2019s a maddening, gripping cultish story that plunges you into icy deep waters without warning.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> Told in a collective voice, almost musical, Brown Girls<\/em> is pure indulgence. The story\u2014told in snippets\u2014follows a group of brown girls who grow up in the dregs of Queens. Brown Girls<\/em> is a hypnotic dance on the senses as the cultural and personal lives of the girls collide, flow, and diverge. It is a book about marginalization, dreams, ambition, racism, motherhood and personhood, told in evocative, lyrical prose\u2014a fitting ode to brown girls of America. A stunning debut and one of the best books of 2022.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> I read If I Survive You<\/em> in December and it is one of the finest books that narrate the American experience. Told through interconnected stories, this book follows a Jamaican family that immigrates to America. Perhaps this is the first book that I read that beautifully encapsulates the identity crisis of a first-generation Jamaican in America\u2014he doesn\u2019t look or sound Jamaican, he isn\u2019t American enough, he looks Dominican but he can\u2019t speak Spanish, black people don\u2019t consider him black, some Americans consider him black, some think he is brown, and his fellow Jamaicans don\u2019t call themselves black. This is a book that begs to be underlined, written in shocking, razor-sharp prose.<\/p>\n If I Survive You<\/em> wasn\u2019t on my radar, so I was more than thrilled to read it and find a new favourite; thanks to the American fiction series<\/a> by Boxwalla, curated by author Alexander Chee. It is an urgent book about identity crisis, immigration, racism\u2014you simply cannot look away.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> I immersed myself in the life of the thirty-something writer who is mostly sad, tired and misunderstood. Sorrow and Bliss<\/em> is funny in parts but also profoundly sad in a way that made me cry bucketfuls over the course of the novel. It is about marriage, societal expectations from a married woman and loneliness, told in between gaping depths of sorrow and short-lived, elusive happiness. If you loved Sally Rooney\u2019s Normal People<\/em> about people in their twenties, shatter your heart with the spiraling trials of a woman in her thirties in this caustic, beautiful novel.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> I picked up Sindya Bhanoo\u2019s stories as a quick read, one story at a time. But before I knew it, my tea had gone cold and I was under the spell of her Tamil and Tamil-American characters. It\u2019s been a while since I read stories where characters burrow into your heart. A woman who inherits a house exercises her choice over her husband\u2019s decision, a widow in a retirement home chats with other elderly parents about their children in America, a mother is jealous when her daughter invites her step mother to a family trip but not her, a professor faces inquiry after his students filed a complaint about exploitation. These stories explore the disconnect between American and Indian cultures, the dissonance in a family where identities clash, the urge to belong and the bitterness of being shunned, and the rifts that deepen with no fault of either side of the relationship. Restrained, bittersweet writing with sad notes for fans of Jhumpa Lahiri\u2014A must-read of 2022.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a> Also Read<\/em><\/strong> : The best books of 2022\u2014short story collections<\/a><\/p>\n The Vanishing Half<\/em> is an exhilarating, pulsing, pacy story about the Vignes twins of Mallard, a small town in Louisiana, in the middle of nowhere. It\u2019s a town of light skinned black people where dark skin is frowned upon. One twin decides to pass off as white, reinvent a past and escape home while the other remains in the wretched hometown. If you are looking for a book that\u2019ll make you feel all the emotions in the world\u2014happiness, anger, frustration, disappointment, betrayal\u2014this one\u2019s for you. It\u2019s been a year since I read this but the Vignes twins live rent-free in my head.<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> One of the most beautiful middle grade graphic novels I\u2019ve read. It\u2019s about a group of boys who make a pact and cycle towards an adventure. There are talking bears, caves of stars, witches, constellations, folk songs\u2014cozy, fantastical, magical!<\/p>\n Buy<\/strong> on Bookshop (US)<\/a>, Amazon In<\/a> The best books of summer 2022<\/a> It is that time of the year when we look back upon a year of reading and make book lists. Here are my best books of 2022. This list includes books that stayed in mind long after I read them. 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<\/p>\n2. The Sound of the World by Heart<\/em> by Giacomo Keison Bevilacqua<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n3. Disorientation<\/em> by Elaine Hseih Chou (2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n4. All the Lovers in the Night<\/em> by Meiko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd (2022)<\/h3>\n
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\nAlso Read :<\/em><\/strong> 18 Fun Asian Books to Binge Read <\/a><\/p>\n5. Manjhi\u2019s Mayhem<\/em> by Tanuj Solanki (2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n6. Motherthing<\/em> by Ainslie Hogarth (2022)<\/h3>\n
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\nAlso Read<\/em><\/strong> : The most beautiful book blogs<\/a><\/p>\n7. Juniper and Thorn<\/em> by Ava Reid (2022)<\/h3>\n
\nTrigger warnings : Abuse (mental, physical, sexual, child), cannibalism, eating disorders<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n8. Seven days in June<\/em> by Tia Williams (2021)<\/h3>\n
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\nAlso Read<\/em> <\/strong>: 14 awesome books for all moods of 2022<\/a><\/p>\n9. Dial A for Aunties<\/em> by Jesse Q Sutanto (2021)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n10. Lore Olympus<\/em> by Rachel Smythe (2021, 2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n11. Moonflower Murders<\/em> by Anthony Horowitz (2020)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n12. This Might Hurt<\/em> by Stephanie Wrobel (2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n13. Brown Girls<\/em> by Daphne Palasi Andreades (2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n15. If I Survive You<\/em> by Jonathan Escoffery (2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n15. Sorrow and Bliss<\/em> by Meg Mason (2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n16. Seeking Fortune Elsewhere<\/em> by Sindya Bhanoo (2022)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n17. The Vanishing Half <\/em>by Brit Bennett (2020)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n18. This was Our Pact<\/em> by Ryan Andrews (2013)<\/h3>\n
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