“Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf) Add another talent to Emily St. John Mandel’s impressive resume as a novelist she’s very good at writing books that defy description in a fewer-than-500-word review! Perhaps that’s all part of the plan. Reader just have to read it. You certainly won’t read anything here…
Much about the new year is uncertain. But this we do know: It will bring books from Marlon James, Margaret Atwood, Jennifer Egan, Don Winslow and many more.
Here’s hoping that 2022 brings us … oh, at this point, I’ll settle for anything halfway decent. But here are 15 much-anticipated books that might make the new year bright, in order of planned publication.