The pandemic has accomplished a lot: taught people proper hygiene, increased the persons suffering with agoraphobia and claustrophobia, as well as revitalized reading. The publishing industry has definitely benefited from people exploring new and old habits. There are more readers now than probably in the last twenty years. So let’s explore what a year filled with readers was like.
Reviews:
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- Animal by Lisa Taddeo
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Billie Eilish by Billie Eilish
- Correspondents by Tim Murphy
- Dolly Parton, Songteller by Dolly Parton
- In Extremis: The Life and Death of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum
- Just As I Am: A Memoir by Cicely Tyson
- Lore by Alexandra Bracken
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
- My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme
- My Story by Marilyn Monroe
- Remembering Whitney by Cissy Houston
- The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
- The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
- The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
- Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Writers & Lovers by Lily King
BookTok:
Music is not the only industry shifting from TikTok, The New York Times Book Review is also losing business. Reviewers of every demographic, age category, interests, life styles, whatever you can imagine, are sharing their reviews on TikTok. Here are some of the growing pages to consider:
And of course, here is the Art In Your World TikTok. A page that I am, sadly, less than diligent about posting on. But for thoughts on books while I’m reading them, flashbacks to concerts, monthly wrap-ups, for informal opinions, follow the page.
Companies:
Many companies, store fronts, monopolies, and whatever other capitalistic ventures you can think of have also taken to social media to share the newest, the most loved, and most anticipated books with their customers.
Most Anticipated Books of 2022:
- January 4, 2022 – Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
- January 11, 2022 – To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
- January 18, 2022 – You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston
- January 25, 2022 – Violeta by Isabel Allende
- February 1, 2022 – Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
- February 22, 2022 – The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
- March 1, 2022 – Gallant by V. E. Schwab
- April 5, 2022 – Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
- April 19, 2022 – Shine BrightL A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith
- April 26, 2022 – Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
- May 3, 2022 – Book Lovers by Emily Henry
More books to come and be scheduled for publication later in the year. Follow Art In Your World as 2022 unfolds in literature.
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