Reading Indie

I am about 3/4 of the way through the audiobook of Louise Erdrich’s latest novel The Sentence, which she narrates herself, and I’m enthralled. Last fall I was in a bit of an audiobook rut, listening to books that were okay, mostly fine, but that left me wanting to listen to podcasts instead. That’s the real audiobook test for me: am I tempted to switch from my audiobook over to podcasts? When the answer is no, I know I’ve found a good one.

I thought I might list some of the 2022 books I’m most interested in, in case you find them interesting too. I did a round-up at Book Riot on books in translation coming out in 2022, and some of those books appear here, but this list is broader in scope and includes anything that has caught my eye. The books are listed in chronological order by release date and only go through June. A lot of books coming out in the fall haven’t been announced, or at least I haven’t found them yet.

Those of you who know my reading history will know that Kate Zambreno is one of my favorites. And now, having finished O Fallen Angel, I have read every book she has published, which makes me a little sad. I rarely read an author’s entire backlist, no matter how much I love them, so this is a testament to how much Zambreno means to me.