The end of the year is here and with it we make a repository of the best-selling books of this 2022. Despite having been a difficult year (another one!), more and more readers are gradually increasing the number of people who find time during the year to enjoy a good read.
And usually the options winners are varied and multiple, although as we have already said on many occasions, the historical genre, the thriller and romance are some of the favorites. And, as usual, women outnumber men in readings. On the other hand, there is no shortage of the essay genre or self-improvement books, which have been protagonists for yet another year, perhaps as a consequence of the crises that we have been chaining together. Without further ado, here are the best-selling books of this 2022.
Everything burns
Everything burns is the new novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado. Expectations are high, but the bestselling author of the thriller Spanish promises not to disappoint with the story of three women who are willing to do anything, because they have nothing left. They could effect a big change, even if it seems impossible to the rest of the people. Revenge is forged in this new novel with millions of books sold.
All those things I'll tell you tomorrow
This is the new novel by Elísabet Benavent. Leaving his other bestsellers behind, Benavent arrives with a slightly different story and a touch of magic.. It seems that time can be put in favor of the protagonist who sees how her romantic expectations come crashing down when her partner seems to want to leave her. Why? If she's okay with him. Miranda has an opportunity that she shouldn't miss.
waiting for the flood
This novel by Dolores Redondo is a thriller fast-paced full of hunches and is based on true events. Join the action between the cities of Glasgow and Bilbao. In the late 60s, a serial killer killed three women and was nicknamed Biblia John., however, they never managed to identify it. A decade later, policeman Noah Scott is about to catch him, but his own heart won't let him. Everything is against him, but he won't give up.
Away from Louisiana
El Planet Award 2022 is, of course, another of the most read books this year. Luz Gabás's novel takes advantage of a real historical setting during the years of the American war of independence when Spain still owned part of the Louisiana territory. In this war context there is still room for family disputes and, of course, for love. Suzette Girard, the daughter of French settlers, will fall in love with a Native American man.
Everything is going to get better
The latest novel by the recently deceased Almudena Grandes is set in the near future and in a Spain covered in a layer of false optimism. That state in which some people live permanently, in which it is ensured that everything is going to get better. That is what the new regime wants to make believe, a totalitarian government that promises security and from which only a few citizens will be able to get up and wake up.
Revolution
It is the latest novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, who turns a story he heard as a child into an epic event. His great-grandfather's friend, Martín Garrett Ortiz, is a Spanish mining engineer who upon his arrival in Mexico is met with the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. This is a story full of adventures, friendship where the author himself consecrates himself again thanks to the experience and vitality.
married women story
married women story was the finalist of Planet Award 2022. It is a story of men and women, of friends and lovers that arise thanks to the pen of Cristina Campos. It is a novel that delves into female intimacy in which many women will find themselves identified. Gabriela loves her husband, but she doesn't understand why she feels more attracted to an unknown man. Complex feelings narrated spontaneously.
The mothers
It is the fourth novel that closes the tetralogy of Carmen Mola that began with The gypsy bride. It is a disturbing story full of uncertainty with inspector Elena Blanco as the protagonist. Blanco takes charge of a lurid investigation in which a drug addict has been stripped of some of his organs to be implanted in his place the fetus of his own son. Soon more victims appear and everyone wonders about the mothers of those babies.
And now get over my kiss
From famed erotic and romance writer Megan Maxwell comes this novel with a kind and fun story. Amara makes a radical change in her life when she starts working for an attractive businessman. who has assumed a recent and unexpected paternity. The two will meet and learn to live close to each other due to the care of the baby.
Slave of freedom
This novel by the renowned historical fiction writer, Ildefonso Falcones, plunges us into a story of freedom and the fight for justice that finds itself torn in half by more than a century apart. On the one hand, XNUMXth century Cuba and the shipments of enslaved women and girls that arrived from Africa. On the other, the character of Lita in the XNUMXst century, a young black woman who discovers the origin of the fortune of the aristocratic family for which her mother has worked all her life.
Violeta
Violeta is a novel by Isabel Allende that transports us through the most historically relevant events of the XNUMXth century. He does it through his homonymous character, from the moment of his birth in a South American country until the last pandemic. His story will be that of everyone, from the most complicated moments to the happiest, always overcoming thanks to the character's integrity and courage, which infects those who know his story.
Rome is me
Santiago Posteguillo is another of the great novelists of the historical genre who surprises us again with another story of Antiquity. On this occasion, he tells us about the well-known Julius Caesar, a fundamental figure that changed the world and of which the West is the heir. More especially he focuses on his origins as a lawyer and his relationship with his first wife, Cornelia. Rome is me is the germ of the great politician that ended up becoming.
world crossroads
world crossroads it is a manual of what is to come, in a future that is almost a present. Pedro Baños is not pessimistic, quite the contrary, he looks for possible solutions to the problems that are being created today and which we will have to face from now on. He points out that the uncertainty we are experiencing today will be something to which we will have to get used to it in a world in constant change and digitization.
Easy and rich cooking
The new book by Karlos Arguiñano arrives warm from the oven from the master of Spanish cuisine. As is usual for him, the Basque chef tries to adapt to everyone without forgetting the innovative capacity that makes a dish even better. This book contains recipes for tasty dishes and home cooking with that original point; a kitchen that everyone, absolutely everyone, can enjoy... and be surprised.
How to make good things happen to you
This 2018 book continues to sweep bookstores on the subject of self-help and self-improvement. The author of it, Marian Rojas Estapé, promulgates perseverance, determination and planning to achieve a life in well-being. The work, from reflection, is eminently practical and is full of useful tips that help us draw up a plan so that we can good things happen leaving nothing to chance.
