Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! If you’re like me and you’re on the lookout for new books being released this year by African and Caribbean authors, I’ve complied a listing to make it easier for you. Just click on each image and text for more information. Enjoy!
January
Olga Dies Dreaming
Xóchitl González
Publication: January 4, 2022
Brown Girls
Daphne Palasi Andreades
Publication: January 4, 2022
Wahala
Nikki May
January 11, 2022
February
Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson
February 1, 2022
Where We Were Birds
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
February 10, 2022 (UK)
March 15, 2022 (US)
Moon Witch, Spider King
Marlon James
February 15, 2022
April
Hope and Glory
Jendella Benson
April 19, 2022
People Person
Candace Carty-Williams
April 22, 2022
The Island of Forgetting
Jasmine Sealy
April 26, 2022
*Cover reveal coming soon
May
Neruda on the Park
Cleyvis Natera
May 17, 2022
June
A Spell of Good Things
Ayòbámi Adébáyò
June 2, 2022
*Cover reveal coming soon
Dele Weds Destiny
Tomi Obaro
June 28, 2022
August
The Dreaming
Andre Bagoo
August 25, 2022
September
Glimpse
Edited by Leone Ross
September 15, 2022
The Stranger Who Was Myself
Barbara Jenkins
September 15, 2022
Here We Read For Fun 