10 fiction books in 2022 that you should pay attention to

1. "Professor's Favorite Equation" by Yoko Ogawa

The former math teacher had an accident in 1975, and from that moment on he began to forget everything after 80 minutes. From now on, the whole world of the professor was reduced to numbers: the equations helped him streamline his life, to reveal at least something constant, unshakable.

The story is told from the perspective of the teacher's housekeeper, who was infected by his genuine love for numbers. Her son, nicknamed Korenyok, found in the person of a professor a mentor for life. The famous Japanese writer Yoko Ogawa managed to write a beautiful story about the role friendship and memory in our lives.

2. "Destroy", Michel Houellebecq

French writer and winner of the Prix Goncourt Michel Houellebecq is one of the most famous authors of our time. So, the initial circulation of the novel "Destroy" only in France - 300 thousand"Destroy" - a new novel by Michel Houellebecq has been released / Euronews copies.

The book is already being called a philosophical and political thriller. Events unfold in 2026, the main question is who will win the presidential election in 2027? The wise and fearless Houellebecq fantasizes about this topic, but at the same time ridicules modern politicians and discusses terrorism, misinformation and the problem of cultural identity.

3. St. John's wort, Ksenia Burzhskaya

As in her debut novel "My White", Ksenia Burzhskaya raises issues of painful love and codependency. Progressive and successful young women, who are overwhelmed with conflicting feelings, try to hide behind words, overcome themselves, corrode emotions and crush them. The girls run from each other, but their flight turns into defeat.

4. Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney

The third novel by the popular Irish writer Sally Rooney is about the thirties generation, about the search for the meaning of life and trying to figure out their own thoughts. Similar themes were found in Rooney's two previous books: Conversations with Friends and Normal People. But, judging by the reviews of critics, "A Beautiful World" is a more mature work.

The main characters are a successful writer Alice and her friend Eileen, an editor in a literary magazine. They talk and email a lot, discussing philosophy, sexuality, politics and ecology. There is also a love line in the novel - in this Rooney does not change himself.

5. "Holy Daddy", Patricia Lockwood

Last year, poet and author Patricia Lockwood's debut novel, Nobody Talks About It, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The book has not yet been translated into Russian, and Lockwood is already publishing a new work. Holy Daddy is a cute and witty autofiction, the coming-of-age story of a girl whose father is a Catholic priest married by special permission of the Pope.

6. "The Man Who Died Twice" by Richard Osman

British comedian Richard Osman's first book, The Thursday Murder Club, made a lot of noise abroad: text headedRichard Osman beats Barack Obama to UK's Christmas number one book / BBC all the top sellers and became one of the best-selling debut novels.

If in the Murder Club, four friends from a nursing home tried to solve the mystery a crime, then the stakes go up in The Man Who Died Twice. This time, not only the corpse appears in the case, but also the missing diamonds.

7. "Towards Heaven" by Hanya Yanagihara

Seven years ago, A Little Life turned the American writer into a star. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the final of the US National Book Award, and the novel was widely discussed.

And now, finally, a new book is coming out - an epic work that covers a huge time period from the 90s of the 19th century to the year 2090 that has not yet arrived. This time, the writer studies not only people, but also modern society, its problems and trends.

8. City of Steam by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The latest book by the Spanish master Carlos Ruiz Zafon is a collection of stories set in the world of the popular trilogy "Cemetery of Forgotten Books". Amazing Barcelona with its secrets, ghosts and fascinating stories will come to life again on the pages of City of Steam.

9. Steppe, Oksana Vasyakina

The debut novel of the poetess Oksana Vasyakina "Wound" in early February gotThe NOS Prize-2021 was awarded to Oksana Vasyakina for the novel The Wound / New Literary Review NOS award in two nominations at once: the main prize and the critics' choice. In 2022, Vasyakina's second prose book, The Steppe, will be released. The narrator will tell readers the story of her father, a truck driver, whose life was spent in the Russian provinces.

Reading Vasyakina's novels is a painful pleasure, they contain a lot of poetry, tenderness, confusion and sadness. The poetess recalls small details and paints a portrait not just of her father, but of a whole generation of lost men whose youth fell on the collapse Soviet Union.

10. "Mr. Wilder and Me" by Jonathan Coe

Billy Wilder's films - "Only Girls in Jazz", "Sabrina", "Sunset Boulevard" and "Lost Weekend" - have long been included in the golden collection of world cinema. Perhaps a new novel about the director will add to this list. eternal masterpieces.

The main character, Greek Calista, accidentally finds herself on the set and watches how the work on Fedora is going. And things are moving forward with difficulty: the director either lacks a budget, or lacks inspiration. Jonathan Coe manages to tell a personal story and give a tour of the art of cinema at the same time.