Q3 2022 Best Book Round-Up

Here’s the shortlist of the best books I read this summer!

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Jamie Gray got laid off from his job at the start of the pandemic. Through a twist of fate, he finds himself working for a company charged with preserving the Kaiju on Earth… but not our Earth. When one of the Kaiju goes missing, Jamie and his team go on a daredevil mission to retrieve this mythical monster and return her to her world.

Link*: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong

Following the events of Our Violent Ends, Foul Lady Fortune follows the story of Rosalind Lang, cousin to Juliette Cai. Rosalind is now an agent for the Nationalists, who want control of Shanghai (and China) against both the Communists and Imperial Japan. Normally, Rosalind is an assassin, but her newest assignment teams her up with Orion Hong as her fake husband to infiltrate a Japanese newspaper agency to investigate mysterious chemical killings across Shanghai. When Rosalind meets those from her past and lets new people into her life, everything she thinks she knows is upended. Faced with choosing between love and responsibility, Rosalind must find a way to make amends for her past mistakes and ensure a stable future for herself and the city she loves so dearly.

Link*: Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

The Ink Black Heart is the sixth book in the Cormoran Strike detective series by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling). The story begins immediately following the events of Troubled Blood with Strike and Robin having drinks at the Ritz. Despite a full client list and a waiting list, when two YouTube creators are attacked in London, the Strike Detective Agency has one more case they can’t turn away. Who is Anomie? What part do they play in the fandom of the two YouTube creators? And who’s the criminal?

Link*: The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel was a highly anticipated new release that lives up to the hype. We follow Robin Swift, a young Cantonese man who left Canton and was raised in Oxford with the goal he’d grow up to become an Oxford translator. Unwittingly, Robin begins a revolution against the Crown to help people worldwide from the oppression of their colonizers.

Link*: Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Autumn’s reading list is already stacking up! Happy Reading!