Our pick of the best of the season's most anticipated and critically acclaimed new fiction (published June 21, 2022 through September 19, 2022) - so far. . .

• Check back often for newly listed titles.
• Titles are listed in order of publication date with just-released books at the beginning of the list.

(Check the lists at the bottom of this page for outstanding fiction published before June 21, 2022.)

Browse these earlier lists for our pick of the best new fiction books released each season:

• Best New Fiction: Spring, 2022
• Best New Fiction: Winter, 2022
• Best New Fiction: Fall, 2021
• Best New Fiction: Summer, 2021
• Best New Fiction: Spring, 2021
• Best New Fiction: Winter, 2021

(banner image by Vladimir Kush)