Books holiday 2022
These 7 bestsellers are really worth reading
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Are you looking for summer reading material? Here we have put together a selection of the best books for your 2022 vacation. Have fun while reading!
Summer, sun, reading time! What could be more relaxing than curling up on the sun lounger with a good book? Whether it’s an exciting crime thriller, a moving novel or an instructive non-fiction book – we’ve put together a list of great books that are guaranteed to include the right reading for you.
Bonnie Garmus: A Matter of Chemistry
It’s 1960 and Elizabeth Zott is a single mother and a gifted chemist. However, her career in science is derailed by male colleagues and so she accidentally ends up on a TV cooking show. However, instead of swinging the cooking spoon like a housewife typical of the time, she turns the kitchen into a chemistry laboratory, enlightens her viewers: inside about physical states and chemical compounds and incidentally encourages them to be more independent. The remarkable debut novel by Bonnie Garmus deals with feminist topics in an entertaining way and it is not for nothing that it is currently on bestseller lists worldwide.
Miranda Cowley Heller: The Paper Palace
Elle Bishop has to make a decision: should the happily married 50-year-old stay with her husband and family or start a new future with her childhood friend Jonas, with whom she just spent the night? Elle has only one day to make this decision. Ellen’s family history, which is characterized by lies, secrets, guilt and silence, unfolds in flashbacks. A captivating page turner that will stay with you for a long time.
Delia Owens: The Song of the Crayfish
When Chase Andrews dies in the beautiful seaside town of Barkley Cove, the residents agree that march girl Kya Clark is to blame. The beautiful savage lives isolated and close to nature in the North Carolina marshes. When two young men notice her, Kya opens up to a new life – with dramatic consequences. In the book, Delia Owens combines a detective novel with a touching coming-of-age story and poetic depictions of nature. Definitely worth reading.
Charlotte Link: At the end of the silence
When Jessica returns to the holiday home after a walk, she finds a massacre there. Three of her friends are dead and her husband was also murdered in cold blood. Police suspect a man who appears to be mysteriously linked to all of the victims. While Jessica tries to shed light on the darkness, she doesn’t realize the danger she’s suddenly in. With this book, suspense champion Charlotte Link once again demonstrates her talent for cleverly composed crime novels.
Stefanie Stahl: The child in you has to find a home
It is well known that our childhood shapes our entire adult life and relationships. How this happens and how we can get in touch with our “inner child” in order to solve conflicts and make relationships happier is explained by psychologist Stefanie Stahl in impressively clear and simple language. The book has been on the Spiegel bestseller list for years and, according to customer reviews, has already changed the lives of many people for the better.
Marietta Slomka: At night in the chancellery
Is it even worth voting? Is the rule of law fair? And who are the really influential people in Berlin? The well-known ZDF journalist Marietta Slomka gets to the bottom of these and other questions and explains in an entertaining way and with many current examples about politics. Anyone who has read this book is ready for any political debate.
Richard David Precht: Freedom for all
In western societies, for many people when choosing a career, it has long been no longer just about securing their livelihood, but also about creating meaning and self-realization. This transformation could be exacerbated in the future through the use of artificial intelligence and finally revolutionize the labor market. The new bestseller by philosopher Richard David Precht shows how the new world of work is changing our lives and society and advocates the introduction of an unconditional basic income. Thoroughly researched, exciting and controversial.