What are we going to read this summer? Here are some new releases to add to your July and August TBR list!
Contemporary
- Good Morning Means I Love You by Kendra Allen
- The Forest Becomes Her by Julie Carrick Dalton
- Country People by Daniel Mason
- A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood
- Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray
- Everything to the Sea by Alicia Upano
- Make Nice by Ryan Effgen
- With Friends Like You by Amy Chozick
- Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves
- Man Overboard! by Kathleen Rooney
- Dangerland! by Erin Singer
- The Second Chance Trailer Park by Katie Powner
My pick: Dangerland! by Erin Singer
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- Synopsis: Kurt Richter has been in love with Eugenie Zepp since he was eight years old. They have spent a lifetime orbiting each other, building families and making a beautiful mess of them while trying to decide if what they share is destiny or disaster.
Romance
- Wild Goose Chase by Sarah Adler
- Every Version of You by Natalie Messier
- Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly
- Summer People by Sally Blakely
- As Long as It Takes by Jill Francis
- Rewrite the Stars by Lindsay Hameroff
- In Stormy Weather by Chelsea Curto
- Main Characters by Bobby Palmer
- Just a Highland Fling by Naina Kumar
- The Final Score by Lana Ferguson
- Love You More by Emily Giffin
- The Mash Up by Laura Marie Meyers
- How to Get the Girl by Kayla Marta
- Extra-Curricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Not That Kind of Proposal by Victoria Lavine
- The Matchmaker's Cottage by Kat Sloane
- Crash into Me by Robinne Lee
- Bookmarked for Love by Sarah Monson
- Just for the Season by Rachel Griffiths
- The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren
- Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson
- Return to Sender by Stephanie Parents
- Married with Benefits by Ellie Palmer
- Fossil Feud by Maggie North
My pick: Married with Benefits by Ellie Palmer
- Release date: July 21
- Synopsis: Lainey accidentally becomes a homeowner but finds her new property tied to Elliot, a D.C. architect who inherits the surrounding land. To solve both their problems, Elliot proposes a marriage of convenience: she gets health insurance, he gets the house.
Historical Fiction
- The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley
- The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders
- Astronaut! by Oana Aristide
- Henry Tudor Must Die by Jillian Laine
- An Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton
- The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel
- Daughters of Naples by Diana Giovinazzo
- Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead
My pick: The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley
- Release date: July 7
- Synopsis: This story follows the lives and deaths of a coven of vampires living in 19th-century Paris on the cusp of revolt and revolution.
Fantasy
- The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood by H.G. Parry
- Misery's Wife by Joan Tierney
- The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell
- Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw
- Of Venom and Vengeance by Mikayla Bridge
- Among the Thorns by Jennifer K. Lambert
- Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana
- Ember and Ash by Lisa Renee Jones
- Dominion by Jean Kwok
- To Drown a Witch by Lindsey Olsson
- The Moonsingers by Robin J. Pritzker
My pick: Of Venom and Vengeance by Mikayla Bridge
- Release date: July 7
- Synopsis: Inna, heiress of a powerful crime family, secretly investigates her sister's murder, while Rylan, a thief with illusion magic, targets her family for vengeance over the murder of his own. When she catches him mid-heist, they form an alliance to chase a sleeping god whose power could grant any wish.
Thriller
- The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza
- The Dahlia Suite by Carinn Jade
- Desert Heist by Alex Dekker
- The Death Row Club by V. A. Vazquez
- Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard
- The Masala Chai Mystery Club by MJ Soni
- The Night Hunter by Natalie Moss
- The Season of Sinking by Daphne Woolsoncroft
- Getting Away with Murder by Shari Lapena
- The Last to Drown by Noelle W. Ihli
- Get Lost by Justin Halpern
- Sisterhood Above All by Kathleen Barber with Amayah Shaienne
- Freyja by Margrét Ann Thors
- Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox
- Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead
- Killer Vibes by Jack Friday
- Traitors by Robert B. McCaw
- She Had Enough by Stacie Grey
- The Whisper by Chelsea Iversen
- Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Hide a Body by Jennifer Holdich
- Last Night Was Killer by Mary Pauline Lowry
- Helpless by Jessica Knoll
- The Man by Laura Sims
My pick: The Dahlia Suite by Carinn Jade
- Release date: July 21
- Synopsis: Three very different women, a blocked writer, a spiraling Hollywood starlet, and the resort's concierge, find their lives entangled at Sueños, an exclusive Caribbean resort hiding dark secrets. As each woman pursues her own agenda, they're pulled together and must race to solve a series of mysterious disappearances before another woman vanishes.
Horror
- A Fate Worse Than Drowning by Sarah L. Hawthorn
- The Brides by Charlotte Cross
- Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle
- Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden
- We Were Never Here by Sophia Hannan
- Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die by Mallory Arnold
- Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist
- The Winter Folk by Jen Julian
- The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager
My pick: We Were Never Here by Sophia Hannan
- Release date: July 28
- Synopsis: The remaining members of a ghost hunting show return to the haunted house that may have killed their friend.
Young Adult
- The Weight of One Pomegranate by Brynne Rebele-Henry
- Rootbound by Margaret Owen
- Augusta Pine Does Not Exist by Emily Lloyd-Jones
- The Broken Edge of the World by Alena Bruzas
- You Only Live Twice by Autumn Allen
- Kill the Lax Bro by Charlotte Lillie Balogh
My pick: Augusta Pine Does Not Exist by Emily Lloyd-Jones
- Release date: July 7
- Synopsis: After a hack gone wrong, Augusta is given an ultimatum: accept a prison sentence or use her talents for a covert government agency. Now, she must race against the clock to outwit a band of deadly cyberterrorists.
Science Fiction
My pick: Not with a Bang by Temi Oh
- Release date: July 14
- Synopsis: A family attempts to find their way back to each other amidst a cataclysmic event. The father had imagined the end of the world so often that he believed he actually summoned it.
Sequels
- Spell Cast by Sophie Jordan
- Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst
- Lost and Found by Tarah Dewitt
- Pride Comes Before a Fall by Virginia Heath
- Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
- The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightly
- Devil by Sierra Simone
- Marry Me Not by Gabrielle Sands
- Merciful is the Dark by Sophie Clark
- Heartstopper Volume 6 by Alice Oseman
- Lightwing by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
- In the Wake of the Ruined by Kalie Cassidy
- A Forsaken Prophecy by Stacey McEwan
- Into the Fading Twilight by Catherine Cowles
- Ruinous Ends by I. V. Marie
- Day Break by Autumn Woods
- Prince of Swords by Elise Kova
- The Paddock Club by Madge Maril
- Ignite the Infernos by Ivy Asher
- Manor of Decay by Maxym M. Martineau
- Ace & Ember by Kate Crew
- Forsaking Midnight by Emily McIntire
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