With these much-anticipated releases, we don’t know how you’ll have time to do anything but read. Personally, we see no problem with that! Here are 10 great fiction books to dive into this month.
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
We’ve been waiting for this book for over 50 years, and it’s finally here. The new novel takes place 20 years after To Kill A Mockingbird, and follows a grown-up Scout as she comes back to Alabama and deals with a new slew of issues.
Release Date: July 14
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Serafina is used to sneaking around the Biltmore Estate, as she and her pa, the estate’s maintenance man, live in the basement unknowingly. But when other children begin to disappear, she knows the man in the black cloak is responsible. Teaming up with the estate owner’s nephew Braeden, their search for the man leads them into the magical and dangerous forest.
Release Date: July 14
What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss
Ah, such a hard decision. A brother and sister visit a pet store in this recent discovery by Dr. Seuss. The book teaches the life lesson that it’s hard to make up your mind, but sometimes you just have to!
Release Date: July 28
The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes
After Stella Sweeney recovers from an illness that lands her in the hospital for months, she finds out that her neurologist, Dr. Mannix Taylor, self-published a memoir about her. Now she’s struggling to find out who she was and who she wants to be while relocating in New York.
Release Date: July 7
Paperweight by Meg Haston
The young adult debut from Meg Haston follows 17-year-old Stevie, as she enters an eating-disorder treatment center in New Mexico. Her dad has signed her up for a 60-day treatment, but Stevie doesn’t plan to stay that long. 27-days from now will mark the anniversary of her brother Josh’s death, which she blames herself for, and now she plans to end her life, too.
Release Date: July 7
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China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
The follow-up to Crazy Rich Asians brings us to the eve of Rachel’s wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to a great fortune. Rachel should be ecstatic, but is instead saddened that her birthfather, whom she’s never met, won’t be able to walk her down the aisle. A shocking revelation brings her to Shanghai where she meets new people and tries to find her father.
Release Date: June 16
The Invaders by Karolina Waclawiak
Cheryl has always felt like an outsider in the country club laden town of Little Neck Cove, Connecticut. When her stepson is kicked out of college and comes home right before a storm is brewing, she joins him in his downward spiral.
Release Date: July 7
Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper by Hilary Liftin
Hilary Liftin ghostwrites the fictional Lizzie Pepper’s memoir in this novel. Lizzie Pepper was America’s Girl Next Door, and married Hollywood mega-star Rob Mars. But now that they’re over, it’s Lizzie’s turn to tell her side of the story.
Release Date: July 21
The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich
This suspenseful novel tells the story of Morgan Prager, who is completing her thesis on victim psychology and engaged to Bennett—a seductive, but secretive man. When she finds him dead she tries to locate his parents, but instead finds that everything he’s told her is a lie. He has multiple fiancées, who are now being murdered one by one. Morgan must fight to stay alive and find out who the murder is before she’s the next victim.
Release Date: July 7
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
The science fiction book tells the story of our first voyage beyond the solar system to a new home. The protagonist, Freya, grows up in transit as her ship has been traveling for 160 years and is approaching its destination. The complex novel is detailed and goes through the technicalities of survival.