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Readuary June ☀️📚
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items June feels like the perfect month to disappear into new books, especially when the releases are this good.
This already feels like one of those books people will quietly carry around all summer and refuse to stop talking about. From what’s been teased so far, it’s emotional in that very specific Ann Patchett way, gentle at first, then suddenly devastating...
Whistler: A Novel (Signed Book) - Ann Patchett
Historical fiction readers are going to eat this one up. Three Chinese women trying to survive 1870s Los Angeles during rising anti-Chinese racism? Yeah, this sounds heartbreaking but deeply human too. Lisa See always writes women with so much tender...
Daughters of the Sun and Moon: A Novel
Ashley Poston somehow writes books that feel like warm weather and second chances. This sounds softer and more bittersweet than her earlier romances, which honestly makes me even more interested. Definitely a 'sit outside during golden hour and forge...
The Someday Garden (Signed Book)
Messy family dynamics, Hollywood energy, complicated mother-daughter relationships… I already know this book is going to emotionally stress me out in the best way. Mary H.K. Choi has a way of making conversations feel painfully real, like you acciden...
Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi
This sounds like the perfect summer literary fiction spiral. Three best friends, one unforgettable summer, tension building underneath everything? I’m expecting emotionally destructive friendship drama and honestly… that’s exactly what I want from Ju...
Girl's Girl: A Novel by Sonia Feldman, Hardcover
The premise alone feels unsettling in such a fascinating way. A mysterious illness spreading through a town while one mother becomes obsessed with finding answers? This sounds atmospheric, weird, emotional, and slightly terrifying. Very much for read...
The Emilys: A Novel by Heather Abel, Hardcover
Tia Williams writing romance automatically gets added to my TBR. Her books always feel stylish, funny, emotional, and genuinely adult in a way a lot of modern romances aren’t. Expect chemistry so good it’ll make you stare at the ceiling afterward.
The Missed Connection by Tia Williams, Hardcover
Every summer needs at least one charming, emotionally healing romance, and I’m pretty sure this is going to be it. Annabel Monaghan writes characters who feel like actual people instead of Pinterest quotes pretending to date each other.
Dolly All the Time (GMA Book Club Pick)
Katherine Arden doing fantasy again? Immediate yes. Her books always feel cold, magical, slightly eerie, and weirdly nostalgic all at once. I already know this is going to become someone’s entire personality online.
The Unicorn Hunters: A Novel
Sci-fi readers are already whispering about this one everywhere. The title alone sounds intimidatingly smart, but in a good way. Feels like the kind of speculative fiction that leaves you staring into space afterward questioning humanity for three bu...
Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim, Hardcover
Dystopian love story but make it emotionally intelligent? I’m listening. Everything about this sounds strange in a compelling way, which honestly makes me trust it more. Sometimes the weirdest books end up becoming the most memorable ones.
Earth 7 (Paperback) - Deb Olin Unferth
This title alone sold me instantly. It sounds chaotic, gothic, funny, and suspiciously cozy despite the murder part. Feels perfect for people who want mystery novels with personality instead of just plot twists.
Murder at the Spirit Lounge: A Novel by Jess Kidd, Hardcover
Faridah writes tension ridiculously well, so a book called The Heirs already feels dangerous. I’m expecting secrets, manipulation, rich people behaving badly, and at least one moment where I gasp out loud dramatically.
The Heirs
Apparently this novel took twenty years to develop, which honestly makes me even more curious about it. Art school stories can either be insufferable or brilliant, and this one sounds like it might lean beautifully chaotic. Probably very introspectiv...
Contrapposto: A Novel by Dave Eggers
Liane Moriarty returning to messy secrets and complicated women? Summer reading secured. Her books always start casually and then suddenly everyone’s lives are collapsing by page 200 while you sit there fully invested.
Big Little Truths (Signed B&N Exclusive Book)
Fantasy readers are probably already counting down for this one. Sanderson doesn’t really know how to write small stories, so I’m expecting giant stakes, addictive worldbuilding, and the sudden realization that it’s somehow 3 a.m.
Songs of the Dead
I saw someone describe this as having a raccoon private investigator and honestly that alone deserves attention. Adrian Tchaikovsky always commits fully to bizarre concepts, which somehow makes his books even more immersive instead of less.
Green City Wars