Find Your New Favorite Summer Read with These July Book Releases
Make this summer unforgettable when you stock your TBR list with the upcoming fun and exciting July book releases. With reads from a variety of genres and popular authors to choose from, there's a title for everyone on our most-anticipated list.
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Whether you're searching for books that excite your children enough to hit their summer reading goals or the perfect novel for your upcoming beach vacay, pre-ordering a July book release sets you up for success. If you want to pre-order the titles that have piqued your interest, use our Bookshop.org affiliate link to ensure your purchase still benefits your local Rochester, Michigan, bookstore.
Popular Genres for July Book Releases
Feel free to swing by a Novel book club and chat with us about the most popular genres for July's upcoming book releases. So far, there seem to be a lot of titles falling under these exciting categories:
- Romance
- Fantasy
- Thriller
- Cozy mystery
- YA fiction
Keep an Eye Out for Our Most Anticipated July Book Releases
Whether you're planning on lounging by the neighborhood pool with a paperback in hand or are preparing your audiobook to-listen-to list, mark down these July book releases in your calendar and enjoy reading all summer long:
These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
When Alice Storm was cast out of the family five years ago, she was forced to build a life beyond the Storm name, fortune, and, most notably, the private island off the coast of Rhode Island—until the shocking death of her larger-than-life father, that is. But, as she returns to the island to pay her final respects, keep her head down, and leave as soon as possible, she finds out that her father had made other plans. Soon enough, she and her chaotic family members are forced into an inheritance game where the rules are clear: spend one week on the island, complete the tasks assigned, and receive the inheritance.
Follow along as Alice deals with family drama, inexplicable grief, and past and present secrets on every page. If you love impossible-to-put-down beach reads, you'll adore Sarah MacLean's latest novel, These Summer Storms, out July 8th.
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Three years after the birth of her youngest child and a worldwide pandemic, Lo Blacklock, eager to restart her travel journalism career, receives an invitation to a press opening of a brand-new luxury Swiss hotel. The chateau is everything Lo's dreamed of, but unfortunately, the reclusive owner, billionaire Marcus Leidmann, is difficult to pin down for an interview. When she gets a late-night request to stop by Marcus's hotel room, she's greeted by a woman claiming to be his mistress—and, even more alarming, actively in a life-or-death situation.
Ruth Ware's latest thriller, The Woman in Suite 11, is out everywhere on July 8th. Lucky for you, Ware has plenty of previously published mysteries you can read to prepare for this exciting July book release!
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
Years ago, Terlu Perna found herself lonely, breaking the law to cast a spell and create a magically sentient spider plant. As a punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and hidden away in the North Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium. That is, until she wakes one day, starving and freezing, in the cold of winter on a nearly deserted island of magical greenhouses with the grumpy gardener, Yarrow, as her only companion. But as the two grow closer and she learns that the magic sustaining the greenhouse is failing, Terlu realizes she may be the key to saving the island she has come to love.
Sarah Beth Durst's new standalone, The Enchanted Greenhouse, out July 15th, is set in the same world as her original cozy fantasy, The Spellshop. Pick that up to prepare for this July book release, or read it on its own!
Maid for Each Other by Lynn Painter
Romantic comedies are the hot genre for July book releases, and Lynn Painter's new book, Maid for Each Other, out July 15th, is no exception! When professional cleaner Abi Mariano finds out her apartment is suffering a building-wide bug infestation, she scrambles, trying to find somewhere to stay. Luckily, Declan Powell, the mysterious owner of the penthouse she routinely cleans, is out of town for a week! Her sneaky move-in is going great—until she finds the tenants' parents in the kitchen, and they immediately assume she's the girlfriend they've heard so much about!
There's just one problem—Declan made her up to get everyone off his back. The two decide to strike a mutually beneficial agreement: pretend to date to keep everyone off his back, and he'll provide everything she needs. Obviously, it's all business, no pleasure … for now!
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
When Savvy Summers opened Essie's soul food café in the South Side of Chicago, she never could have guessed that her neighborhood's famous sweet potato pie would star in a murder investigation! It doesn't matter if the death of Grandy Jaspers, the local 75-year-old womanizer, at table two was deemed an accident or not—suddenly, Savvy finds herself in the middle of a world of bad press. Desperate to save her business and protect her good name, she and her assistant manager, Penny Lopés, decide to take it upon themselves to find out who really killed their customer—but will she be able to solve the case before it all falls apart?
Sandra Jackson-Opoku's debut novel, Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes, out July 29th, is precisely the kind of fun July book release we've been waiting for. Add it to your wish list today!
Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Glorious Rivals, out July 29th, is the latest installment of Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Inheritance Games. This book is considered a collection featuring a mix of repeat characters and fresh faces. Inside the covers, you'll find the novellas That Night in Prague and The Same Backward as Forward, as well as multiple short stories titled "The Cowboy and the Goth," "Five Times Xander Tackled Someone (and One Time He Didn't)," "$3CR3T $@NT@," "One Hawthorne Night," "What Happens in the Treehouse," and "Pain at the Right Gun." With each story, you'll get a romantic inside look at exactly what it means when they say that when you love the way Hawthornes love, there is no going back.
Read the Rest of the Books in The Inheritance Games Collection in Order:
- The Inheritance Games
- The Hawthorne Legacy
- The Final Gambit
- The Brothers Hawthorne
- The Grandest Game
- Games Untold
Swing by during one of our fun-for-all-ages events or regular business hours throughout the month to pick up brand-new copies of these July book releases and more. We can't wait to see you at Novel!