Summer reading is in full swing, and the publishing calendar is seemingly on cruise control. Not surprisingly, thrillers are abundant on the bestseller
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charts and the new releases shelves, but for readers of nonfiction, this July sees the release of a number of notable releases. On to some of the highlights:
- Ruth Ware had a hit back in 2016 with The Woman in Cabin 10 featuring travel writer Laura ‘Lo’ Blacklock in a locked room thriller set on a luxury yacht; a Netflix adaptation is slated for release this fall. Nearly a decade later, Ware revisits an older Lo, married, mother of two and ready to revive her writing career. What better way to do so than to write up the opening of a luxury hotel owned by a reclusive billionaire? But once she arrives at the swank press party, a few familiar faces from her ill-fated cruise resurface, plunging Lo back into dangerous territory and traumas that she thought she had left behind. The Woman in Suite 11 is out July 8. Thriller stalwarts Lisa Scottoline and Daniel Silva also return to shelves this month with stories set in summery Italy. The Unraveling of Julia features a woman coming undone after the death of her husband; an unexpected inheritance in Tuscany offers answers at first, but soon turns into a literal nightmare. Silva’s An Inside Job features art restorer/spy Gabriel Allon on the trail of a previously unknown Leonardo, climaxing in a showdown in St. Peter’s Square. Both are out July 15. For readers who want a few chills with their thrills, Silvia Moreno-Garcia turns to dark academia with her latest, The Bewitching. A grad student finds signs of the same terrifying witchcraft that bedeviled her Mexican grandmother in the writings of the famed horror writer who is her study subject. It’s out mid-month.
- Mainstream fiction readers can look forward to critical darling Gary Shteyngart’s latest, Vera, or Faith. A satire featuring the very precocious, very anxious 10-year old Vera, navigating a disintegrating family and an America amidst nativist political upheaval. It’s out July 8. A different sort of family drama plays out in These Summer Storms, Sarah MacLean’s contemporary fiction debut. Our own Jane loved it, and Library Journal calls it a ‘steamy love-child of Succession and Elin Hilderbrand.’ It’s out July 8 as well. And for those who want something a bit more heartwarming for their warm weather reading, Sonoko Machida’s The Convenience Store By the Sea details the happenings of a very special store that vends tenderness as well as foodstuffs. A bestseller in Japan, it’s recommended for fans of TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea.
- History buffs have their pick of a few notable titles appearing soon. Journalist Laurie Gwen Shapiro investigates the ever-intriguing Amelia Earhart by taking an in-depth look at the person who shaped her myth as much as anyone--her husband, George Putnam, in The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon. In a time when book banning is on the rise, the story of the CIA’s efforts to smuggle forbidden literature into countries behind the Iron Curtain is an uplifting account of a time when ideas mattered and government recognized the power of the written word. Charlie English’s The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature recounts how titles from George Orwell’s 1984 to forbidden newspapers were disseminated across the Eastern Bloc by individuals on either side of the Iron Curtain at great risk to themselves in order to use long-term resistance tactics to overturn a repressive regime. It’s out July 1. And for those who like seeing history as it’s being made, turn to On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports by acclaimed sports journalist Christine Brennan.
Here's our full list of anticipated titles for July. Happy Reading!
Publication dates are based on regular print format and are subject to change. This list is not exhaustive. See staff for more information.