Top new literary-fiction books in June 2025
Last updated:
June 30, 2025
June 2025 featuring new releases by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Renée Ahdieh, Janelle Brown, Lorna Lewis, Marie Rutkoski, Peter Swanson, Amy Poeppel, Katherine Reay, Caroline Madden, Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova and many more.
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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · sci-fi · season-summer · friendship · family -
![Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh]()
Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh
#1 NYT-bestselling YA author Renee Ahdieh's adult debut novel, about a young lawyer who gets pulled in to manage a crisis with her firm's biggest client, a family whose Korean beauty brand is worth a billion dollars, pitched as CRAZY RICH ASIANS meets SUCCESSION Jia Song was always destined for greatness...romance · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · mystery · season-summer · female-mc · breakup · domestic-drama -
![What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown]()
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
A teenage girl breaks free from her father's world of isolation in this exhilarating novel of family, identity, and the power we have to shape our own destinies—from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things and Watch Me DisappearThe first thing you have to understand is that my father was my entire world...north-america · usa · california · montana · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · audiobook · historical · literary-fiction -
![A Sky Full of Love by Lorna Lewis]()
A Sky Full of Love by Lorna Lewis
Following a harrowing disappearance, a woman returns home to her family—and a life-changing secret in a powerful novel about betrayal, resilience, and love’s unbreakable bonds.After fifteen years in captivity, Nova Lefleur is free, back home, and reunited with her Louisiana family. Through her ordeal, she never forgot them. They never forgot her either...romance · fiction · mystery · contemporary · audiobook · family · mental-illness · drama · literary-fiction · womens-fiction -
![Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski]()
Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski
A page-turning, irresistible novel of class, ambition, and bisexuality, this is the breathtaking story of a woman risking everything for a second chance at her first love.Emily has, by all appearances, a beautiful a townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, two healthy children, and a husband who showers her with attention... -
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![Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson]()
Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart.Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts...fiction · suspense · psychological · murder · audiobook · thriller · domestic-drama · literary-fiction · serial-killers · crime -
![Far and Away by Amy Poeppel]()
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel
The “absolutely hilarious” (Real Simple) Amy Poeppel delights once again with a charming new novel about a house swap gone wonderfully awry.Perfect strangers Lucy and Greta have agreed to a house swap—and boy, are they going to regret it. Lucy’s hometown of Dallas has gone from home sweet home to vicious snake pit in the blink of an eye after her son makes a mistake he can’t undo...romance · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · season-summer · womens-fiction · humor · female-mc · literary-fiction · family -
![The English Masterpiece by Katherine Reay]()
The English Masterpiece by Katherine Reay
Set in the art world of 1970s London, The English Masterpiece is a fast-paced read to the end, full of glamour and secrets, tensions and lies, as one young woman races against the clock to uncover the truth about a Picasso masterpiece. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Ariel Lawhon...historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · audiobook · historical · christian · suspense · thriller · cozy · womens-fiction -
![The Marriage Vendetta by Caroline Madden]()
The Marriage Vendetta by Caroline Madden
A darkly funny feminist debut about a resentful stay-at-home wife and her vindictive marriage therapist Revenge is in session. Eliza Sheridan is at her wits' end with her husband, Richard. Not only did he uproot her and their daughter Mara's lives for his career, but he also hasn’t honored the one thing he promised before moving to that he’d make more time for his wife and daughter...romance · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · mystery · humor · family · crime · womens-fiction · magical-realism -
![Pioneer Summer: A Novel by Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova, Anne O. Fisher]()
Pioneer Summer: A Novel by Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova, Anne O. Fisher
This star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took listeners by storm, made international news, and catalyzed one of Russia’s largest-ever crackdowns on LGBTQ representation The year is 1986, and Yurka Konev, 16, has been sent off for another summer at Pioneer Camp...romance · lgbtq · fiction · young-adult · contemporary · historical-fiction · audiobook · season-summer · coming-of-age · mlm -
![The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley]()
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
From the author of Oprah's Book Club pick and New York Times best seller Nightcrawling, here is an astonishing new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle.Adela Woods is sixteen years old and pregnant... -
![So Far Gone by Jess Walter]()
So Far Gone by Jess Walter
A reclusive journalist is suddenly thrown into a wild, suspenseful journey to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.A few weeks after the 2016 election, at Thanksgiving with his daughter and her belligerent new husband, Rhys Kinnick finally snapped. After an escalating fight about politics, he hauled off and punched the jerk...north-america · usa · washington-dc · washington · fiction · mystery · audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · humor -
![Uma delicada coleção de ausências by Aline Bei]()
Uma delicada coleção de ausências by Aline Bei
Depois do sucesso de O peso do pássaro morto e Pequena coreografia do adeus, Aline Bei volta a explorar temas como maternidade e infância em Uma delicada coleção de ausências, um romance emocionante sobre três mulheres — neta, avó e bisavó — que precisam conviver em suas individualidades enquanto dividem traumas e mágoas que perpassam gerações... -
![The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves by Christine Nolfi]()
The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves by Christine Nolfi
An antiques dealer and an enigmatic heiress embark on a revelatory friendship in a haunting and hopeful novel about family ties, secrets, and belonging by the bestselling author of A Heart Like Home...historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · historical · audiobook · family · literary-fiction · fantasy · friendship · romance -
![Square Waves by Alexandra Romanoff]()
Square Waves by Alexandra Romanoff
The highly anticipated second book in the Big Fan series by Alexandra Romanoff, an enemies-to-lovers romance in which tabloid fodder mixes with a long-brewing rivalry.Cassidy is done living life as the headline-making other woman. She's paid for her mistakes as a young campaign intern in spades, and she's ready to move on. After years of working on anti-bullying initiatives in D.C...romance · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · enemies-to-lovers · season-summer · literary-fiction · friendship · book · adult -
![Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami]()
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami
A wry and tender novel from the author of Fault Lines about three very different sisters reunited in adulthood for one short summer, for readers of Hello Beautiful and Blue Sisters.Rei, Kiki, and Ai are three sisters divided by distance and circumstance...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · season-summer · audiobook · family · grief · female-mc · book · adult -
![This Is Not a Ghost Story by Amerie]()
This Is Not a Ghost Story by Amerie
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Amerie’s dazzling, satirical adult debut tells the story of a Black man who walks into the light…to find himself in Los Angeles, where he becomes an instant celebrity for being the first visible and verifiable ghost. John’s House provides all he needs. Surrounded by a vast, beautiful ocean under a void of sky, the House is John’s haven...horror · fiction · literary-fiction · paranormal · contemporary · fantasy · asian-mc · poc-author · urban-fantasy · friendship -
![Flashlight by Susan Choi]()
Flashlight by Susan Choi
A novel tracing a father’s disappearance across time, nations, and memory, from the author of Trust Exercise.One night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the beach. He’s carrying a flashlight. He cannot swim. Later Louisa is found washed up by the tide, barely alive. Her father is gone, presumed drowned. She is ten years old...fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · historical · mystery · audiobook · season-summer · poc-author · family · drama -
![The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb]()
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb
Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin—and that's before he causes the tragedy that tears apart his family. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he witnesses frightful acts of brutality...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · mystery · audiobook · substance-abuse · season-summer · crime · family · book -
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![Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings]()
Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings
From the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly, a dazzling novel about two brilliant sisters and what happens to their undeniable bond when a mysterious and possibly perilous new world beckons.On an ordinary summer morning, the world is changed by the appearance of seven mysterious doors that seemingly lead to another world...fantasy · fiction · horror · magical-realism · audiobook · literary-fiction · religion · spirituality · grief · poc-mc -
![The Undercurrent by Sarah Sawyer]()
The Undercurrent by Sarah Sawyer
An overwhelmed new mother becomes obsessed with the unsolved disappearance of a young girl from her small Texas hometown—and unearths her own family’s dark secret.It’s 2011 and Deecie Jeffries’s missing person’s case in Austin, Texas, is still cold. New mom Bee, struggling with postpartum depression, is living in Portland, Maine, having left Austin–and those memories–far behind...fiction · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · family · parenthood · thriller · secrets · psychological · literary-fiction -
![The Compound by Aisling Rawle]()
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, along with nine other women.All of you are young, all beautiful, all keen to escape the grinding poverty, political unrest and environmental catastrophe of the outside world.You realise that cameras are tracking your every move, broadcasting to millions of reality TV fans.Soon, ten men will arrive on foot – if they all survive the journey...fiction · mystery · dystopia · sci-fi · season-summer · suspense · literary-fiction · audiobook · contemporary · satire -
![UnWorld by Jayson Greene]()
UnWorld by Jayson Greene
From the author of Once More We Saw Stars comes a gripping novel about four intertwined lives that collide in the wake of a mysterious tragedy. Set in a near-future world where the boundaries between human and AI blur, the story challenges our understanding of consciousness and humanity...sci-fi · fiction · dystopia · ai · technology · literary-fiction · audiobook · grief · supernatural · anthologies -
![Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven]()
Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven
A decades-spanning family saga featuring the messy but loving Samuelson clan trying to make sense of the world after the loss of their son EllisWhen Sally Samuelson was eight years old, her golden boy brother Ellis went missing the summer he graduated high school. Ellis finally turned up at the bucolic Bug Hollow, a last gasp of the beautiful Northern California counterculture in the seventies...fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · season-summer · family · contemporary · female-mc · friendship · book -
![I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom]()
I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom
An epic, intimate novel about an unconventional and irresistible family—from the New York Times bestselling author of In Love, White Houses, and AwayImmigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, young Gazala becomes friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma...urban · new-york-state · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · lgbtq · polyamory · family -
![Niall by Melanie Moreland]()
Niall by Melanie Moreland
She’s His One Weakness—And He’ll Burn the World to Save Her. Niall Black Loyal right-hand to Finn O’Reilly. Cousin and trusted friend. He lives for the life he’s created. Filled with business, both day-to-day and dangerous. Not interested in a relationship of any kind outside of his comfort zone.Until fate brings her to him. Annabelle Lewis. She awakens something inside him. A need. A desire...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · scotland · romance · found-family · audiobook · suspense · forced-proximity · contemporary -
![Isabella's Not Dead by Beth Morrey]()
Isabella's Not Dead by Beth Morrey
A hilarious, thought-provoking, and uplifting platonic love story wrapped in the mystery of one woman's search for the best friend who ghosted her, for fans of Where'd You Go Bernadette?Isabella’s NOT dead. That’s what Gwen tells anyone who asks about the best friend who ghosted them all fifteen years ago...fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · audiobook · cozy · suspense · family · friendship · female-mc · contemporary -
![Fox by Joyce Carol Oates]()
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates
A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author 'who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers' (New York Times Magazine)'Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written, Fox is yet further proof Oates...mystery · fiction · literary-fiction · dark-academia · suspense · dark · audiobook · contemporary · thriller · crime -
![The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood]()
The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood
From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace Adams comes a wryly resonant and deeply moving family dramedy investigating the question so many of us have asked ourselves: do my parents have a favorite?Vivienne and Patrick Fisher have done an excellent job raising their three daughters, Alex, Nancy, and Eva...fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · romantic-love · humor · family · breakup · domestic-drama · female-mc -
![Endling by Maria Reva]()
Endling by Maria Reva
Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a loner and a maverick biologist who lives out of her mobile lab. She scours the country’s forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to give up, settle down, and start a family...fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · war · season-summer · animals · journey · family · violent-conflict -
![What We Leave Behind by Sue Halpern]()
What We Leave Behind by Sue Halpern
From the author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, a tenderhearted story of two very different women grappling with the messy emotional legacies passed down by their parents—for fans of Dani Shapiro, Ann Napolitano, and Jody Picoult...fiction · womens-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · family · female-mc · coming-of-age · tragedy · drama · book -
![The Lost Masterpiece by B.A. Shapiro]()
The Lost Masterpiece by B.A. Shapiro
A fascinating art history novel from New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger, B.A. Shapiro, whose new mystery follows 19th-century Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot and her 21st-century great-great-great granddaughter, who inherits a Nazi-looted Èdouard Manet painting; for fans of Sarah Dunant, Elizabeth Kostova, Robin Oliveira, and Nancy Horan...historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · romantic-love · ww2 · epistolary -
![Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross]()
Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross
When a tight-knit family moves from Brooklyn to Maine, their lives are upended by an event that will alter their new community forever in this bighearted, sparkling debut for fans of Now Is Not the Time to Panic, Pineapple Street, and Schitt’s CreekHazel Blum, please report to the principal’s office. Hazel Blum...romance · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · humor · family · young-adult · season-summer · coming-of-age -
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![These Heathens by Mia McKenzie]()
These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
From the “razor-sharp and outrageously funny” (Taylor Jenkins Reid) mind of Mia McKenzie comes a vibrant novel exploring how one weekend can change your whole life.Dear Lord, please forgive me for the sins I’ve committed. And for the one I’m still planning to commit tomorrow. Amen...north-america · usa · georgia · urban · historical-fiction · fiction · lgbtq · coming-of-age · historical · feminism -
![Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin]()
Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
A gripping, elegant debut novel about a young Black man caught between worlds of race and class, glamour and tragedy, a friend’s mysterious death and his own arrest, from an electrifying new voice.An arrest for cocaine possession in the Hamptons on the last day of a sweltering New York summer leaves Smith, a young queer Black Stanford graduate, in a state of turmoil...urban · new-york-state · fiction · lgbtq · contemporary · literary-fiction · audiobook · season-summer · 21st-century · racism -
![Roommating by Meredith Schorr]()
Roommating by Meredith Schorr
Sizzling chemistry and tender friendship develops between two accidental roommates in this hilarious rom-com from the author of As Seen on TV. Sabrina is too busy with grad school and her job as a library page to think about dating. Until Marcia, her elderly roommate, invites her estranged grandson Adam to move into their two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan temporarily to “find himself...romance · contemporary · fiction · forced-proximity · animals · female-mc · humor · literary-fiction · book · adult -
![When Love Found Us by Claudia Y. Burgoa]()
When Love Found Us by Claudia Y. Burgoa
I didn’t plan on ending up in Birchwood Springs.But after escaping a brutal marriage and discovering I’m pregnant, this town—and the broody tattoo artist who swore to protect me—might be the only shot I have at starting over. Atlas Timberbridge is nothing like the world I left behind.He’s all inked arms, gruff silence, and an unexpected gentleness that makes my heart ache... -
![Women Like Us by Katia Lief]()
Women Like Us by Katia Lief
Joni Ackerman was tired of being invisible. It’s been one year since Joni Ackerman tipped the antifreeze into her husband’s cocktail. One year since he was found dead on the stairs. One year since she got away with murder. At first Joni feared the consequences of her transgression, but she’s learned to embrace the power of recklessness in a way she would have hated to see in anyone else...fiction · mystery · contemporary · suspense · feminism · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · psychological · thriller · book -
![Among Friends by Hal Ebbott]()
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott
The announcement of a major literary debut: What begins as a celebration takes a sudden turn when a shocking betrayal shatters the trust between families.It’s an autumn weekend at a comfortable New York country house where two deeply intertwined families have gathered to mark the host’s fifty-second birthday.Together, the group forms an enviable portrait of middle age...new-york-state · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · family · season-summer · audiobook · season-autumn · friendship · book -
![To Wed an Icy Duke: A Historical Romance Novel by Julia Thorne]()
To Wed an Icy Duke: A Historical Romance Novel by Julia Thorne
“There is a loneliness in being near someone who has already decided not to love you…” They call him “The Ice Duke”, cold, controlled, untouchable. After a cruel betrayal shattered his faith in love, Alexander Everhart weds Miss Celia Fairfax not for affection, but obligation. Her father’s debts are paid; his duty is done.But Celia is not what he expected...romance · historical · religion · fiction · literary-fiction · industrial-era · victorian · regency · spirituality · book
