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Aardvark Book Club predictions for July 2025 are here, and with summer in full swing, it’s the perfect time to start speculating about what books could be in next month’s box. Known for its eclectic mix of bold debuts, genre-bending fiction, and spine-chilling horror, Aardvark always keeps readers on their toes. So what titles might be featured this time around?
By looking at upcoming releases, early buzz, and the kinds of books Aardvark has spotlighted in the past, I’ve rounded up my top predictions for July. Aardvark tends to carry previous month releases, so you may see a few June 2025 books on this list. Whether you’re hoping for a gripping thriller, a thought-provoking novel, or a horror read that keeps you up at night, these are the books that just might show up in your next box!
And if you want to know about even more books releasing in July 2025, check out my complete list here. There are over 70 books on the list this month!
Related: July 2025 New Book Releases
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As usual, these are just my opinions and my Aardvark Book Club predictions. It is fine if you disagree or think the Aardvark Book Club July 2025 predictions are terrible-we all have different reading tastes. Please remember to be kind in comments or messages because we are all readers with different tastes!
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Mystery/Thriller Aardvark Book Club July 2025 Prediction
Dead of Summer by Jessa Maxwell
Release Date: July 22, 2025
Years after her best friend mysteriously disappeared from a remote New England island, a young woman returns in search of answers in this atmospheric and scintillating thriller from Jessa Maxwell, nationally bestselling author of the “deliciously entertaining” (Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author) The Golden Spoon.
Romance Aardvark Book Club July 2025 Predictions
Love Is a War Song by Danica Nava
Release Date: July 22, 2025
Repeat Author
A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn’t be more different come together to strike a deal in this new romantic comedy by Danica Nava, USA Today bestselling author of The Truth According to Ember.
Totally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman
Release Date: July 8, 2025
From the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask comes an inspiring romance novel about honoring the past, living in the present, and loving for the future.
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
Release Date: June 17, 2025
A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they’ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story.
Horror Aardvark Book Club July 2025 Predictions
Tenderly, I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone
Release Date: July 1, 2025
Perfect for fans of Saltburn, A Study in Drowning, and Don’t Let the Forest In, Tenderly, I Am Devoured is a moody, monstrously Gothic romantic folk horror in which a young woman must bind herself to a dangerous chthonic god with the help of the son of a rival family to save her family’s legacy―and herself―from ruin.
How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
Release Date: July 8, 2025
Seven authors enter the manor. Can they survive the story within?
With the clever, locked-room thrills of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone with the ghostly horror of The Fall of the House of Usher, How to Survive a Horror Story is a bright, biting, thrill-ride that begs us to contemplate how the best horror stories come to be.
Night Watcher by Daphne Woolsoncroft
Release Date: July 8, 2025
In what Jeneva Rose declares a “chilling and atmospheric” tale, Nola Strate, a late night radio host in Portland, Oregon, listens to stories of hauntings and cryptic sightings for a living. But one foggy evening, a caller describes an eerie scene that triggers memories of Nola’s childhood escape from a serial killer, and she fears he’s back to finish what he started.
One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
Release Date: July 15, 2025
In this heart-wrenching and unique spin on the zombie mythos, a brilliant scientist desperately searches for a cure after a devastating epidemic while also hiding a monumental secret—her undead husband.
Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez
Release Date: July 22, 2025
Debut Author
An eerie, hypnotic debut about friendship, desire, and memory set against the sultry backdrop of Florida’s swamplands.
Contemporary Fiction Aardvark Book Club July 2025 Predictions
A Summer for the Books by Michelle Lindo-Rice
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Sunny Hostin will love this emotional dual-timeline novel about two former besties finding their way back to each other.
Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild
Release Date: July 8, 2025
A twisty, gripping novel that wraps around a deeply moving love story, from an electric new voice in upmarket women’s fiction.
Literary Fiction Aardvark Book Club July 2025 Prediction
Archive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr.
Release Date: July 1, 2025
From the critically acclaimed author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, a piercing debut novel following two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war—a stunning exploration of the mechanisms of fate, the gravity of the past, and the endurance of love.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Aardvark Book Club July 2025 Predictions
Beasts of Carnaval by Rosalia Rodrigo
Release Date: July 29, 2025
Debut Author
For fans of The Night Circus, this sweeping historical fantasy set in a lush, Puerto Rico-inspired world, uses magical realism to combine Caribbean carnaval culture and the mythology of the Taíno—the Indigenous people of the region—in a gripping exploration of community, reclamation, and healing in defiance of a violent past.
A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry
Release Date: June 17, 2025
Repeat Author
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell meets A Tale of Two Cities in H. G. Parry’s A Far Better Thing, a heart-rending fantasy of faery revenge set during the French Revolution.
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
Release Date: June 24, 2025
Debut Author
Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards. When the unseen producers raise the stakes, forcing contestants into upsetting, even dangerous situations, the line between playing the game and surviving it begins to blur.
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your July 2025 Aardvark Book Club predictions or hopefuls? Let me know in the comments!
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