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My Aardvark Book Club July 2024 predictions is mostly thrillers, romance, horror, and magical realism.
Aardvark Book Club is getting harder to predict as they continue to pick releases from popular authors. I love that for them!
Their picks were heavier on literary fiction to me until the last few months. Now they have more horror and magical realism picks, and I love that!
Aardvark also tends to have more previous month releases as picks, which does make it tricky when writing these posts. I try to stick to the current month, but I would suggest looking back at my June predictions for
As usual, if you want to see even more predictions, make sure you check out my July 2024 Book of the Month predictions post!
You can see all my Book of the Month July 2024 Predictions here.
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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 May 2024 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!
Mystery/Thriller Aardvark Book Club Predictions
On the Surface by Rachel McGuire
Release Date: July 9, 2024
A YouTubing cruiser couple sails the world living their best lives—until one of them goes missing and their whole world capsizes, in this captivating psychological thriller perfect for fans of Something in the Water and Saint X.
The Last Line by Scott Lyerly
Release Date: July 23, 2024
Featuring a neurodiverse lead living with Tourette’s syndrome, Ellie Marlowe is ready for a curtain call as her latest production sells out, but when the starring male lead drops dead, and everyone in the cast is a potential suspect or the next victim, she must catch a killer before they pull another show-stopping murder.
People Will Talk by Kieran Scott
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Possible August pick
Kieran Scott brings her distinctive “sharp and stylish” (BookPage, starred review) prose to this breathlessly suspenseful novel that combines Glass Onion with Big Little Lies as three women are implicated in a murder after a wedding goes horribly wrong.
Romance Aardvark Book Club Predictions
The Fiance Dilemma by Elena Armas
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Repeat Author, possible august pick
A fake engagement, second chances, and newfound family members come together in this new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the “swoon-worthy” (Business Insider) The Spanish Love Deception.
Beautiful Villain by Rebecca Kenney
Release Date: July 16, 2024
Seven years ago, I lost him for good. Now he’s back, but is he still the Jay Gatsby I used to know…or is he something more? Something…darker.
Just One Taste by Lizzy Dent
Release Date: July 16, 2024
Olive Stone is about to spend four weeks in Italy with the most beautiful man she’s ever hated.
Horror Aardvark Book Club Predictions
House of Shades by Lianna Dillsworth
Release Date: July 16, 2024
In this dark, immersive tale steeped in atmosphere and drama, the author of Theatre of Marvels returns to Victorian London to tell the story of a young Black female doctor’s dangerous quest to find the truth that unearth the secrets of the past.
Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Possible August pick
Willow’s worst nightmare was being canceled. But the shadows in the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more than her reputation.
The Deading by Nicholas Belardes
Release Date: July 23, 2024
Stephen King’s Under the Dome meets The Last of Us in this harrowing dystopian novel about the downward spiral of a seaside town that becomes infected by a mysterious ocean-borne contagion.
Nicked by M. T. Anderson
Release Date: July 23, 2024
possible August pick
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint.
I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Release Date: July 16, 2024
From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story with a twist—perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix.
Fantasy/Magical Realism Aardvark Book Club Predictions
A Rose By Any Other Name by Mary McMyne
Release Date: July 16, 2024
From the author of The Book of Gothel comes the lush, magical story behind Shakespeare’s sonnets, as told by one of his most famous subjects—the incendiary and mysterious Dark Lady.
The Nightingale’s Castle by Sonia Velton
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Possible August pick
In the vein of riveting historical novels such as Hamnet and Circe—with a touch of Dracula—a propulsive, feminist reimagining of the story of Erzsébet Báthory, the infamous sixteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat known as the “Blood Countess”, who was rumored to have murdered hundreds of peasant girls and bathed in their blood.
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your July 2024 Aardvark Book Club predictions or hopefuls? Let me know in the comments!
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