Aardvark Book Club June 2026 Predictions

The Anniversary by Alex Finlay

Release Date: May 12, 2026

After Jules survives an attack by the May Day Killer and Quinn is arrested the same night, their lives collide each May 1st. Over the next decade, secrets emerge linking Jules’s trauma and Quinn’s family tragedy—while the killer still lurks in the shadows.

Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim

Release Date: June 2, 2026

Debut Author

Doppelgängers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border: Sublimation is a thrilling and provocative debut for fans of Severance that asks what you’d sacrifice for a different life from award-winning author Isabel J. Kim.

How the Story Goes by Andrew Forrester

Release Date: May 5, 2026

Debut Author

In this heartwarming, bookish debut, a young widower of a famous children’s fantasy author teams up with a down-on-her-luck MFA dropout to write the final book in his late wife’s series…and find their own perfect ending along the way.

You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings

Release Date: June 9, 2026

Repeat Author

From USA Today bestselling author Mazey Eddings comes a dazzling sapphic romance about fame, friendship, and falling for the one person you were never meant to.

The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston

Release Date: June 16, 2026

Repeat Author

The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside.

Headlights by CJ Leede

Release Date: June 9, 2026

Every instinct tells him to run. Every memory tells him he can’t. Perfect for fans of The Shining and Longlegs, bestselling author CJ Leede’s Headlights is a pulse-pounding hunt across the frozen wilderness of Colorado.

I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel

Release Date: May 26, 2026

A suffocating and sharp narrative horror novel for fans of Victor LaValle and The Reformatory from “addictive” (Publishers Weekly) horror author Neena Viel, I’ll Watch Your Baby is a haunting reimagining of Linda Taylor–known as the original Welfare Queen―pursued, scrutinized, celebrated and vilified, and the impact her image has had for generations.

Backstabbers by Eliza Jabore

Release Date: June 2, 2026

When three friends lose their way in a serial killer’s old hunting ground, they must fight to survive the threat in the woods—and each other—in this spiky, heart-pounding slasher.

Marion by Leah Rowan

Release Date: June 2, 2026

In Psycho, Hitchcock shocked audiences when he killed off his protagonist. But what if the leading lady had fought back? Marion offers an alternate history of the most famous dead blonde to ever grace the silver screen. Only this time, the knife is in her hands―and she’s no victim.

Long Island Girls by Gabrielle Korn

Release Date: June 23, 2026

A sharply observed, deeply nostalgic coming-of-age story set against the indie music scene of the early 2000s.

Girl’s Girl by Sonia Feldman

Release Date: June 2, 2026

Debut Author

A hypnotic debut about the pivotal summer that shatters the delicate balance between three best friends

Agnes Lives! by Hallie Elizabeth Newton

Release Date: June 23, 2026

Debut Author

A day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class.

Feast by Catherine Kurtz

Release Date: June 2, 2026

Debut Author

In nineteenth-century France, a young woman with a magical sense of taste saves a duc from poison, and her new role as poison taster thrusts her into the world of the nobility, where secrets and danger lurk around every corner.

The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden

Release Date: June 2, 2026

In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest—and unknowingly alters the fate of her world—in this dazzling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.

The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang

Release Date: June 2, 2026

Debut Author

A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original debut.