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The people have spoken! Longer Book of the Month prediction lists are back for June!
Last month I shared that I was unsure how to proceed with the lists, but most of you left comments or messaged me to tell me you loved the longer list! And I do too!
As a reminder, I’m not in a competition to see how many books I correctly guess for each month of Book of the Month predictions. The predictions are purely for fun and to share books with others!
The first book in each genre section is my top prediction for June’s Book of the Month picks. Frankly, I don’t know how they will choose a thriller in June! I predict at least one main pick and hopefully two add-on options because there’s just too many good ones coming out from both repeat and debut authors.
If you’ve been around for a while, you know Book of the Month (BOTM) is my favorite book subscription service. I love the anticipation of finally seeing their monthly picks and always have fun trying to guess what may show up on the app on the first of every month.
If you aren’t familiar with BOTM, you can check out my full review of this subscription service. The basic idea is BOTM chooses 5-7 books from different genres every month and members can choose their pick when the books go live. You can also add on up to two more books for only $10.99 each.
If you don’t like any of the picks, you can choose to skip and save your credit for the next month, which is honestly the best part of this service to me. I don’t like subscription boxes that only offer one book selection that you don’t know ahead of time. If you are interested in trying BOTM, you can use my link to get your first book for only $5!
As usual, these are just my opinions and my predictions. It is fine if you disagree or think the 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!
Thriller/Mystery Predictions
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
Release Date: June 6, 2023
Repeat Author
**The Push was such a success in 2021 so I don’t see how Book of the Month could not choose her newest book!
A propulsive page-turner about four families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens—and what is lost when we give in to our own worst impulses.
The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz
Release Date: June 20, 2023
Repeat Author, Possible July Pick/Add-on
Staying with a friend and her husband is sexier—and deadlier—than anyone could have imagined, in this provocative domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here.
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Release Date: June 20, 2023
Repeat Author, Possible July Pick/Add-on
I thought for sure Book of the Month was done with Riley Sager books, but they had The House Across the Lake as an add-on last year. So I am including it on the predictions list as a possible add on. I think it could also show up as a July add-on so the book can get more sales in June.
Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier.
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Release Date: June 20, 2023
Repeat Author, Possible July Pick/Add-on
An adrenaline-fueled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer.
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Release Date: June 6, 2023
Repeat Author, Possible June Add-On
After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county.
Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies.
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
Release Date: June 13, 2023
The bestselling author of The Party returns with a deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous past—and the wealthy society wife she saves from drowning, who pulls her into a dark web of secrets and lies.
The Night It Ended by Katie Garner
Release Date: June 27, 2023
Debut Author, Possible July Pick
This stunning suspense debut is told with a narrative that intertwines with the transcript of an anonymous interview, beginning a twisting path where nothing—and no one—is what it seems. It’s sure to appeal to readers of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley—fans of locked room mysteries and jaw-dropping twists.
A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
Release Date: June 27, 2023
Debut Author, Possible July Pick/Add-on
When a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball, a young lady takes on the decidedly improper role of detective in this action-packed debut comedy of manners and murder.
I could see this being an Aardvark Book Club pick for June!
Related: Is An Aardvark Book Club Subscription Worth It?
The Good Ones by Polly Stewart
Release Date: June 6, 2023
An engrossing work of literary suspense that illuminates the push and pull of female friendship and the costs of being “good” when the rules for women begin to chafe.
Don’t Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna
Release Date: June 20, 2023
Debu Author
An astonishing debut thriller that mines the complexities of friendship and the secrets between us that we may take to the grave.
She Started It by Sian Gilbert
Release Date: June 13, 2023
Debut Author
For fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, She Started It is a hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a group of young women whose Caribbean bachelorette party takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None…but with Instagram and too much prosecco.
Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding
Release Date: June 13, 2023
Debut Author
Seven women, inextricably linked by one man, must figure out which of them killed him in order to protect one another in this electrifying debut thriller.
Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin
Release Date: June 8, 2023
A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp’s nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans and We Are All the Same in the Dark.
Romance Predication
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Release date: June 13, 2023
Repeat Author, Most likely an add-on
Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain.
Contemporary Fiction Predictions
Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano
Release date: June 27, 2023
Debut author, Possible July Pick
An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors.
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Release date: June 13, 2023
Repeat author, Probably an add-on option
Personally, I feel like Elin Hilderbrand is established enough without being a Book of the Month pick, but the author confirmed on social media that it will be a selection. I am guessing it will be an add-on and not a main pick.
After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket.
The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler
Release Date: June 27, 2023
Three best friends decide they’re finally done with their ex-husbands taking their work as wives and moms for granted. They’re ready to monetize the mental load, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride in the process.
Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens
Release Date: June 20, 2023
Debut Author, LGBTQ+
A vibrant and cinematic debut set in the American West about a scrappy orphan who finds friendship, romance, and her true calling as a revenge-seeking gunslinger.
Historical Fiction Prediction
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
Release date: june 6, 2023
From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation.
Literary Fiction Predictions
Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie
Release Date: June 13, 2023
From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick His Only Wife, this moving novel about the unbreakable power of female friendship follows two estranged women in Ghana who reconnect in a crisis.
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Release date: June 27, 2023
Repeat author, possible add-on selection
A sharp, poignant, and beautifully told story of losing and finding yourself and the lengths we will go to for those we love.
Fantasy/Magical Realism Predictions
The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson
Release date: June 13, 2023
LGBTQ+
Ringmaster — Rin, to those who know her best — can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. The future holds an impending war that the Sparks can see barrelling toward their show and everyone in it. And Rin’s past creeps closer every day, a malevolent shadow she can’t fully escape.
Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou
Release date: May 30, 2023
In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.
Sci-Fi/Horror Predictions
The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emanuel, Willie Block, and Jason Gurley
Release Date: June 20, 2023
The morning after Independence Day, Santa Mira, California, is so quiet Dave can hear the ocean from miles away. Traffic signals blink from red to green over empty intersections. Storefronts remain locked up tight. Every radio station whispers static. And all over town, there are bodies, lying right where their owners left them. Dead right where they slept.
On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane
Release Date: June 13, 2023
Debut Author
Unlikely but worth mentioning because I know some readers will be interested in checking this out!
In Emily Jane’s rollicking debut, when spaceships arrive and then depart suddenly without a word, the certainty that we are not alone in the universe turns to intense uncertainty as to our place within it.
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your June Book of the Month predictions? Let me know in the comments!
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