Book of the Month July 2025 Predictions

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware

Release Date: July 8, 2025

Repeat Author, Second book in a series

In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.

This Stays Between Us by Sara Ochs

Release Date: July 15, 2025

Repeat Author, possible add-on

For fans of Lucy Foley and Society of Lies comes a crackling study abroad thriller that proves that a trip of a lifetime can have deadly consequences.

Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox

Release Date: July 1, 2025

A lavish, Texas-sized Sweet Sixteen turns deadly in this twisty, pulse-pounding new novel ― serving up a fresh take on a classic locked-room whodunnit. Let the festivities begin…

She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena

Release Date: July 29, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible add-on, Possible August add-on

When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it’s too late?

You Belong Here by Megan Miranda

Release Date: July 29, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible add-on, Possible AUgust add-on

Beckett Bowery never thought she’d return to Wyatt Valley, a picturesque college town in the Virginia mountains steeped in tradition. Her roots there were strong: Beckett’s parents taught at the college, and she never even imagined studying anywhere else—until a tragedy her senior year ended with two local men dead, and her roommate on the run, never to be seen again…

Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

Release Date: June 24, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible Add-On, Possible July pick/add-on

From #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Jewell, an author “at the very top of her game” (Lucy Foley)—three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.

I Did Warn Her by Sian Gilbert

Release Date: June 17, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible Add-On

A luxurious yacht, a gorgeous crew with secrets and rivalries…and murder! I Did Warn Her is a cunning locked room mystery set on a billionaire’s yacht, by the author of last year’s sensation She Started It.

The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager

Release Date: July 1, 2025

Debut Author

A stunningly original love story between a museum employee and the man in a masterpiece hanging on the walls—a breathtaking debut about time, art, and the enduring power of love.

All the Men I’ve Loved Again by Christine Pride

Release Date: July 8, 2025

Solo Author Debut

From Christine Pride, the beloved coauthor of the Good Morning America Book Club Pick We Are Not Like Them, comes a dazzling solo debut novel about a woman who finds herself in the impossible situation of being in love with the same two men who won her heart in her early twenties again as she nears forty.

Maid for Each Other by Lynn Painter

Release Date: July 15, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible add-on

A millionaire and a house cleaner are a match maid in heaven in this sparkling new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Happily Never After.

Heart Marks the Spot by Libby Hubscher

Release Date: July 22, 2025

A treasure hunter and the bestselling adventure novelist who broke her heart after one successful expedition reunite for a summer to search for lost riches.

Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs

Release Date: July 15, 2025

From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school.

The Original by Nell Stevens

Release Date: July 1, 2025

In a grand English country house in 1899, an aspiring art forger must unravel whether the man claiming to be her long-lost cousin is an impostor.

The Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy Wang

Release Date: July 1, 2025

An engrossing and original story about a woman who moves from Taiwan to California and builds an unexpected life there, for readers of Olive Kitteridge and Hello Beautiful.

The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani

Release Date: July 8, 2025

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a “dazzling” storyteller (Washington Post), and a “comedy writer with a heart of gold” (NYT), comes a novel about one woman’s quest to build her own life before it’s too late.

Love Forms by Claire Adam

Release Date: July 29, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible August pick/add-on

A heart-stirring novel about a mother’s love, in all its forms, as a woman searches for the daughter she gave up for adoption, from the prize-winning author of Golden Child.

The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick

Release Date: June 17, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible add-on

A high-concept speculative novel about heartache, hope, and human resilience, The Poppy Fields explores the path of grief and healing, a journey at once profoundly universal and unique to every person, posing the questions: How do we heal in the wake of great loss? And how far are we willing to go in order to be healed?

The Other Wife by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy

Release Date: July 15, 2025

A big-hearted novel of nostalgia and longing, and a poignant exploration of how we choose to love.

My Train Leaves at Three by Natalie Guerrero

Release Date: July 15, 2025

Debut Author

By a striking new voice in fiction, an electric coming-of-age novel that explores grief, family, sexuality, and love as an ambitious young woman from Washington Heights tries to make it on Broadway.

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Release Date: July 15, 2025

Repeat Author, possible add-on

Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

Silvercloak by L. K. Steven

Release Date: July 29, 2025

Repeat Author, Possible Add-on

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates comes an addictive new fantasy series where magic is fueled by pleasure and pain and an obsessive detective must infiltrate a brutal gang of dark mages—knowing that one wrong move will get her killed. . . .

**I only included this book because it a repeat author, but I highly doubt BOTM would carry another book by the same author within a couple of months of each other.