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Must-Read New Book Releases Coming in July 2025
July 2025 new book releases are here to make your summer reading even more exciting. As the heat rises, so do the stakes in this month’s most buzzed-about titles—from twisty thrillers to heartfelt romances and everything in between. This is one of my longest new releases posts of the year (over 70 books!).
Whether you’re headed to the beach, the pool, or your favorite reading nook, this list of July 2025 new book releases has something for every reader. Get ready to fill your TBR with the hottest books of the summer.
Want to know which books I am predicting for Book of the Month and Aardvark Book Club? Check out my predictions lists!
Related: July 2025 Book of the Month Predictions and July 2025 Aardvark Book Club Predictions
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Mystery/Thriller July 2025 New Book Releases
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…
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Release Date: July 8, 2025
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
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.
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.
She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena
Release Date: July 29, 2025
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
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…
Romance July 2025 New Book Releases
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.
Let’s Make a Scene by Laura Wood
Release Date: July 1, 2025
The companion novel to Laura Wood’s “excellent, unputdownable adult debut” (Library Journal, starred review) Under Your Spell follows Theo Eliott’s best friend Cynthie Taylor as she’s pulled back into a fake PR relationship with Jack Turner-Jones, the one costar she swore she’d never work with again.
Overruled by Lana Ferguson
Release Date: July 1, 2025
Two divorce lawyers determined to share only beds but not hearts discover that love is something that can’t be overruled in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author of The Game Changer.
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.
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.
How to Sell a Romance by Alexa Martin
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Romance is the biggest scheme of them all in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from beloved author Alexa Martin.
Maid for Each Other by Lynn Painter
Release Date: July 15, 2025
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.
Love Is a War Song by Danica Nava
Release Date: July 22, 2025
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.
Contemporary Fiction July 2025 New Book Releases
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.
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.
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.
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.
That Last Carolina Summer by Karen White
Release Date: July 22, 2025
Beloved bestselling author Karen White returns with a captivating Southern drama about sisterhood, secrets and one woman’s reckoning with the past.
Love Forms by Claire Adam
Release Date: July 29, 2025
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.
Literary Fiction July 2025 New Book Releases
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.
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.
Historical Fiction July 2025 New Book Releases
A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart by Hishant Batsha
Release Date: July 1, 2025
An expansive and poignant novel of love, radical ambition, and intellectual rebirth set at the dawn of World War I.
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.
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 Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Release Date: July 29, 2025
In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America’s rising eugenics movement – when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin – in this tragic and uplifting novel of social injustice, survival, and hope for readers of Susan Meissner, Kristin Hannah, and Christina Baker Kline.
Horror July 2025 New Book Releases
Grave Birds by Dana Elmendorf
Release Date: July 1, 2025
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires meets Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this twisty, fresh take on a Southern gothic that follows a mysterious, charming bachelor as he makes his way into a small town, bringing a plague and the devil with him, from GMA Buzz Pick author Dana Elmendorf.
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.
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Release Date: July 15, 2025
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.
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.
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Release Date: July 29, 2025
The critically acclaimed author of the “crazily enjoyable” (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy July 2025 New Book Releases
A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan
Release Date: July 1, 2025
This stunning slow-burn romantasy follows a fated pair who uncover a world-changing secret and are thrust into a violent class war, navigating love, loss, and devastating betrayals.
The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
Release Date: July 8, 2025
Debut Author, First book in a series
Loyalties are tested in this slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a fatal disease, all while resisting the urge to kill each other—or, worse, fall in love.
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
Release Date: July 8, 2025
USA Today bestselling author Julie Soto crafts a lush romantic fantasy that’s filled with intrigue, magic, and an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance.
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Second Book in a Series
New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst invites you to her new standalone novel set in the world of The Spellshop! Follow her to The Enchanted Greenhouse, a cozy fantasy nestled on a far-away island brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes, and honeyed love. The hardcover edition features beautiful sprayed edges.
The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Third Book in a Series
The Nightshade Crown is in the hands of a ruthless god and Lore will stop at nothing to defeat him in the final installment of this lush, romantic, New York Times bestselling fantasy series from breakout star Hannah Whitten.
A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Debut Author
As World War II rages around her, a witch abandoned by her coven must journey to find a book of unspeakable power before it lands in Nazi hands.
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Release Date: July 15, 2025
A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers—and her life—back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches.
Arcana Academy by Elise Kova
Release Date: July 22, 2025
A woman who wields magical tarot cards lands herself in a false engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy in this first installment of an enthralling fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of A Deal with the Elf King.
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.
Silvercloak by L. K. Steven
Release Date: July 29, 2025
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. . . .
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