Getting Excited for the Books of June

Hey all, Sam here.

Gosh, this year is kind of flying by, which feels strange considering what a wild ride 2025 has been so far. But here we are, approaching a new month, and that means I’m looking ahead at a whole new slew of book releases. June is another pretty great month for releases, and I’ve been lucky that most of the books I’m anticipating are books that I’ve been approved for via NetGalley, which is great for someone who is trying to get more posts written and scheduled.

Much like with the books of May, it seems like most of my June books come out about the same time. In fact, 9 of the 13 books I’ve been approved for by NetGalley for June releases come out in the first half of the month (and yes, I’ve already finished some of them and have reviews coming). Hopefully I’ll be able to get some of the later releases read in the beginning of the month so I can keep up this momentum.

Let’s get into these fantastic book releases, starting with the ones I have on my NetGalley shelf.

Pearly Gates by Bonnie Solomon (I had this in my spreadsheet as June 1, but it apparently got moved up to May 19), Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove (June 3), The Chosen Queen by Sam Davey (June 3)

A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim (June 3), Queen of Mercy by Natania Barron (June 3), A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons by J Penner (June 3)

The Lure of Their Graves by Laura R Samotin (June 3), Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race (June 10), Realm of Thieves by Karina Halle (June 10)

This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman (June 17), The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton (June 17), House of Frost and Feathers by Lauren Wiesebron (June 17), The Last Vigilant by Mark A Latham (June 24)

There’s just a few more June releases that I’m really looking forward to, but I don’t know if I’ll fit them into my June reads, because a lot of that depends on if/when I can get them ordered, received, and then read. I have to be a lot more selective with my book purchasing currently, but I still want to support writers as much as I can with the little money I can swing for my book buying.

That Devil, Ambition by Linsey Miller (June 3), Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (June 10), Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston (June 17), A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek (June 24)

One June release I know I’ll be getting to is the sixth novella in the Catastrophe Incoming series by Aimee Donnellan. It comes out June 21st and considering I flew through the first five novellas in just a few days back in April, I have no doubts that I’ll read this new installment very quickly as well.

All right, well that is all from me for today. What books are you looking forward to for the month of June? Let me know in the comments. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.