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Readers' Most Anticipated New July Books
Readers with adventurous frontal lobes will be happy in July—this month’s batch of new books features some particularly bold ideas and intriguing premises.
New in July: Silvia Moreno-Garcia updates H.G. Wells with The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. Tech thriller specialist Blake Crouch takes on genetic engineering with Upgrade. And debut author Morgan Talty weaves together a dozen different vignettes in the short story collection Night of the Living Rez. Also this month: vanishing illusionists, undercover librarians, and the inimitable murder mystery artisan Ruth Ware.
Each month the Goodreads editorial team takes a look at the books that are being published in the U.S., readers' early reviews, and how many readers are adding these books to their Want to Read shelves (which is how we measure anticipation). We use the information to curate this list of hottest new releases.
Ruth Ware is back with another meticulously crafted mystery novel, this time concerning a forgotten murder at Oxford University. When new details emerge about the awful fate of her best friend ten years ago, Hannah Jones must confront some sinister ambiguities about her college memories. The man who was convicted may be innocent. And the real killer may be in her house.
Fellow genre master Blake Crouch returns to his specialty area as well, this time concerning a severely worrisome application of genetic engineering. Logan Ramsay is patient zero in a covert experiment to alter human evolution. He’s getting better, stronger, faster. He’s also the only person alive capable of preventing the very catastrophe he has initiated.
Read our interview with Crouch here.
Read our interview with Crouch here.
What happens when a classic sci-fi tale gets transported to 19th-century Mexico? H.G. Wells’ 1896 novel, The Island of Doctor Moreau, gets a wicked reimagining in this latest conceptual mashup from author Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican Gothic). Carlota Moreau lives on a remote jungle estate with her mad scientist father and his menagerie of human/animal hybrids. When a dashing young man enters the picture, the jungle gets scary and steamy. Call it historical romance horror science fiction.
Winner of this month’s informal Most Compelling Book Title competition, Things We Do in the Dark is the latest psychological thriller from author Jennifer Hillier (Little Secrets, Jar of Hearts). (All her book titles are pretty compelling, actually.) Paris Peralta has just been arrested for the murder of her celebrity husband. As it happens, a surprisingly similar murder prompted a famous trial 25 years earlier—and the convicted killer in that case has just been released from prison. Coinkydink? Probably not.
Magicians are a squirrelly lot by nature, but world-famous illusionist Violet Volk set a new standard ten years ago when she disappeared, mid-performance, permanently. This innovative mystery from author Margarita Montimore (Oona Out of Order) follows the increasingly strange consequences of that disappearing act. The book toggles between narration from Violet’s sister Sasha and the transcripts of a true-crime podcast, as each tries to solve the string of mysteries. For instance: Why is Sasha suddenly sleepwalking every night?
This new novel from Madeline Martin (The Last Bookshop in London) continues a kind of running theme for the author: heroic book lovers doing valiant things in dangerous times. Frankly, we love this line of thinking. Inspired by true events of World War II, The Librarian Spy follows the real-life espionage work of a librarian in Lisbon and a printer’s apprentice in occupied France. Gathering intelligence, smuggling books, outsmarting Nazis—it’s all good.
Author Paul Tremblay (The Cabin at the End of the World) has staked out a fascinating little corner of psychological real estate with his blend of horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction. His latest novel tells the story of a very unsettling friendship. In the 1980s, a lonesome metalhead kid starts getting attention from one of the cool girls. She’s a little morbid, maybe, and knows more than anyone should about digging up corpses. Then the real weirdness starts. Forty years later, it starts up again.
From the author of All the Missing Girls, the new thriller The Last to Vanish brings a kind of outdoorsy vibe to the usual mystery template. In the small North Carolina town of Cutter’s Pass, a string of disappearances has attracted the attention of journalist Landon West. When West himself vanishes, Abigail Lovett must figure out whom to trust in her adopted hometown. Bonus trivia: The Appalachian Trail generates lots of scary stories.
Horror archivists take note: The new novel from T. Kingfisher (The Twisted Ones) is a fever-dream retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's 1839 classic The Fall of the House of Usher. A soldier, a doctor, and a scientist team up to investigate trouble at the ancestral Usher home, where they find a crumbling mansion, a perplexing disease, and a mycological nightmare of divergent fungal evolution. Mushrooms! Why’d it have to be mushrooms?
For those who appreciate interesting riffs on the memoir format, The Man Who Could Move Clouds is a journey into family history and (possibly real) magic from award-winning author Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Fruit of the Drunken Tree). She was born into a lineage of Columbian fortune-tellers and healers, and Contreras’ life takes an odd left turn when a head injury prompts a bout of amnesia—and apparent access to hereditary magical powers known as the secrets.
This short story collection from debut author Morgan Talty comes heralded by ecstatic reviews and that mysterious publishing industry phenomenon known as buzz. Talty’s 12 tales, subtly interconnected, take place in and around a Penobscot Native American community in Maine. Early reviewers are comparing the collection to similar linked story series by Ernest Hemingway and Sherwood Anderson. That’s pretty good company.
Author Isaac Fitzgerald has lived an interesting life. Actually, he’s lived about a dozen interesting lives—biker, bartender, and smuggler, to name three. He’s written about tattoos for grown-ups and pirates for kids, which is actually a good indicator of the range of themes offered up in his highly anticipated memoir. Dirtbag, Massachusetts explores trauma and violence along with self-forgiveness and grace. Oh, and smuggling medical supplies into Burma.
Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!
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Jul 01, 2022 02:03AM
Lisa Jewell’s ‘The Family Remains ‘ is out this month. Looking forward to Megan Miranda’s as well.
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Some pretty good looking options this month. Crouch and Tremblay are already in my cart 🛒
One of this month;s choices I definetly want to read is The Daughter of Dr. Moreau. I have just finished Mexican Gothic and have read gthe H.G. Wells novel at least twice.
This is the month of releases that I've been waiting for. 😍😍🥰
While I didn’t enjoy Megan Miranda’s last book, I have high hopes of her redeeming herself with The Last To Vanish.
Nothing here that grabs me, except maybe The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II...but I have two nonfictions in this vein already on my shelves. I'm often tempted with historical fiction to skip to the author's note and just find out what really happened.Does anyone else feel relived to only have one or two newly published books a month to read? My tbr is close to 200 and always seems to grow a little faster than it shrinks, unless I mercilessly delete anything I'm not super excited to read.
Looking forward to reading "The Big Dark Sky" by Dean Koontz, coming out on July 19.
Looking forward to Julie Garwood's latest book, due out in July.
Suggestion for the people who do these newsletters...you should note the genre of the books under author and before description, such as historical fiction, sci-fi, romance etc
Looking forward to Paul Tremblay and T. Kingfisher books. I've read both authors before and they are very good.
Also looking forward to Our Wives Under the Sea; Mary: An Awakening of Terror ; A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Other notable July releases: Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey
Gods of Want, K-Ming Chang
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
Self-portrait With Ghost, Meng Jin
Really excited to read the latest Blake Crouch book, Upgrade! Became a fan of his after reading Dark Matter
Crying in the Bathroom by Erika Sanchez came out this month too. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Kim wrote: "Other notable July releases: Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey
Gods of Want, K-Ming Chang
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
Self-portrait With Ghost, Meng Jin"
Kim, thanks for the additional mentions. I am especially interested in
, that one sounds really good.
Someone needs to spell check the blurb for the COLOMBIAN author and her memoir. It’s 2022 and people are still confusing ColUMbian with CoLOMbian? Get it together!
how is no one talking about the daughter of dr. moreau’s cover 😍
I just recently read It Girl by Ruth Ware. It had me hooked from the first few pages. I also have Megan Miranda’s new book that I can’t wait to read!
Definitely The Librarian Spy!!
B…. My TBR is about 1000 books long and seeing as though lately I only read one book per week… I think I’m going to need a few more lives!!
