The long, lazy days of summer are here. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. These nine women's fiction novels depict summertime stories that range from comic to tragic and everything in between.
Women's Fiction Writers AssociationJuly 22, 2026
It’s July and no matter where you live, it is definitely hot out. If you’re tired of poolside or beach reading, take a break indoors to cool off with some great books publishing this month. We’re sure you’ll find something here to love, whether you’re in the mood to read…
Stephanie ElliotJuly 22, 2026
Daniel Postel-Vinay is a devout Francophile who frequently visits France with her French husband. Murder Most Delicious is both a cozy mystery and love letter to beautiful Paris, the City of Light. American sommelier Olivia Beech, rolling suitcase in tow, has flown to the French capital from New York and…
Linda HitchcockJuly 22, 2026
Your spouse survives the accident. Everyone tells you how lucky you are. They're right. But the person who comes home isn't quite the person who left. Their memory is fractured. Their personality has shifted. Conversations that once flowed effortlessly now require patience. They may not remember the moments that shaped…
Dan UseltonJuly 22, 2026
Jack Martin Haley's Allegory is a work long in the making, rooted in stories heard more than sixty years ago in the villages of the Yukon Flats, and given the shape they always deserved. The result is a book about dignity, decline and the human hunger for redemption. At the…
BookTribJuly 15, 2026
There are thrillers that ask you to race through the pages, adrenaline pumping through your veins, and there are thrillers that invite you to look twice at every clue, every conversation and every seemingly insignificant detail because it all matters. Day of Wrath by Otho Eskin belongs primarily in the…
BookTribJuly 14, 2026
Girl begins to hate job. Girl quits job. Girl goes to college for the experience and degree she never had. Girl matches wits with professor. Girl and professor… might… like… each other? Though this is an extremely simplified summary of Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon, if you’re interested in forbidden…
Krysti OstermeyerJuly 14, 2026
Innton Tagger grabbed a beloved classic and completely remixed it in his own voice to create My Hip-Hop Wiz. This is a culturally rich reinvention of The Wizard of Oz that trades yellow brick roads for hustle, heart and hip-hop. From the opening pages, the book announces exactly what it…
BookTribJuly 13, 2026
Corey E. King's novel, Marek of the Mists: The Sword of the Moon Maiden, is a fantasy novel featuring a hooded swordsman, a fog-bound coastal kingdom, a tyrant in a lightning-crowned tower and a hero who doesn't yet know how much of the story is about him.
BookTribJuly 10, 2026
Grief does not always behave like an ending. Sometimes it acts more like a ride that refuses to stop: the same drops and turns, the same sickening return to the place where everything irrevocably changed. In the latest entry to his “Life and Living” series, Roller Coasters: The Life Kind,…
BookTribJuly 6, 2026
Alessandra Ranelli has written a most unusual locked-room mystery that succeeds in titillating and amusing the reader and possibly even enticing confirmed armchair travelers to book a flight for an exploration of old Vienna, although perhaps booking a more conventional hotel.
Linda HitchcockJuly 6, 2026
In 1954, the New York Times ran an article called "Couple Finds Life in Alaska Varied." In it they wrote, “As in the country of which it is a territory, ‘living in Alaska is what you make it,’ according to one young couple here.” That sentiment is still true today and…
Lisa RoeJuly 1, 2026
Andrew Forrester has made a fine impression with his debut novel, How the Story Goes, a charming, upbeat literary romance set in the small fictional town of Whelk Harbor, Massachusetts.
Linda HitchcockJuly 1, 2026
These Kindred Hearts: 17 Tales of Love and Magic is an absolutely delightful new anthology of short stories that span the tropes of the young adult romantasy genre.
Kiersten BjorkJune 30, 2026
The Shampoo Effect delivers exactly the kind of warm, breezy atmosphere that makes you want to pack a bag and head for the coast.
Pejuola RansomeJune 30, 2026