It is time once again, gentle reader, for Goodreads’ annual Big Books of Summer collection, in which we scout out your fellow readers' most anticipated new titles of the sunny reading season.
As always, books are sorted by genre and largely determined by you, the loyal Goodreads regular. Selections are based on early reviews and which titles are ending up on members’
Want to Read shelves. Each of the books below will be published (in the U.S.) between now and the end of August. Titles are listed in chronological order within each genre header, with the earlier publication dates up top.
There’s just sooo much goodness coming down the river. New contemporary and historical fiction from
Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
Jodi Picoult, and
Kate Quinn. New mysteries from
Lucy Foley,
Wanda M. Morris, and
Riley Sager. On the SFF front, we’ve found some compelling story hooks for the summer reading season:
Veronica Roth on Slavic witchcraft in Chicago. Legendary assassins and undead antiheroes from
P. Djèlí Clark. And an experimental choose-your-own-adventure from
Peng Shepherd.
What else? New scary stories from
Stephen Graham Jones and
Paul Tremblay (plus a highly disturbing eyeball thing from debut author
Monika Kim). New romance featuring
Regency-era matchmakers,
bisexual exes, and
weird rich people. And a particularly good batch of YA novels, including the latest from
Tomi Adeyemi. Finally, in the nonfiction aisle:
female archaeologists, Upper East Side
nanny stories, and the
history of hip-hop from
Questlove.
Click through the options below, add any interesting leads to your
Want to Read shelf, and let us know what you're reading and recommending in the comments.