This month has a few witches and a lot of mysteries/thriller vibes. For someone who loves true crime, you would think I would read more mystery/thrillers in my day to day reading… maybe this is my call to do so; when most of my books are hitting that genre. Some published authors have some new titles, including Holly Jackson with her first novel for adults, and a couple of debut releases.
July 1, 2025
This is said to be “Clap When You Land” meets “Monday’s Not Coming”. Told between two timelines, 2024 and 2006 as one teen searches for her biological mother and the other copes with giving up her baby.
This Book Might Be About Zinnia
By: Brittney Morris
After a student is killed in the fire that consumed the high school, five teens hold a piece of the truth as to what happened to Eden.
By: Marieke Nijkamp
July 15, 2025
A historical fiction with a witch on a journey to find a book of unspeakable powers before it can land in the hands of Nazis.
By: Morgan Ryan
A cozy fantasy romance about a witch who was turned into a wooden statue after breaking the law, but yet one day wakes in the dead of winter on a nearly-deserted island. She meets the gardener who maintains the greenhouses, but finds out the greenhouses magic keeping them alive is failing and she must help. (also there’s a cat with wings on the cover and I’m a sucker for cats on covers)
By: Sarah Beth Durst
July 22, 2025
Three Jewish sisters navigate dating, ambition, and young womanhood in their Brooklyn community as they seek to find their place within not only their neighborhood, but with themselves.
By: Ester Chehebar
In seven days Jet Mason will be dead from a brain aneurysm brought on by a violent attack. As her condition deteriorates, she only has her best friend Billy for help but she is determined to solve her own murder.
By: Holly Jackson
July 29, 2025
First off – this was marketing for fans of “Under the Whispering Door” by TJ Klune and we all know I love him… but this one is about a lighthouse for the dead of Chicago to go to, reckon with their lives, and then step on the boat to go beyond. One day, the lighthouse starts flickering and a living person has found her way onto the boat after she followed a song. Nera, the daughter of the ferryman, tries to help Charlie find the person she lost.
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World
By: J.R. Dawson
A collection of witty, imaginative stories that blend humor and reflections on everyday life’s absurdities.
An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories
By: Ed Park
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