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  • Brea and Mallory pick their most anticipated books for June and July. Plus, they discuss books they love that aren’t in their wheelhouses. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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    Stagtown by Punko

    Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese

    Book Lovers by Emily Henry

    Long Division by Kiese Laymon

    June

    The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
    Coming back for one last job, art heist in space

    Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
    Literary, Maine, family, small town secrets

    One Star Romance by Laura Hankin
    Romance, enemies to lovers, publishing, academia

    Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood -
    Romance, women in STEM, business, secret affair

    Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope
    Historical fantasy, gods and myths, woman on a journey, ancient magic

    Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
    Literary, romance, astronomy, friendship, mystery, science

    Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
    Queer sci fi romance, be gay do space crimes

    Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekha A. Afzal
    YA fantasy, dance magic, desert setting, dancer assassins, adventure

    Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
    Sequel to Middlegame

    The Pecan Children by Quinn Connor
    Small town horror, Southern US setting, sisters, folklore

    We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed
    Sequel to The Annual Migration of Clouds

    The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao
    Book 2 of The Rages Trilogy

    The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan
    Literary, elderly widow reviving a community and her heart

    Moonbound by Robin Sloan
    Sci fi and fantasy, AI narrator, magic, journey

    The Girl Who Kept the Castle by Ryan Graudin
    Middle grade fantasy, dragons, magic castles, cat character, magic competition

    Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
    Sci fi, reincarnation, friendship, time stuff

    The Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
    Historical fantasy, train trip, magic, monsters, friends

    Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima
    Short stories, speculative fiction, strange

    Darkness and Demon Song by M.R. Founet
    Middle grade horror, monsters, forbidden spells, moms, Southern US setting

    Please Stop Trying to Leave by Alana Saab
    Literary, surreal, lesbian, mental illness, healing

    Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez
    Literary, queer, coming of age, immigrant story, mother relationship

    Hot Summer by Elle Everheart
    Lesbian romance, reality show, comedy

    The Lion’s Den by Iris Mwanza
    Historical queer legal thriller

    Six of Sorrow by Amanda Lismeir
    Queer YA horror, small town, friendships, Yellowjackets comp

    Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher
    Queer sci fi, space, AI, woman on a journey

    A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
    Trans historical romance on the British seaside

    Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet by Molly Morris
    Queer literary fiction, ghosts, resurrection, friendship, California

    All Friends are Necessary by Tomas Moniz
    Queer literary fiction, queer community, found family, Washington

    Director’s Cut by Carlyn Greenwald
    Lesbian romance, Hollywood, academia, rivals to lovers

    The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza
    Gay luchadores!!!!!, family, Mexico City, Los Angeles, 1980s, literary

    Make It Count by Cece Telfer
    Trans sports memoir, running, Olympics

    Cicada Summer by Erica McKeen
    Literary, queerd (queer + weird) fiction, book about a book, grief

    The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
    Historical fiction, queer lady pirate

    But How Are You Really by Ella Dawson
    Romance, disaster bisexuals, found family

    Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
    Queer poly romance, cocktail bars, NYC

    We Could Be Heroes by Philip Ellis
    Gay romance, Hollywood, drag, acting

    The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan
    Gay historical fiction, 1950s Hollywood, LA, NYC, Las Vegas

    Blessings by Chukwebuka Ibeh
    Literary fiction, gay, new adult, coming of age, Nigeria

    youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
    Horror, satire, NYC, beauty industry

    The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monica Kim
    Horror, female serial killer

    I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNichol
    Memoir, female pursuit of pleasure

    Traveling by Ann Powers
    Joni Mitchell biography

    Swimming Pretty by Vicki Valosik
    History of women and swimming

    Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Abike Iyimide and Adiba Jaigirdar
    Romance, ex-best friends to lover, holiday celebration

    Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
    Romance, bird book

    Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen
    Romance, fat protagonist, funny

    How to Age Disgracefully by Claire Pooley
    Senior romance, funny, community

    The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night by Lauren Farnsworth
    Romance, London, friendship, trivia

    A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd
    Historical romance, Romeo and Juliet reimagining

    Swift River by Essie Chambers
    Literary, new adult, 1980s, New England, family saga, mother and daughter, family secrets

    Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Peason
    Literary, murder, college campus, urban legends, debut

    Bear by Julia Philips
    Literary, sisters, family, mysterious creature in the woods

    Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
    Literary, family drama

    Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
    Horror, multiple timelines, surreal, filmmaking

    Once Upon a Fever by Angharad Walker
    YA sci fi thriller, world where emotions are thought to cause disease

    Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
    YA thriller, murder, debut

    Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
    Thriller, debut, sister’s disappearance, social media, dark corners of the internet

    The Unwedding by Ally Condie
    Thriller, White Lotus meets Agatha Christie

    One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon
    Thriller, Get Out meets The Stepford Wives

    What Fire Brings by Rachel Howzell Hall
    Thriller, writer searching for missing friend, Los Angeles

    The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
    Thriller, locked room murder mystery, luxury resort

    Death in the Air by Ram Murali
    Mystery, debut, locked room, Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians

    That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk
    Locked room mystery in a library, college, dark academia

    Icon and Inferno by Marie Lu
    YA mystery romance, secret agents

    Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
    Horror, family, motherhood

    Moral Injuries by Christie Watson
    Psychological thriller, friendships, medicine, revenge

    Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
    Debut thriller, serial killer

    July

    I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
    Horror, slasher, 1980s, Texas

    The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani
    Queer thriller, Kill Bill meets Thelma and Louise

    The Ghost Keeper by Johanna Taylor
    Queer YA graphic novel, gothic horror romance, ghosts

    Exes and Foes by Amanda Woody
    YA queer romance, competition

    So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky
    Queer YA horror, witches, female rage

    No Road Home by John Fram
    Queer thriller, Texas, family secrets

    Queen B by Juno Dawson
    Next in Her Majesty’s Royal Coven

    You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky
    Gay romance, mixology, Pennsylvania

    Nicked by M.T. Anderson
    Debut, queer historical fantasy, medieval heist

    Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam Sass
    YA gay romance, vineyard summer job, rose festival

    Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna
    Queer literary fiction, London, new adult, sexy, funny

    A Rose by Any Other Name by Mary McMyne
    Queer fantasy, Shakespeare retelling, occult romance

    Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
    Queer sci fi, bio tech, nano-tech, meaning of life

    Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
    Queer horror, Hollywood

    Misrecognition by Madison Newbound
    Queer new adult literary fiction, funny, debut, sexuality

    Portrait of a Shadow by Meriam Metoui
    YA horror romance, mystery, family secrets

    Our Wicked Histories by Amy Goldsmith
    YA horror, Ireland, estranged friends, creepy house

    The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kolawole
    Literary, hotel, man on a journey, class, immigration

    House of Shades by Lianne Dillsworth
    Historical fiction, Victorian London, female doctor, secrets

    The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton
    Historical fantasy, romance, magic, birds, rom com, competition, England

    The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames
    Historical thriller, Italy, 1960s, village full of secrets, romance

    The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston
    Historical fantasy, Victorian England, ghosts, library

    A Lethal Lady by Nekesa Afria
    Historical mystery, Paria, perfume, murder

    The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux by M.J. Robotham
    Historical fiction, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo readalike

    My Lady’s Secrets by Katy Moran
    Historical fiction, regency England, spies, romance

    Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
    Historical fantasy, Persephone retelling, court intrigue

    Teddy by Emily Dunlay
    Debut historical fiction, Mad Men meets Lessons in Chemistry

    They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar
    Literary fiction, epic family saga, family and identity

    Liars by Sarah Manguso
    Literary fiction, motherhood, marriage, art

    Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal
    Literary fiction, heart warming, island in the South Atlantic, funny, quirky, community

    The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
    Literary fiction, NYC, teacher, a woman unraveling

    Let Me Liberate You by Andie Davis
    Literary fiction, satire about activism and privilege

    Tell It to Me Singing by Tita Ramirez
    Literary fiction, Cuban American family drama, debut, secrets, twisty

    Smothermoss by Alisa Alering
    Literary, 1980s, Appalachia, sisters, monsters, weird fiction

    Mysterious Setting by Kazushige Abe, translated by Michael Emmerich
    Japanese novella, funny and dark, sibling competition

    The Losts Souls of Benzaiten by Kelly Murashige
    YA sci fi, Japanese mythology, mental health, robot vacuum cleaner

    In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran
    Epic fantasy novella, visions, priestesses, cosmic war

    A Certain Kind of Starlight by Heather Webber
    Fantasy, magic, small town, friendship

    The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill
    Epic contemporary fantasy, Texas, magic, monsters, friendship

    The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken
    Sequel to Silver in the Bone

    My Mother Cursed My Name by Anamely Salgado Reyes
    Magical realism, generational trauma, grief, family saga

    One Year Ago in Spain by Evelyn Skye
    Magical realism romance, second chance romance, ghosts and souls

    Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
    Found family space opera romance

    Daughters of Chaos by Jen Fawkes
    Queer historical fantasy, Civil War era Nashville, female rage, powers, cult

    The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
    Romantasy, magical world, disappearances

    The Melancholy of Untold History by Minsoo Kang
    East-Asian inspired fantasy saga, gods and myths

    The Second Son by Adrienne Tooley
    Sequel

    Grief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer Yu
    Spec fic YA, death and afterlife

    The Book of Elsewhere by China Mieville and Keanu Reeves
    Genre bendy spec fic

    Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh
    Romantasy, family secrets, telepaths

    All This and More by Peng Shepard
    Choose your own adventure fantasy

    The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons
    High fantasy, heist with dragons

    Quickly, While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carson
    Spec fic short stories

    The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miya Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee
    Cozy Korean fantasy

    The Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour
    Sci fi, invisible protagonist

    Illustrated Girl by Josephine Angelin
    YA cozy fantasy

    Women in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen Shepard
    Feminist Egyptology history

    Meet the Neighbors by Brandon Keim
    Science of animal intelligence

    Jewel Me Twice by Charish Reid
    Steamy heist romance, second chances, Europe trip

    The Widow on Dwyer Court by Lisa Kusel
    Sexy psychological thriller, writer protagonist

    Body Check by Elle Kennedy
    Spicy hockey rom-com

    Just Playing House by Farah Heron
    Romance, forced proximity, second chances, celebrity romance

    Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman
    Thriller, inheritance with a cost, mansion in the British Virgin Islands

    The Woman in the Garden by Jill Johnson
    Botanical poison murder mystery, plants, London

    Bright Objects by Ruby Todd
    Thriller, debut, astronomy, romance, murder, a comet

    The Astrology House by Carinn Jade
    Thriller, astrology, debut, wealthy retreat, secrets

    The Bang Bang Sisters by Rio Youers
    Thriller, all girl vigilante rock band

    The Wilds by Sarah Pearse
    Chilling thriller, vanish twin, Portuguese national park, mysterious map

    It’s Elementary by Elise Bryant
    Mystery romance, missing principal, elementary school politics

    The Hollywood Assistant by May Cobb
    Thriller, Hollywood, murder, famous family and their secrets

    Summer’s End by Juneau Black
    Next Shady Hollow book

    Docile by Hyesseung Song
    Memoir about being a daughter of Korean immigrants, mental illness, subverting model minority myth

    Dateable by Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp
    Guide to dating for disabled people

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    The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

    Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber

    Blind Sight by Peter Watts

    Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

    Gods Monsters and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

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    Sociopath by Patric Gagne

    The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu

    As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem

    My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

    Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

    Heating and Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly

    Ugly Girls by Lindsay Hunter

    Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

    Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

    Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

    We Spread by Iain Reid

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    Green Valley by Louis Greenberg

    Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi

    The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George

    City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

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    Fangs by Sarah Andersen

    The Hunter by Tana French

    River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

    Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

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    Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister

    Mirror Lake by Juneau Black

    Lone Women by Victor LaValle

    The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

    Starter Villain by John Scalzi

    The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

    American Gods by Neil Gaiman

    The Cartographers by Peng Shepard

    Book Lovers by Emily Henry

    Ruby Spencer’s Whisky Year by Rochelle Billow

    Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Guide for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto

    The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

    Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

    The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

    Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

    The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

    Pageboy by Elliot Page

    Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by Seamas O’Reilly

    Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus

    Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller

    The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

    Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

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    Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto

    The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

    Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot

    The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill

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    Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz

    A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

    Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

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    Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

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    Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

    Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

    The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James

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    I Can See Your Lies by Izzy Lee

    The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

    Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

    On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

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    Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

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    House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

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    Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

    That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming

    The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

    Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

    The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan

    The Deep by Nick Cutter

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    Mary by Nat Cassidy

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    Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

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    Edenville by Sam Rebelein

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    Homesick by Nino Cipri

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    An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

    Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

    Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey and Pius Bak

    Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

    The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

    The Merry Dredgers by Jeremy C. Shipp

    The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

    Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz

    The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

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    Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

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    Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

    Against Technoableism by Ashley Shew

    Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

    Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater


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    A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall


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    My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2 by Emil Ferris