11 NEW Books You'll Want to Read This Summer!

If you like to read, then you are going to want to put these upcoming books on your to-read list. They all come out this summer (June, July, August), and they all sound amazing! Let me know which of the books on this list you're going to read first!

Everything/Nothing/Someone by Alice Carriere (August 5, 2023)

In this memoir, Carriere writes of her unconventional upbringing in New York's Greenwich Village, her estrangement and reunion with her father, her mother's stories of sexual abuse, and Carriere's own dissociative disorder. 

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris (July 4, 2023)

Inspired by the story of a friend, librarian Shelton Harris wrote a novel about a woman recovering from a sexual assault. Eight years ago, Sara left Savannah for Maine in an attempt to flee her assault's aftermath. But with her father dying, Sara must return home. Can she protect her daughter, the result of the attack, from the family of the man who assaulted her? And what happens when her world collides with the twin brother of her attacker, who has also just returned to Savannah?

The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James (July 25, 2023)

This historical fiction novel takes you to 1960s Italy, where an American actress and single mother travels for her "big break". Except the movie she's set to star in gets canceled, and Silvia must seek out her Italian aunt to help her out. Silvia soon lands a starring role in a horror movie, but the horrors become real when her aunt goes missing.

The Favor by Adele Griffin (June 13, 2023)

In Griffin's latest novel, Nora owns a dress shop and really wants a baby, but so far, infertility treatments have not been successful. Then Evelyn Eliot walks into the store. Rich and willing to be Nora's surrogate, Evelyn's decision ends up testing the women's friendship.

Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie (June 20, 2023)

Recommended by author Alice Mc?, Holding Pattern is a novel about mothers and daughters. When Kathleen returns home to her childhood bedroom in Oakland, California, she expects to find her single mother just as she'd left her: depressed. Instead, her mother has reinvented herself and is remarrying! Helping her mother plan a wedding forces mother and daughter to understand their history so that they can move forward.

Women of the Post by Joshunda Sanders (July 18, 2023)

This historical fiction novel, based on true events, tells the story of the all-Black Battalion of the Women's Army Corps who sorted over one million pieces of mail for the U.S. Army. Judy is tired of cleaning white women's houses, so she joins the WAC along with other women who soon become fast friends. The women are then transferred to England, the only unit of Black women to serve overseas in World War II. Through their work, they are reuniting soldiers with loved ones, but not all pieces of mail are good, as Judy soon finds out.

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay (July 4, 2023)

After being fired from her housekeeper position, Mrs. King gathers a group of friends to take revenge. The plan? Rob the home called Mayfair during its highly anticipated costume ball. But it's not just the money that Mrs. King is after - it's the truth.

Almost Brown by Charlotte Gill (June 6, 2023)

In Gill's memoir, she retraces her family's dysfunctional, biracial, globe-trotting journey from London to Canada to the United States. What does it mean to pursue life, liberty, and happiness - and why did this dream eventually tear apart her family? The memoir is an exploration of living life between two races, as well as how relationships with our parents change as we grow older.

Save What's Left by Elizabeth Castellano (June 27, 2023)

In Save What's Left, Kathleen's husband tells her he no longer loves her. So what does she do? Moves to a small beach town in search of peace. However, beach life is not what she has pictured. Her neighbor is cantankerous, her other neighbors are building a monstrosity of a holiday home, and the town council isn't answering Kathleen's emails. The more Kathleen gets involved in the town politics, the more she realizes that this new life might be just what she needs.

California Golden by Melanie Benjamin (August 8, 2023)

It's Southern California in the 1960s and sisters Mindy and Ginger cut school to spend time surfing. It's not much different than what their mother does - she's emotionally absent at home and physically absent whenever she goes to the beach. As the sisters grow up, their lives take different paths, however, they will always be connected by their unorthodox childhood.

A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales (June 27, 2023)

Fans of Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Bridgerton, and Knives Out will enjoy this story of a young lady who takes on the role of detective to discover why a wealthy man dropped dead at a ball. Beatrice is obsessed with true crime - the strict code of being a lady, not so much. However, she's willing to put all that aside for her family and try to win Edmund Croaksworth heart. Until he drops dead. And now Beatrice must solve the case and follow her heart.