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What is it about a new book release that gets my heart pumping?
I may have a to-read list as tall as a mountain and a bookshelf already overflowing with books, but I still simply can’t resist upcoming book releases.
Instead of fighting my desire to read all the new books out, I’m embracing my penchant for finding the next great book.
If you love new book releases as much as I do, enjoy this list of all the upcoming book releases that have caught my eye. This upcoming book releases list is constantly updating, so be sure to come back and check again soon.
Every month, I update this list, removing books already published and adding upcoming book releases that catch my eye. Don’t worry, if you are looking for books published earlier this year, I’ve still got you covered.
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May 2021 Upcoming Book Releases
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Science Fiction
May 4, 2021
A lone astronaut wakes up with memory loss, not realizing that he is humanity’s lone hope for survival to prevent an extinction-level event. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Premonition by Michael Lewis
Nonfiction
May 4, 2021
Michael Lewis details the roots of the current coronavirus pandemic as a race against visionaries and medical authorities. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan
Nonfiction
May 4, 2021
In March 1944, Emeline and Adeline Martel must decide whether they want to follow the hated Nazis or wait for the Soviets to conquer Ukraine and live under Stalin’s rule. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Contemporary Fiction
May 4, 2021
A suburban mom struggling to understand her dissatisfaction happens to befriend a successful single businesswoman – a friendship that turns out to not be as accidental as she thought. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Historical Fiction
May 4, 2021
A fictionalized account of the life of Evangelina Cisneros, an imprisoned revolutionary who became the rallying cry for Americans after William Hearst as “the most beautiful girl in Cuba.” Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
Fantasy
May 4, 2021
In the small town at the edge of the sea, Corayne an-Amarat discovers she is the last of an ancient line and unites with unlikely companions to save the realm. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Historical Fiction
May 4, 2021
The story of a female aviator who attempts to circumnavigate the world and the actress cast, a century later, to portray her disappearance in Antarctica. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
China by Edward Rutherfurd
Historical Fiction
May 11, 2021
Rutherfurd’s new historical saga takes on China, starting at the start of the opium war in 1839 and going all the way through Mao’s Cultural Revolution and modern-day China. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Mystery & Thriller
May 11, 2021
A down-on-his-luck professor steals the plot of a novel from a deceased former student and enjoys success until threatening messages begin to appear. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Young Adult Fiction
May 18, 2021
The Princess Diaries meets Crazy Rich Asians. A Japanese-American teenager discovers she is the daughter of the Crown Prince of Japan. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Romance
May 18, 2021
Number-crunching single mom Jess tries a new DNA-based matchmaking service and is paired with the service’s founder, a man she detests. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein
Nonfiction
May 18, 2021
An exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to control both noise and cognitive bias. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley
Contemporary Fiction
May 25, 2021
A podcaster stumbles on the story of a lifetime – a island where the entire town pretends they can see a grieving widow’s dead husband. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
June 2021 Upcoming Book Releases
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Historical Fiction
June 1, 2021
In 1983, four famous siblings throw an epic summer party at their Malibu mansion that will change their life forever as their secrets come out. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
Memoir
June 1, 2021
A memoir about growing up a poor Black girl with an incarcerated father and the path to truly understand and overcome our origins. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Romance
June 1, 2021
Cynical August doesn’t believe life will ever change until she develops a crush on a girl from her subway commute … who happens to live in the 1970s. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Contemporary Fiction
June 1, 2021
A dying 17-year-old girl befriends a dying 83-year-old woman at the terminal ward at a Glasgow hospital and they both decide to make the most of the time they have left. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Mystery & Thriller
June 1, 2021
The only Black woman at a publishing company is excited to have another Black coworker until she begins to receive threatening messages. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Historical Fiction
June 1, 2021
Four years after her sister and her diplomat husband vanished from London, a woman must pose as the wife of a counterintelligence agent to retrieve them from behind the Iron Curtain. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi
Historical Fiction
June 1, 2021
At the beginning of the war in Iraq, an American Muslim teenage girl and her family must navigate identity, friendship, love, and heartache. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
Mystery & Thriller
June 8, 2021
While auditioning for Hollywood roles, a British actress makes a new friend, only to swear it’s a different woman the next time they meet. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Mystery & Thriller
June 15, 2021
A troubled group therapist risks everything to prove that a Greek Tragedy professor and his secret society of female students are guilty of murder. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
Historical Fiction
June 22, 2021
Sequel to The Henna Artist. A decade later, Lakshmi sends her protege Malik to intern at the Jaipur palace where he becomes embroiled in a scandal after a cinema’s balcony collapses. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Mystery & Thriller
June 29, 2021
While sharing a ride home to Ohio with a stranger from her college rideshare board, a woman begins to suspect that the driver might be a serial killer. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Husbands by Chandler Baker
Mystery & Thriller
June 29, 2021
When a successful lawyer moves into an exclusive suburban neighborhood, she finds a group of high-powered women with extremely supportive husbands all with a secret they are willing to kill over. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
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July 2021 Upcoming Book Releases
Such A Quiet Place by Megan Miranda
Mystery & Thriller
July 6, 2021
A year and a half after the murder of the Truett family, the idyllic town of Hallow’s Edge is shocked when the woman they all testified against is back after her conviction is overturned. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine
Mystery & Thriller
July 6, 2021
A woman with no memory of her past worries about her approaching wedding while a man searches for his wife who mysteriously vanished. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
Historical Fiction
July 6, 2021
A woman teaches wilderness survival skills to a group of Jews trying to hide in the German woods during World War II when her past comes back to haunt her. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Therapist by B. A. Paris
Mystery & Thriller
July 13, 2021
When a couple moves into a gated community, the wife becomes obsessed with figuring out what happened to the therapist who used to live in her house. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Love People, Use Things by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
Nonfiction
July 13, 2021
How might your life be better with less? Go beyond decluttering to talk about our relationships with self-care, money, values, creativity, and those around us. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
Historical Fiction
July 13, 2021
In 1929 rural Punjab, three brides married three brothers in a single ceremony, and one tries to figure out which brother is her husband. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
Horror
July 20, 2021
Although haunted by their traumatic childhoods, Nathan and Maddie still move back to their hometown when strange things begin happening to their son. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Historical Fantasy
July 20, 2021
A bold queer reimagining of the rise of the Ming Dynasty. In 1345, a girl takes on her brother’s identity to support the rebellion against the Mongols. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
Mystery & Thriller
July 20, 2021
The teacher of the year at an elite private school will do anything to be left alone by pesky parents so he can help his students succeed. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Not a Happy Family by Shari lapena
Mystery & Thriller
July 27, 2021
When a wealthy couple is murdered the night after having dinner with their grown children, their children are devastated. Or are they? Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
August 2021 Upcoming Book Releases
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Contemporary Fiction
August 3, 2021
Two sisters from Alaska travel to the Scottish highlands to reintroduce gray wolves. When a farmer dies, they will do whatever it takes to protect the pack. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao
Young Adult Fiction
August 3, 2021
When their former best friend dies, three girls at an elite prep school find themselves the prime suspects, implicated by an anonymous social media user who knows all their secrets. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Where the Truth Lies by Anna Bailey
Mystery & Thriller
August 3, 2021
A teenage girl in an insular Colorado town where everyone has something to hide searches for the truth behind the disappearance of her best friend. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
Contemporary Fiction
August 3, 2021
After a car accident, a woman reunites with her large Irish family in New York and confronts painful mistakes from the past that still threaten the family. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Romance
August 3, 2021
In an effort to keep her engaged sister Camilla away from the attentions of a wealthy CEO, Anna Sun decides to seduce him instead. But Quan Diep isn’t quite what Anna was expecting, and her false intentions (and her OCD) might ruin her chances of true love. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
Young Adult
August 3, 2021
Offered a full-ride scholarship to an elite prep school in Connecticut with his best friend, a teenage boy from a small Appalachian town struggles to decide whether he can leave his grandparents. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Family Plot by Megan Collins
Mystery & Thriller
August 17, 2021
When their father dies, a family obsessed with true crime finds a body already in his grave, uncovering shocking family secrets. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Historical Fiction
August 17, 2021
In 1970s Mexico City, a woman craving adventure and romance investigates her neighbor’s disappearance where she meets an eccentric thug who longs for a better life. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
A Slow Burning Fire by Paula Hawkins
Mystery & Thriller
August 31, 2021
When a young man is murdered on a London houseboat, police investigate three women: his one-night stand, his grieving aunt, and his nosy neighbor. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
September 2021 Upcoming Book Releases
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Mystery & Thriller
September 7, 2021
A young teenage mother disappears one night in an English suburb. Two years later, a woman finds a note attached to a tree saying, “Dig Here.” Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Mystery & Thriller
September 7, 2021
On their tenth anniversary, a couple wins a trip to Scotland for a weekend that will make or break their marriage. But someone is lying and someone doesn’t want them to have happily ever after. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Contemporary Fiction
September 7, 2021
The ups and downs of four young adults – a novelist and a warehouse worker traveling and a girl flirting with a childhood friend after a breakup. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Historical Fiction
September 14, 2021
In 1960s Harlem, Ray Carney has a reputation as an upstanding used furniture salesman and a side gig fencing items for the underworld of Harlem. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Contemporary Fiction
September 14, 2021
When a retired couple allows a stranger into their lives, the wife goes missing and their grown children wonder if their father might have done it. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Fantasy
September 21, 2021
When the reaper comes to collect Wallace Price after his death and send him to the Afterlife, he falls in love with the ferryman and refuses to move on. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Hill We Climb And Other Poems by Amanda Gorman
Poetry
September 21, 2021
A collection of poems from the youngest inaugural poet in United States History which includes the inaugural poem from President Biden’s inauguration. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Literary Fiction
September 28, 2021
From the siege of Constantinople in 1435 to present-day Idaho and the interstellar future, Doerr tells of four youth tied to an ancient text. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
More Books Publishing in 2021
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Historical Fiction
October 5, 2021
In 1954, a young man recently released from a work farm plans to take his little brother West, but two friends from the work farm have other plans. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis
Romance
October 5, 2021
A surprise blizzard traps Noelle and Sam together for eight perfect hours. They part thinking they’ll never meet again, except fate has other plans. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger
Mystery & Thriller
October 5, 2021
After being ghosted by a guy she met on a dating app, a woman begins to obsessively look for answers to his identity. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Three Sisters by Heather Morris
Historical Fiction
October 5, 2021
Based on a true story of three Slovakian sisters who survived Auschwitz and moved to Israel hoping to find freedom. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Literary Fiction
October 5, 2021
In 1971, a family is at a crossroads as the parents contemplate divorce and each family member craves freedom that is threatened by the others. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
Mystery & Thriller
October 12, 2021
After a series of terrorist attacks, a novice Secretary of State under the administration of her rival must unravel a deadly global conspiracy. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Mystery & Thriller
October 26, 2021
A father and daughter living in isolation in the remote Appalachian mountains are forced to face the consequence of past decisions. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
What upcoming book releases are you most excited to read?
