New Book Releases – June 2024 Edition

The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim, Kuri Huang (Illustrator)

Fantasy

Expected release: June 4, 2024 by Hodderscape

They’ll do anything to outsmart each other. Anything, except fall in love. In this delightful Korean contemporary fantasy, a fallen trickster god must pair up with a coffee-slinging, shapeshifting fox to track down a demon of darkness before it devours the mortal world. 

Check this one out on Goodreads.

The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman

Mystery

Expected release: June 4, 2024 by Minotaur Books

The Last Note of Warning is the third in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery series by Katharine Schellman, set in 1920s New York.

Learn more on Goodreads.

Swift River by Essie J. Chambers

Historical Fiction

Expected release: June 4, 2024 by Simon & Schuster

It’s the summer of 1987 in Swift River, and Diamond Newberry is learning how to drive. A story of first friendships, family secrets, and finding the courage to let go, Swift River is a sensational debut about how history shapes us and heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent. Check this one out on Goodreads.

The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers by Zeke Hernandez 

Non-Fiction

Expected release: June 4, 2024 by St. Martin’s Press

Destined to become the go-to book on one of the most important issues of our time, this book turns fear into hope by proving a simple truth: immigrants are essential for economically prosperous and socially vibrant nations. Learn more on Goodreads.

Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

Fantasy

Expected release: June 4, 2024 by Saga Press

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse’s Between Earth and Sky trilogy.

Read about the series and the final installment on Goodreads. Ariel’s review is already live. 🙂

The Legendary Mo Seto by  A.Y. Chan

Fantasy

Expected release: June 4, 2024 by Aladdin

A fast-paced, high-kicking debut that’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Stand Up, Yumi Chung as a young taekwondo artist uses an ancient book to help save her dreams—and her father. Read more on Goodreads.

There Is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cashore

Mystery

Expected release: June 11, 2024 by Dutton Books for Young Readers

A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling Realm novels. A coming of age story from the pandemic years. Learn more on Goodreads.

The Pair Widow by Kimberly Belle

Mystery

Expected release: June 11, 2024 by Park Row

A dream vacation turns deadly when secrets from the past catch up to a married couple in Paris in this new edge-of-your-seat thriller from USA Today bestselling author, Kimberly Belle. Check this one out on Goodreads.

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

SciFi

Expected release: June 11, 2024 by Flatiron Books

Save one world. Doom her own.

From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-colonial space heist to save an alien civilization.

Get more details on Goodreads.

The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao

Fantasy

Expected release: June 18, 2024 by Titan Books

In this dazzling sequel to the The Surviving Sky, Ahilya and Iravan risk everything—their lives, their culture, and their fragile marriage—in pursuit of the earth-shattering truth about their existence. Check this one out on Goodreads.

All our tomorrows by Catherine Bybee

Contemporary Romance

Expected release: June 18, 2024 by Montlake

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes the story of a reluctant billionaire who takes on his father’s empire, its dark secrets, and a fiery assistant he can’t get out of his head. Find out more on Goodreads.

Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin

Historical Fantasy

Expected release: June 18, 2024 by St. Martin’s Press

When a series of cabaret dancers are targeted―the attacker stealing their faces―Jingwen, our protagonist who is a showgirl herself, fears she could be next. And as the faces of the dancers start appearing on wealthy foreign socialites, she realizes Shanghai’s glittering mirage of carefree luxury comes at a terrible price. Check this one out on Goodreads.

The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant 

Mystery

Expected release: June 18, 2024 by Minotaur Books

In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her life years ago when the friend who introduced them goes missing. Find out more on Goodreads.

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Horror

Expected release: June 18, 2024 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Lively—about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit. Read more on Goodreads.

Echo of Worlds by M.R. Carey

Science Fiction

Expected release: June 25, 2024 by Orbit

Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominion by international bestselling M.R. Carey. A thrilling adventure set in the multiverse, it tells of humanity’s expansion across millions of dimensions, and the AI technology that might see it all come to an end… Check this one out on Goodreads.

We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim

Fantasy

Expected release: June 25, 2024 by Nancy Paulsen Books

Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the horror is not the monsters you face but the ones you create. Check this one out on Goodreads.

The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O’Keefe

Science Fiction

Expected release: June 25, 2024 by Orbit

Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O’Keefe. Check this one out on Goodreads.