July 2025 Book Releases
I am so excited about the July 2025 book releases and I cannot wait to get my hands on these books. Believe it or not, July is a huge month for thrillers and mysteries and I am seeing an amazing new trend in interactive books in these genres!
This month, there are some fantastic picks from fiction and romance. I am seeing a trend in very unique book plots, and as someone who reads a lot, this is really exciting! I also have a list of June 2025 book releases by genre and spring 2025 book releases by date!
Most Anticipated July 2025 Book Releases
Most Anticipated Fiction
The Art of Vanishing- Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
Most Anticipated Historical Fiction
Etiquette for Lovers and Killers – Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
Most Anticipated Fantasy/ Sci-Fi
The Peculiar Gift of July – Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
Most Anticipated Thriller
Everyone is Lying to You – Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
Most Anticipated Mystery
The Game is Murder – Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
Most Anticipated Romance
Maid for Each Other – Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
Most Anticipated Non-fiction
The Chancellor’s Mansion – Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
Most Anticipated YA
Codebreaker – Click here to read the synopsis and see more of the July 2025 book releases
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July 2025 Fiction Book Releases
Plot
Claire is a museum employee who discovers she can step through the frames of the paintings and into other lives and eras. Jean Matisse has been watching Clare from inside his frame and the two are inexplicably drawn to each other. Soon the two fall in love and must find a way to defy reality and find happiness.
Under the Stars: A Novel
Author: Beatriz Willaims
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: July 29
More info: Bestselling Author of Husbands & Lovers
Plot
I cannot wait to read this dual-timeline book that follows three women’s stories in New England. Meredith Fisher was once a famous movie star who needs to return to her home in New England to sober up. Her daughter, Audrey Fisher, has made a life for herself as a chef but agrees to go to the family home with her mom. When Audrey discovers an old trunk filled with paintings from a great American artist, they wonder how these winded up in their cellar.
In 1846, Providence Dare fled Boston on the steamship Atlantic. When the ship hits a storm and is rendered helpless, Providence must find a way to escape the boat- especially since a detective is onboard and he is investigating the suspicious death of her employer, the painter Henry Irving.
Rush Week: A Scandalous Novel
Author: Michelle Brandon
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: July 22, 2025
More info: A Scandalous Novel of Sorority Sisters, Dark Secrets, and Unforgettable Drama Inspired by the #BamaRushTok
Plot
This is a juicy drama that I cannot wait to get my hands on! Four sorority sisters find themselves back at the University of Alabama five years after they graduated. The “spill book”, where they wrote confessions that were supposed to be buried forever in a time capsule, has been stolen and someone is threatening to expose everything. This pick from the July 2025 book releases is a must-read for me!
Darling Beasts
Author: Michelle Gable
Genre: Spectulative Fiction
Release Date: July 14, 2025
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author of The Beautiful People
Plot
This pick from the July 2025 book releases looks like the perfect pick for our list of Best Family Drama Books. Gabby, Talia, and Ozzie Gunn are heirs to a media empire that is in shambles. To restore the family name, their father decides to run for senate and needs them all to move to California for the campaign. To complicate things, Gabby has Portum Bestiae Syndrome- a condition where exotic animals appear. When family secrets come to light, the stage is set for some chaos!
Beautiful Nights: A Novel
Author: Nina George
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: July 29, 2025
More info: New York Times Bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop
Plot
When a professor begins an affair with her son’s girlfriend, nothing will be the same again. Claire is a behavioral biologist who feels trapped in her life. She allows her son Nico to bring his new girlfriend with them on their annual trip to the Brittany coast. The woman have a secret, they have met before…
These Summer Storms
Author: Sarah Maclean
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: July 8, 2025
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author
Plot
Alice Storm has not come home to her family’s private Island since she wanted a life outside of the Storm family. But when her father dies unexpectedly, she returns home to find that he had other plans. He had created an inheritance game- complete tasks to win the inheritance- and it will require a week on the island. Secrets will be revealed and the family will either come together or split for good.
July 2025 Historical Fiction Book Releases
Etiquette for Lovers and KillersÂ
Author: Anna Fitgerald Healy
Genre: Historical Mystery
Release Date: July 1, 2025
More info: A Beyond the Bookends Most Anticipated July 2025 Book Release
Plot
This novel is a historical fiction set in the 60s, a mystery and a romance all tied up into one book! And it’s set in Maine as well. You know that Kirsten and I could not resist this book! When Gertrude is found dead and Billie McCadie is one of the last to see her alive, her boring life of yachts and cocktails becomes much more interesting. Everyone is hiding secrets and bodies are piling up quicker than the Jell-O salad can set.
Our Last Vineyard Summer
Author: Brooke Lea Foster
Genre: Historical Fiction
Release Date: July 1, 2025
More info: Dual Timeline 1965 ad 1978
Plot
Betsy Whiting is finishing her first year of graduate school when her mother calls her and her sisters back to Martha’s Vineyard for the summer. Betsy had hoped to spend the summer with her boyfriend but after her Senator father died, they need to sell the summer home. This is a dual timeline narrative that follows two generations of women along with their loves and losses.
July 2025 Fantasy/ Sci-fi Books
The Peculiar Gift of July: A Novel
Author: Ashley Ream
Genre: Magical Realism
Release Date: July 1, 2025
Plot
Anita Odom is a grocer on Edey’s End, a small town that can only be reached by ferry. When 14-year-old July shows up on her doorstep, she takes in the recently orphaned child from an estranged cousin. While Anita is sure that this is a terrible idea, July seems to know exactly what people need. Soon, the gifts (a slice of pie or a magazine) start changing people’s lives in small but good ways. The people in Ebey’s end will have to learn to open their hearts.
The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
Author: Brigitte Knightley
Genre: Romantasy
Release Date: July 8, 2025
More info: Dearly Beloathed Book #1
Plot
There is a little bit of everything in this slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance novel from the July 2025 book releases. Aureinne is a healer trying to cure an outbreak of Pox, but with no money for an immunization program. Osric is an assassin who is ill and needs Aureinne’s help- even if she is part of an enemy faction. When he bribes her to help hi, she knows that money can be used to help the kids. She is not prepared to feel attracted to him!
The Enchanted Greenhouse
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: July 15, 2025
More info: Deluxe Edition, Book 2 of 2 of The Spell Shop
Plot
This is a standalone fantasy in The Spell Shop world. Terlu cast a spell and created a sentient plant and was punished by being turned into a wooden statue put in a library. But Terlu wakes up on an island of hundreds of magical greenhouses. There is a human on the island and the magic there is saying. Terlu must find a way to save the island if she wants to find happiness and love.
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Author: Sangu Madanna
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: July 16, 2025
More info: Bestselling Author of Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Plot
Sera Swan was one of the most powerful witches in Britain until her Guild exiled her for resurrecting her great-aunt Jasmine. Now she is reluctantly helping Jasmine run an inn. When she finds a spell that will help restore her powers, she will need help. Luke Larson, a magical historical, is just the person to help her.
Thrillers for July 2025
Everyone is Lying to You
Author: Jo Piazza
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: July 15, 2025
More info: Bestselling Author of The Sicilian Inheritance
Plot
A #tradwife murder mystery from the amazing Jo Piazza? Yes, please!!! Lizzie and Bex were best friends until Bex disappeared after college graduation. Now, fifteen years later, Bex has transformed into a “traditional” wife and influencer with millions of followers, a husband named Grey, and five children. When Bex calls Lizzie to invite her to do and exclusive interview, it will transform her career as a struggling magazine writer. But when Grey is found murdered and Bex goes missing, Lizzie finds herself in a world of swingers and backstabbing. She will have to learn to navigate through to save her friend.
Plot
This novel is a locked-room mystery where everyone has a motive and not everyone will make it out alive. It is Sophie Matthews’s sixteenth birthday party in a huge, renovated, once-haunted mansion. The black-tie affair should be a night to remember. It will be but for a different reason. This pick from the July 2025 book releases looks like a must-read.
Plot
This is another pick from the July 2025 book releases set in Maine. Alison was the heir to Maine’s largest construction company when she was found dead in Pleasant Pond. Now, Rachel investigates the murder with her journalism crew, but cannot stop thinking about their complicated relationship and the things she said to Alison the night before she died.
The Woman in Suite 11
Author: Ruth Ware
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: July 8
More info: Follow up to the New York Times Bestseller The Woman in Cabin 10
Plot
Lo Blacklock is invited to the grand opening of a luxury hotel in Switzerland owned by a reclusive billionaire, Marcus Leidmann. She is hoping to get an interview with him to revive her journalism career. When she arrives at his hotel room, she is greeted by a woman who says she is Marcus’s mistress and her life is in danger. Soon Lo finds herself traveling across Europe while trying to save this woman’s wife. But can she be trusted and what is she willing to sacrifice?
You Belong Here
Author: Megan Miranda
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: July 29, 2025
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author of The Last House Guest (a Reese Book Club Pick)
Plot
Beckett Bowrey is determined never to return to her hometown of Wyatt Valley, Virginia because of a tragedy in her senior year of College. After two local men were found dead, her roommate went on the run and has not been seen since. When Beckett’s daughter, Delilah secretly applies to Wyatt College and receives a full scholarship, Beckett fears for her daughter’s safety.
This Stays Between Us
Author: Sara Ochs
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: July 15, 2025
More info: Dual Timeline
Plot
Ten years ago, Pheobe went missing on a study abroad program to Australia with her best friend Claire. Now, Pheobe’s body has been found and while everyone in the group has secrets, Claire has the most to lose. She must make sure that nobody discovers she killed her best friend.
Mysteries for July 2025
The Game is Murder
Author: Hazell Ward
Genre: Mystery
Release Date: July 29, 2025
More info: Immersive murder mystery
Plot
I cannot wait to get my hands on this book and I am determined to solve the case! The reader is put into the role of Great Detective. We must solve the case from the evidence and witness testimony. I cannot think of anything more delightful!!!
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Author: Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Genre: Mystery
Release Date: July 29, 2025
More info: Debut Mystery
Plot
Savvy Summers opened her restaurant, Essie’s, she hoped it would be a south-side Chicago favorite. When Grady Jaspers dies while eating her sweet potato pie, she is now in the press for all the wrong reasons. Can she solve the murder and find out who killed Grady before her business is ruined?
Plot
Rich, obnoxious, socialite moms of Manhattan meet their match when a new mom joins their clique and bad things start happening. This pick from the July 2025 book releases spans one school year in a New York City private school.
Romance: July 2025 Book Releases
Maid for Each Other
Author: Lynn Painter
Genre: Romance
Release Date: July 15, 2025
More info: New York Times Bestselling author of Happily Never After
Plot
I cannot wait to read this fake-dating romance novel. Abi is a cleaner who is forced to evacuate her house due to an infestation and cannot afford a hotel. She knows that the owner of a penthouse she cleans is out of town and decides to stay at his house. It is all going fine until his parents come to the apartment and think she is Declan’s girlfriend. He decides to make a proposition- pretend they are together to get his parents off his back and he will pay for all her living expenses during the arrangement. What is the worst that could happen?
Overruled
Author: Lana Ferguson
Genre: Romance
Release Date: July 1, 2025
More info: USA Today bestselling author of The Game Changer
Plot
Danica Pierce is a divorce attorney who has a shot at making partner with her current case. The only problem is that she has been sleeping with the enemy. Ezra Hart has agreed to keep things purely physical with Danica but he wants more.
Let’s Make a Scene
Author: Laura Wood
Genre: Romance
Release Date: July 1
More info: Companion Novel to Under Your Spell
Plot
Cynthia and Jack launched their careers with a movie that became a cult classic. Thirteen years later the studio wants them to make a sequel. The problem? They cannot stand each other and their relationship during the first movie was a PR stunt. Now, in order to make the sequel, they have to rekindle the fake relationship with a film crew following them around! What if they cannot distinguish between real and fake?
Plot
Tansy Perkins is a librarian and single mom. When a hurricane damages her library, she has to set up a temporary branch in the county botanical gardens. Jack Reid is the assistant director and a grouchy on a regular day, but when librarians take over his space, he is even more of a curmudgeon. Jack and Tansy need to work together on the spring festival and soon sparks fly. This pick from the July 2025 book releases looks like the perfect pick for my list of Grumpy Sunshine Trope Books
The Spirit of Love
Author: Lauren Kate
Genre: Romance
Release Date: July 1
More info: New York Times Bestselling author
Plot
This looks like a totally unique, time-slip romance and I cannot wait to read it! One man is split into two versions of himself. Sam is young and carefree and gives Fenny one amazing night together; and Jude, an older, jaded man who has just replaced Fenny as the director on the TV show she has written for the last ten years. If Sam and Jude are the same man, can Fenny help put them back together?
Totally and Completely Fine: A Novel
Author: Elissa Sussman
Genre: Romance
Release Date: July 8, 2025
More info: Dual Timeline narrative
Plot
Lauren Parker is a widowed single mother with a very famous brother. When she meets Ben Walsh, a very good-looking actor, on the set of her brother’s movie, sparks fly. But navigating a relationship with a famous actor in a small town with a daughter is complicated. The story alternates between Laura’s life in the present and in the past with Spencer. I cannot wait to read this pick from the July 2025 book releases
July 2025: Best Non-Fiction Book Releases
The Chancellor’s Mansion: A Renovation of Family, Home, History, and Mystery
Author: Jamie Arty
Genre: Nonfiction
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Plot
This is the fantastic true story of William Townsend McCoun’s mansion built in Oyster Bay, Long Island. When Jamie and Frantz Arty bought the empty property, they decided to restore it to its former glory at the height of the pandemic. They made some amazing discoveries about the house’s history and it seems like a fascinating pick from the July 2025 book releases.
Plot
This is the amazing true story of the CIA’s program to smuggle books through the Iron Curtain to help win the Cold War. This is a book that is truly about the importance of literature and the written word. I could not agree more!
Best YA July 2025 Book Releases
Codebreaker
Author: Jay Martel
Genre: YA thriller
Release Date: July 22, 2025
More info: Interactive
Plot
This is another interactive thriller book. Do I sense a new trend in publishing? Mia Hayes’s life is turned upside-down when her father becomes a fugitive. Now, Mia is in a race to find the clues her father has left to stay ahead of the government and save the country.
Glorious Rivals
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Genre: YA Mystery
Release Date: July 29, 2025
More info: The Grandest Game, 2
Plot
Seven players all want to win the Grandest game. Millions of dollars will go to the winner, but there is so much on the line for them all. I cannot wait to read this pick from the July 2025 book releases. The last book left me on a cliff- hanging!
Plot
This pick from the July 2025 book releases is inspired by Norse mythology and I cannot wait to read it. Charlie is a junior trying to survive school when a classmate goes missing. Soon, she is drawn into a world of secrets and mythical beings. When Elias comes to the school she is intruiged and drawn to his secrets.
Plot
Six student at Blackwood Academy are competing in a once-a-decade competition. The school is located on the edge of the afterlife and the winner can choose to become the magical elite or cross to the other side. There can only be one victor and all the students have something to hide and their reasons to win.
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Expert Tip
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What are the most anticipated July 2025 Book Releases?
There are so many books that Kirsten and I cannot wait to read. These are a few:
1. Everyone is lying to you by Jo Piazza
2. The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager
3. The Peculiar Gift of July by Ashely Ream
4. The Game is Murder by Hazell Ward
5. Maid for Each Other by Lynn Painter
Epilogue
Which July 2025 book releases are you most looking forward to reading?
