Upcoming July 2025 Book Releases to Look Forward to

These are June's upcoming releases that caught my eye. I haven't had too much time to read but I found these to add to my TBR. They are not ranked but displayed randomly. Can't wait for them to come out, happy reading!

1. Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is releasing July 29, 2025.

Synopsis:

Seven players arrived on Hawthorne Island, each with their own secrets and motivations to win the Grandest Game. Millions are at stake, but so are hearts—and lives. The players now must race to win the game, solve myriad mysteries, and survive the twists and turns of Glorious Rivals. 

Publisher Website: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jennifer-lynn-barnes/glorious-rivals/9781668648834/  

2. Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson is releasing July 22, 2025.

Synopsis:

In seven days Jet Mason will be dead.

Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she’s still waiting for her life to begin. She’ll do it later, she always says. She has time.

Until, on the night of Halloween, Jet is violently attacked by an unseen intruder.

She suffers a catastrophic brain injury. The doctor is certain that within a week, she’ll suffer a deadly aneurysm.

Jet never thought of herself as having enemies. But now she looks at everyone in a new her family, her ex-best friend turned sister-in-law, her former boyfriend.

She only has seven days, and as her condition deteriorates she has only her childhood friend Billy for help. But nevertheless, she’s absolutely determined to finally finish

Jet is going to solve her own murder.

Publisher Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777389/not-quite-dead-yet-by-holly-jackson/  

3. Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olson was released July 1, 2025.

Synopsis:

Lola St. James is the world’s best kept secret. When her father’s loss in the Liar’s Dice Tournament–a high-stakes competition where players are forced to gamble with their deepest secrets–made her a target, she was rescued by the Thief, the notorious leader of the Tentacles. But the Thief’s kindness came with a Lola’s heart. In the years that followed, she and the Thief formed a bond like no other, able to feel each other’s emotions because of their shared heart.

Now, living under the pseudonym Astra, she is determined to prove herself and become a full-fledged Tentacle. But when a critical heist goes sideways, the only way forward is for Lola to compete in the Liar’s Dice Tournament herself. Lola is confident in her ability to pull off any heist, but the Thief's mysterious brother, the Liar, runs the game and he turns out to be more than she bargained for. As her attraction for him grows and illusions run wild, she will be forced to confront the secrets of her past, the truth of the brothers’ shared history, and the lies she tells herself.

Publisher Website: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250329721/denofliars/  

4. After We Burned by Marieke Nijkamp was released July 1, 2025.

Synopsis:

A terrible accident. A horrible loss. A regrettable tragedy. That's all anyone in Fenix can talk about when a fire consumes the local high school, taking the life of a student. The town mourns, except who really knew―let alone cared about―Eden when she was alive? And why was she in the building that night?

Five teens each hold a piece of the truth about what happened. They also have their own secrets, secrets they will fight to protect with the same fury as the blaze that killed Eden. But silence is meant to be broken, and this story can't be extinguished…