The following books listed are upcoming releases for the month! These are the ones that caught my eye, and I am so excited to share them. They are not ranked by number but displayed randomly. Can't wait for them to come out, happy reading!
1. The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is releasing July 28, 2026.
Synopsis:
All games must come to an end. In this series-shattering conclusion, everyone is a player, long-held secrets are unveiled, precious threads are unraveled, and impossible mysteries are solved. In the grandest of games, there is so much to win--money, love, power, revenge--but there is also everything to lose.
Publisher Website: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jennifer-lynn-barnes/the-gilded-blade/9780316593083/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers
Synopsis:
I was fifteen when I became a murderer.
After a hack gone tragically wrong, a teen girl is given an ultimatum: accept a harsh prison sentence or leave her old life behind and use her talents in the service of a shady government agency.
Three years later, the newly-named Augusta Pine has become a skilled wraith, one of the Identity Security Division’s secret operatives. She has no home, no family, and her only friends are her coolly professional handler and a snarky AI spybot. So when she is sent to Portland for an assignment, she seizes the chance to catch a glimpse of her beloved grandmother and rents the apartment next door.
What begins as nostalgic stalking turns into a fight for survival when a group of cyberterrorists hacks the building and imprisons the residents. Augusta doesn’t know exactly what they want, but she does know they are ready to murder for it. With her quick wits, tech savvy – and help from an intriguing fellow hostage – Augusta must race against the clock to stay one step ahead of the killers.
Publisher Website: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250410528/augustapinedoesnotexist/
3. The Bad Boyfriend Curse by Farah Heron is releasing July 7, 2026.
Synopsis:
Meera Noorani has spent her whole life playing it safe.
Raised by her single mom, she’s had to—especially in love. After all, it has been proven, generation after generation, that all Noorani women are cursed to have partners who ruin their lives.
And though she tried her best to avoid it, Meera’s fate comes a-calling, and within the span of a week, she’s broken up with, arrested, and then shipped to small-town Canada, where she’ll be completing her community service under the watchful eye of her mom and her new stepdad.
Meera’s spent her whole life being good, and this is the thanks she gets?
If she can pose a threat to Mom’s perfect new life, though, maybe she can get back to the city. And there’s no better way to do that than date one of her fellow teen delinquents. Noah has got the piercings, tattoos, and rumors to prove that he’s the town’s most infamous bad boy…but when the bad boy isn't actually bad, what’s a girl meant to do?
Publisher Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Bad-Boyfriend-Curse/Farah-Heron/9781665957601
4. Rootbound by Margaret Owen is releasing July 28, 2026.
Synopsis:
Rapunzel knows nothing about her neighboring kingdom, Astera – and not just because she only left her tower a month ago. The famously reclusive island has limited its contact with outsiders for decades. So when a suspicious invitation arrives welcoming Rapunzel to the Asteran princess’s coming of age ceremony, and offering her a chance to be useful for the first time since she lost her healing powers, Rapunzel accepts – and unwittingly plunges herself and her companion, Eugene, into a tangled knot of political intrigue and magical secrets.
Eugene is just happy to get one last adventure with Rapunzel before his criminal background catches up with him and prevents their happy ending. Yet as they’re drawn further into the country’s problems, they uncover truths about Eugene’s parentage that point to deeper unrest in Astera, and suddenly the fate of their own kingdom, not just their personal dreams, is at stake.
Thrust into a power struggle between Astera’s beloved princess, Verette, its domineering king, Enver, and a mysterious secret society, Rapunzel and Eugene race to protect their home from an unsettlingly familiar threat and discover that the past can either hold them back, or help them blossom.
Publisher Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/823567/rootbound-a-tangled-novel-by-margaret-owen/
5. The Mortal Enemy Murder Club by Gloria Chao is releasing July 28, 2026.
Synopsis:
Kathryn Hu is not getting into the business of solving murders. Yes, she and her friends Olivia and Elle figured out who killed their cheating ex-boyfriend. But now Kat can get back to her usual, murder-free existence.
Then she gets an unexpected plea for help. Mandy Thorne has ruined countless lives through her revenge podcast. She also did her best to frame the girls. Now, she claims, someone is trying to kill her. And the girls are the only ones who can save her.
But can the trio and Mandy put aside their mutual contempt long enough to prevent a murder and solve this case? Can they become…the Mortal Enemy Murder Club?
Publisher Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mortal-enemy-murder-club-gloria-chao?variant=44270251245602
6. How to Kill a Crime Writer by Sarah Lotz is releasing July 21, 2026.
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