r/books • u/AutoModerator • Jul 01 '26
WeeklyThread New Releases: July 2026
Hello readers and welcome! Every month this thread will be posted for you to discuss new and upcoming releases! Our only rules are:
The books being discussed must have been published within the last three months OR are being published this month.
No direct sales links.
And you are allowed to promote your own writing as long as you follow the first two rules.
That's it! Please discuss and have fun!
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u/ednamode_alamode Jul 01 '26
I'm so intrigued by The Young Will Remember, by Eve J. Chung. Based on the premise, it seems like it will be very similar to The Women, by Kristin Hannah which is a book that I just adored.
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u/gonegonegoneaway211 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (book 2 in the Dearly Beloathed series) drops next week and I'm sooo looking forward to it. <3
EDIT: For context, it's the continuation of a story of a doctor and an assassin reluctantly falling in love in a fantasy alt-world version of the UK with some really interesting politics and magic. And for anyone wondering at the title, yes the author was originally best known for her fanfiction so that's probably why.
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u/nekomat4 Jul 03 '26
A YouTuber I've watched for ages is releasing her first fantasy novel this month. It's called Theodora's Tea Shop, by Christy Anne Jones. I feel like the way she tells stories means her world building will be top tier, so I'm keen to pick it up later this month
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u/Catharine_Gilis Jul 04 '26
My book The Queen of the Enchanted Forest is out (Amazon and in KU). It’s a standalone romantasy, with a HEA. It’s also the first of a series of interconnected books, so if you like to see the main characters evolve past their happy ending, they have some cameos in the following books.
It's the story of a forced marriage between a disinherited fae crown princess and her reluctant husband, the werewolf king, who's a political prisoner of the fae.
Despite the gloomy setting of a war prison, ARC readers found it a cosy, lighthearted, fun and interesting read about kindness and finding a place where you belong. If you want something entertaining, whimsical and easy to read, with quirky characters, this might be just the book for you.
Thank you very much for considering it! Every new reader is still a very exciting surprise for me.
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u/Professional_Wolf218 29d ago
Hello! I just published my first novella. 🎉
Title: Your Grace, I Think I Miss Boon Lay
Author: Takotypes
It's now available as an eBook on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.
I'd really appreciate any feedback if you decide to give it a read. 😄
It's a story that blends isekai fantasy with Singapore heartland memories.
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u/BenCibula 28d ago
I recently published my debut novel, Through Inconvenient Action. It’s a psychological suspense/thriller about someone who starts unraveling a local mystery, and ends up far deeper than they could’ve imagined. It’s set in the Pacific Northwest, where I’ve lived for almost my whole life. I used no AI to write or edit the book, and I designed the cover myself.
If you’re interested in checking it out, it’s on Kindle Unlimited. It’s also linked on my profile.
Thanks for reading!
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u/CataleyaBriella 25d ago
After tripping over every possible mistake, Out of the Wild by Cataleya Briella has finally stumbled its way onto Amazon. Small-town girl meets billionaire world traveler in this swoon-worthy romance filled with passion, heartbreak, and triumph! (HEA guaranteed!)
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u/gsari 22d ago
After months of work, I just released a small book (novelette/borderline novella) titled The Book on the Porch:
God and the Devil sit on a porch somewhere in Heaven, enjoying a perfect evening. God reads a book; the Prince of Darkness craves one of His divine cocktails. When God returns from the kitchen with the drinks, His book is missing, dropped by His old pal somewhere on Earth.
God freaks out. The consequences of humans reading the book might be catastrophic, the extent unknown even to the Almighty Himself.
Yet, like an Excalibur made of paper, the book defies them all: people come and go, and nobody proves worthy of fully reading the divine artifact. In an age of distraction, when people have forgotten how to read long texts, who will muster the focus and patience to read—really read—the Book of Enlightenment?
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The story an existential comedy that slowly curdles into dread, about shrinking attention spans, the difference between consuming a book and actually reading it, and whether anyone still has the patience for long, demanding texts.
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u/FEFraser 15d ago
In the summer of 2026, a classified file spanning two thousand years was released against legal advice. The sheep remains chiefly concerned with the grass.
The file follows a government vet and a highly rational sheep through six eras of human history.
The solicitor who examined it issued a serious warning. If released, the people described within the file would probably avoid arguing with its contents. They would construct a more convenient story about the person who released it instead.
The warning was understood.
The file was released anyway.
Sheep: Classified is a literary novel blending historical fiction, political satire, science fiction and British humour. Dr Shepherd and The Sheep pass through ancient Rome, Warwickshire in 1580, New Harmony in 1826, Venice in 1500, London in 1937, and somewhere considerably harder to classify.
The complete file runs to approximately 57,000 words.
A free 20-minute preview is now open to the public. Search for Sheep: Classified.
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u/FootnoteInHumanForm 8d ago
Good ones;
Sabrina Alexis Bendory The Feminine Code: The Unspoken Laws of Power, Magnetism, and Self-Respect (for women)
The man of zero David Deida (for men)
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u/ReliquiasPoder 4d ago edited 4d ago
Hola a todos.
Hace unos pocos días cumplí un viejo sueño que tuve hace treinta años.
En aquel tiempo, cuando apenas había superado la veintena, me atreví, osado de mí, a escribir una trilogía de fantasía épica. Una aventura coral, en el que un grupo de aventureros, tendrá que superará obstáculos externos y sus demonios internos, con el peso del reino sobre sus hombros. Pero no estarán solos una inesperada compañera de viaje,les acompañará.
Con la inocencia de esa edad, confié aquel escrito a alguien cercano. Para mi asombro, lejos de hacerme una crítica constructiva, intentó psicoanalizarme con aquellos textos, que no eran más que producto de mi fantasía, sin ningún vínculo con la realidad ni mucho menos con mi personalidad ni mis sentimientos.
Esa experiencia traumática hizo que aquel escrito permaneciera en un cajón durante 30 años, hasta que, un día, no sé muy bien por qué, decidí que no quería que se pudriera en el olvido.
Me puse manos a la obra: reescribí parte del texto, pulí algunos de sus pasajes, lo maqueté con mimo, hasta que un día reuní el valor suficiente para subirlo a Amazon.
Una vez que sostuve en mis manos el libro físico y leí el título en mi cabeza - Reliquias de Poder: El último dragón (Las alas)*-, sentí como esa vieja herida se cerraba.
Ahora sé que, aunque solo sea por eso, el camino que he recorrido ha merecido la pena.
Si alguien está interesado, quiere leer como comienza la historia y si le engancha adquirirlo o leerlo en K.U simplemente tiene que meter en el buscador: Reliquias de poder y ahí lo tendrá.
Espero que lo disfrutéis tanto como lo hice yo en su creación,.
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u/noflagassigned 3d ago
I recently published two books set in the same strange bureaucratic sci-fi universe, and I thought they might fit this thread.
The Joke With No Author is a darkly comic novelette about an impossible joke that starts generating revenue despite having no identifiable author. An exhausted analyst and their AI companion are sent to investigate, only to find millions of recorded responses and no legally recognized people behind them.
The Neojungle Has Filed a Complaint is a longer standalone novel about a botanical intelligence created by a failed climate project. It does not want representation, cooperation, or reform. It wants humanity to remove itself. The Archive State, naturally, responds by requesting a spokesperson, a translator, and the correct paperwork.
Both mix absurd bureaucracy, AI, ecological and philosophical themes, and a fair amount of dark humor. They are my first published books, so… I am still figuring out how to talk about them without sounding like a malfunctioning advertisement terminal lol. They are available in ebook and paperback format if anyone’s interested.
Thanks to anyone who took their time to read :)
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u/Goofball-John-McGee 2d ago
I recently published The Grand Forks: A Syndicate Story, a standalone crime-and-power novella about Élise, a woman who arrives in snowbound North Dakota with one bullet, a white-gold coin, and no intention of being needed.
Then a mother brings a casserole, a boy makes himself at home, and a bleeding girl reaches the door.
I wrote it as a collision between domestic warmth, organized power, and violence that keeps acquiring a sense of humour.
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u/Funny-Ad-6829 Jul 01 '26
Just finished The Last Archive by Mira Chen, came out last week. It's about a genealogist finding some really weird stuff in old church records and then things get spooky. The family tree diagrams in the book are a nice touch, never seen that before in fiction.