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June 2026 Most Anticipated New Book Releases

Contemporary & Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Romance | Thrillers & Mysteries | Horror & Gothic Fiction | Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Magical Realism | Short Stories & Essays | Biography & Memoir | Nonfiction

Contemporary & Literary Fiction

Alan Opts Out

Courtney Mann

In this timely and comedic take on ambition, consumerism, and the sticker price of privilege, an ad exec who bombs the biggest pitch of his career decides to forgo capitalism and live off the land of his suburban Connecticut home. Perfect for readers of Rufi Thorpe and Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

Publication date: June 2

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Girl’s Girl

Sonia Feldman

A hypnotic debut about the pivotal summer that shatters the delicate balance between three best friends. Bold, vulnerable, and sharply observant, Girl’s Girl is a sundrenched and dewy snapshot of modern girl culture set in the blaze of one suburban Midwest summer.

Publication date: June 2

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Land

Maggie O’Farrell

The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. A novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonization and rebellion. 

Publication date: June 2

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Mad Eden

Morgan Thomas

From a pathbreaking writer, a thrilling, form-bending novel about a trans healthcare worker whose carefully built life is suddenly imperiled. With colossal heart and preternatural skill, Morgan Thomas crafts a deliciously destabilizing debut novel that challenges us to confront and reinvent questions of language, sex, prejudice, identity, and the shifting scales of morality. 

Publication date: June 2

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Whistler

Ann Patchett

The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.

Publication date: June 2

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Contrapposto

Dave Eggers

A sweeping novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art from Dave Eggers, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle, A Hologram for the King, and The Eyes & the Impossible.

Publication date: June 9

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Rasputin Swims the Potomac

Ben Fountain

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk comes a biting satire of American politics and a searingly intelligent novel about the cruel absurdities of contemporary life, centering on a world champion professional wrestler with presidential ambitions.

Publication date: June 9

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Villa Coco

Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills.

Publication date: June 9

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As If

Isabel Waidner

A wily, propulsive, and unusually wise novel about what happens when we fall out of our roles and attempt to make new ones: a tale of thwarted expectation, renewed ambition, and the possibility of escape. It is the story of two men, or maybe one: a love story and a ghost story both.

Publication date: June 16

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Agnes Lives!

Hallie Elizabeth Newton

A day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class.

Publication date: June 23

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Retro

Jessica M. Goldstein

An out-of-work actress gets a job as a tour guide for an ultra-luxury time travel company—only to discover her trips to the past could upend her present—in this rollicking, speculative debut novel.

Publication date: June 23

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The Shampoo Effect

Jenny Jackson

An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. A frothy novel of love, money, sex, and friendship, from the New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street.

Publication date: June 30

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The Top of the World

Ethan Joelle

An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. A frothy novel of love, money, sex, and friendship, from the New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street.

Publication date: June 30

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Historical Fiction

Lovers XXX

Allie Rowbottom

Set against the neon-lit porn world of 1980s Los Angeles, a raw and evocative portrait of sex, friendship, and the perilous edge of liberation for two young women—from the author of Aesthetica.

Publication date: June 2

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What Came West

Josh Weil

A gripping tale of murder and pursuit set against the shifting Sierra Nevada during the Gold Rush, where ambition, violence, and destiny collide.

Publication date: June 2

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Children of the Wild

Kevin Powers

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Yellow Birds comes a gorgeous, haunting love story set in the Virginia mountains and on the battlefields of World War I France.

Publication date: June 9

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Daughters of the Sun and Moon

Lisa See

From beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles.

Publication date: June 9

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The Last Human Bear

Greg Sarris

An epic story of curses, love, hard-won independence, and healing—and the first novel in 28 years by a widely acclaimed Native writer.

Publication date: June 16

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Romance

The Open Era

Edward Schmit

The first openly gay man to compete in a Grand Slam tennis tournament is thrown off his game by his flirty rival, who is probably straight… unless?

Publication date: June 2

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Puck

Samantha Allen

In this A Midsummer Night’s Dream-inspired romcom, Puck is a reality show producer and agent of chaos with a talent for bringing people together . . . and tearing them apart.

Publication date: June 2

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They All Fall in Love at the End

Haili Blassingame

Cat St. Clair is ready for her messy love triangle era now that she’s in an open relationship. But she didn’t foresee a forbidden love triangle with the only two people who are off-limits: her boyfriend’s best friend and his girlfriend. Being a twenty-something writer who lives for plot, she falls for them anyway, with deliciously disastrous consequences, in this electric literary debut for fans of Xochitl Gonzalez, Coco Mellors, Lily King, and Raven Leilani.

Publication date: June 2

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The Missed Connection

Tia Williams

New York Times bestselling author Tia Williams returns with an intensely romantic, deliciously sexy tale about a woman searching for her handsome seatmate on a European flight—and the unexpected places her hunt for love leads her.

Publication date: June 9

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The Summer Girlfriend

Kristina Forest

A fake summer fling between a stand-in girlfriend and a handsome business heir becomes way too real in this glittering new romance by USA Today bestselling author Kristina Forest.

Publication date: June 9

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Leave and Come Back

Lavanya Lakshmi

For the first time, Simran Gopal is living out her own swoon-worthy romance to rival the beloved Bollywood films of her childhood… until she receives her cousin’s wedding invitation. Now, Simran finds herself returning to the family home she’s been avoiding for the last seven years to take part in a 2-week long Indian wedding.

Publication date: June 16

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Romantic Hero

Kirsty Greenwood

A heartbroken romance novelist is forced to address her writer’s block when the villainous cowboy character from her books shows up in the real world, desperately in need of his own Happily Ever After. . . from the bestselling author of GMA book club pick The Love of My Afterlife.

Publication date: June 16

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The Someday Garden

Ashley Poston

The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside, in the next magical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Sounds Like Love and The Seven Year Slip.

Publication date: June 16

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Tropesick

Lauren Okie

In this lush, slow-burning romance, two childhood neighbors, connected by a shared tragedy, unexpectedly reunite to ghostwrite a love story for a reclusive author. Spending the summer at her secluded Hamptons estate, they soon discover that dozens of classic romance tropes, including the ones they’re crafting on page, are mysteriously playing out in real life.

Publication date: June 16

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Scandal of the Summer

Alexandra Vasti

A desperate debutante meets a ragtag smuggler in this sexy Regency romp by USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Vasti.

Publication date: June 23

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The Very Definition of Love

Sophia Benoit

Bridgerton meets Emily Henry in this fresh take on regency romance about a wallflower writing a dictionary of bawdy slang who arranges her own marriage to the ultimate instructor: the town rake.

Publication date: June 23

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Thrillers & Mysteries

The Adventures of Juan Planchard

Jonathan Jakubowicz

The bestselling wild, fast-paced ride through sex, drugs, revolution, and the morally gray hustle of a man who dares to game the system that destroyed his country—it’s The Wolf of Wall Street meets Scarface.

Publication date: June 2

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Backstabbers

Eliza Jabore

When three friends lose their way in a serial killer’s old hunting ground, they must fight to survive the threat in the woods—and each other—in this spiky, heart-pounding slasher.

Publication date: June 2

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Blunt Instrument

Amy Bloom

A disgraced academic moonlighting as a private detective arrives on campus to help solve the mystery of a professor who’s been clubbed to death with a bronze bust of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Publication date: June 2

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Marion

Leah Rowan

A fiendishly clever feminist remix of Psycho. Rowan’s bold take on Hitchcock’s classic benefits from wicked humor, a well-rounded heroine fueled by righteous anger, and a breakneck pace.

Publication date: June 2

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The Last Time We Drowned

Saratoga Schaefer

From Cosmopolitan’s Cosmo Reads imprint comes The Last Time We Drowned, a razor-sharp, atmospheric, and impossible to put down locked-room psychological thriller where luxury curdles into terror and survival comes at the highest price. Six influencers. One luxury yacht. Nowhere to hide.

Publication date: June 2

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The Disaster Gay Detective Agency

Lev AC Rosen

From award-winning, critically acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery-thriller. Meet the disaster gays: They’re messy. They’re queer. And they’re about to solve a murder… Or die trying.

Publication date: June 2

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Heather

Caitlin Mullen

A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us.

Publication date: June 9

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Strangers Behind Closed Doors

Catherine Adel West

A twisty thriller about a woman who vanishes from a luxury hotel, and the detective who believes the case is tied to the unsolved disappearances of other Black women in the city.

Publication date: June 9

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Blood River Witch

T.J. Martinson

On Kentucky’s Blood River, a Sheriff’s Deputy investigates the death of her ex-fiance, whose brutal occultist murder strongly resembles a similar murder decades ago, for readers of Tana French, Gillian Flynn, Megan Abbott, and fans of True Detective.

Publication date: June 16

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Someone Else’s Husband

Kimberly McCreight

New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle.

Publication date: June 16

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Names Have Been Changed

Yu-Mei Balasingamchow

Catch Me If You Can meets Counterfeit in this thrilling debut novel about Ophir—not her real name—who starts a confessional podcast about her years on the run around the globe, in an unforgettable story about the costs of freedom and the inescapable pull of home.

Publication date: June 23

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The Au Pair

Teddy Wayne

Award-winning author Teddy Wayne follows his breakout sensation The Winner—a New York Times Top Ten Thriller of the Year—with another seductively twisty page-turner about the explosive impact of a beautiful Norwegian au pair on a celebrated novelist and his wife.

Publication date: June 30

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The Housewife

Natalie Barelli

From bestselling indie thriller writer Natalie Barelli comes a new deliciously dark novel about a woman who married the man of her dreams, only for him to become her worst nightmare.

Publication date: June 30

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Horror & Gothic Fiction

The Children

Melissa Albert

The haunting new novel from New York Times bestselling author Melissa Albert, in which the estranged adult children of a legendary author, written into their dead mother’s beloved fantasy series, must contend with the vine-like creep of legacy, memory, and magic.

Publication date: June 2

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Hunger and Thirst

Claire Fuller

From the celebrated author of Bitter Orange and Swimming Lessons comes an “atmospheric, psychologically vivid, and unputdownable” new novel of complicated friendship and the desperate need to belong.

Publication date: June 2

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Muñeca

Cynthia Gómez

A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.

Publication date: June 2

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Magical Realism

The Jellyfish Problem

Tessa Yang

A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original debut.

Publication date: June 2

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Sublimation

Isabel J. Kim

Doppelgängers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border: Sublimation is a thrilling and provocative debut for fans of Severance that asks what you’d sacrifice for a different life from award-winning author Isabel J. Kim.

Publication date: June 2

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The Unicorn Hunters

Katherine Arden

In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest—and unknowingly alters the fate of her world—in this dazzling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.

Publication date: June 2

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Earth 7

Deb Olin Unferth

An end-of-the-world love story, an epic full of pathos and humor, asking what can be saved of our planet. A poignant inquiry into death, mourning, and indefatigable life, the most exhilarating work to date by one of our most original and beloved writers.

Publication date: June 9

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The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones

Lex Croucher

From New York Times bestselling author Lex Croucher comes an extraordinary dark academia fantasy about dangerous privilege, corrupted power, and two former best friends caught on opposite sides of the secrets rotting at the heart of Britain’s most prestigious boarding school.

Publication date: June 9

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Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Paul Tremblay

Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie.

Publication date: June 9

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The Disco at the End of the World

Nathan Tavares

The exhilarating and riotously entertaining science fiction romance blending queer counterculture, joy as resistance, and banging disco hits, perfect for readers of Kaliane Bradley, Vajra Chandraseker and Victor Manibo.

Publication date: June 16

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Voyagers

Meg Charlton

When the Signal—a mysterious transmission pulsing from the edge of the solar system— arrives, the world changes overnight. Planes are grounded, satellites fail, and speculation abounds. With many believing this could be first contact with extraterrestrial life, humanity holds its breath. But for Alex, a thirtysomething lawyer who’s spent years distancing himself from the unexplainable, the Signal feels deeply personal—the opening of an old wound.

Publication date: June 16

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The Tinder Box

M.R. Carey

Prepare to be entranced by this utterly unique and completely spellbinding dark fairy tale from the million-copy bestselling M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts.

Publication date: June 23

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Short Stories & Essays

The Land and Its People: Essays

David Sedaris

In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are “among the best of his career.”

Publication date: June 2

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The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions

Ruth Ozeki

A spellbinding story collection from Booker Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki, about the lives we almost lived, the people we can’t quite forget, and the stories that shape us long after the last page is turned

Publication date: June 2

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Baby in a Box: Stories

Sarah Braunstein

Prescient and idiosyncratic stories about the cost and joys of caretaking from a “sharp-witted, ravishing” (New York Times) writer. Strange, heartfelt, sly, and wryly funny, Sarah Braunstein’s stories ask us to confront the ways we try to make sense of our lives—and what happens when we escape from these preconceptions.

Publication date: June 9

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Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl

Amena Brown

An irresistible delight, this hilarious and heartwarming essay collection gathers essential tales about growing up in the South, the pitfalls of date night, and why no one should ever tell a Black girl how to Black Girl.

Publication date: June 16

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Thrilling Tales of Modern Men

Danny McBride

An addictive, unpredictable, darkly hilarious collection of stories from Danny McBride—the beloved creator and star of The Righteous Gemstones and Eastbound & Down.

Publication date: June 23

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Devotions: Eight Stories

Lucy Caldwell

A striking new collection from Lucy Caldwell—winner of the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and the BBC National Short Story Award. Transporting and profound, these are stories of love, grief, longing, of new beginnings, and the ways we find shelter in each other.

Publication date: June 30

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Memoirs & Biographies

Legs Hearts Minds: Loss and Its Remedies

Chris Jones

In this raw, potent memoir of heartbreak and the life-saving power of fandom, an award-winning sports journalist tells the story of how he hit rock bottom—and the unlikely, unlucky soccer team that would carry him through.

Publication date: June 2

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The Wilder Way

Eva Zu Beck

From the internationally beloved YouTube adventurer and National Geographic TV host, a singular and fearless new travel memoir packed with inspiration for leading a more vibrant, wild, and authentic life.

Publication date: June 9

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Transcendent

Laverne Cox

Four-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting childhood trauma, shame, gender identity, her transition, body image issues, her search for romantic love, deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, and ultimately, healing.

Publication date: June 9

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Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story

Simon Pare-Poupart

A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears” . . .

Publication date: June 16

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The Make-Believe

Hannah Murray

From Skins and Games of Thrones star Hannah Murray, a “genuinely jaw-dropping” (Vogue) memoir about fame, mental illness, and the struggle to leave a shadowy wellness organization whose belief in magic shattered her reality.

Publication date: June 23

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Nonfiction

The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness

Andrew Moore

A fresh and fascinating portrait of the eastern wilds, The Beasts of the East is a celebration of the extraordinary lost natural wonder of the eastern U.S.—an astonishingly abundant landscape that was once the center of American wildness before its despoliation—and a revelatory journey through recent efforts to return elk, bison, wolves, and other creatures to their native landscapes.

Publication date: June 2

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The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy

Matthew Campbell

From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the gilded halls of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, a tale of stolen treasures and the battle to reclaim a nation’s soul. A masterful blend of true crime, history, and investigative journalism, the definitive account of one man’s greed, an industry’s complicity, and the fight to expose the truth and restore stolen treasures to their rightful home.

Publication date: June 2

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A Resistance History of the United States

Tad Stoermer

Revisit the Salem Witch Trials, the Underground Railroad, and other resistance movements of American history to get a bold new understanding of how resistance shaped our past—and how its principles can change our future.

Publication date: June 2

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The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail 

Eric Jay Dolin

An astonishing true story—one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century—told by our era’s “expert literary steersman.” At once a powerful story of survival and a revealing window into the great Age of Sail a time when maritime ambition collided with local sovereignty, and when the outcome of one voyage rippled across oceans and empires.

Publication date: June 2

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The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss

Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris

A field guide with a difference: It shows readers not just how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris conjure the unique spirit of nearly fifty once-common species: avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale.

Publication date: June 9

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The Traveler: One Man’s Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris

Andrea Wulf

Step into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom—from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature.

Publication date: June 9

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The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers

Carlos Barragán

An astonishing work of immersion journalism about four young romance scammers in Lagos, Nigeria, exploring how and why they scam, and the moral dilemmas they face.

Publication date: June 9

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Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern Americaers

Lauren Hough

From The New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing comes an update of John Steinbeck’s trip in Travels with Charley, a cross-country journey exploring modern America with Lauren Hough’s signature observational wit, searing social commentary, and perspective as someone who knows what it’s like to truly exist on the margins in this country.

Publication date: June 16

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This Is Also A Love Story: A Reporter’s Search for Goodness in a Cruel World

Sally Hayden

An acclaimed reporter takes us on an unforgettable journey, capturing the human capacity for love and connection against all odds.

Publication date: June 16

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In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival, and Courage

Michael J. Tougias

Three friends are fishing for red snapper when their boat, tied to an oil rig, begins taking on water and sinks 15 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. Suddenly, the three men find themselves in a struggle for their lives. The terrifying true story of a fight for survival for 28 hours in shark-infested waters.

Publication date: June 23

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The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery

Kaitlyn Tiffany

The untold story of the women who debunked the Warren Report—a riveting history of obsession, heartbreak, and the myth of the great American century.

Publication date: June 23

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