Get ready for your summer TBR to pile high as we share our most anticipated titles releasing this summer! Plus, each new release that we preview in today’s episode is perfectly paired with a backlist book or two, giving us plenty to read while waiting for pre-orders and library holds to come in.

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Books Mentioned:

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty 

LaRose by Louise Erdrich

The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

Every Day Is For the Thief by Teju Cole 

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 

Unseen World by Liz Moore

In the Woods by Tana French

Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan 

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

One Star Romance by Laura Hankin 

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Bear by Julia Phillips 

The Hunter’s Wife by Anthony Doerr

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The Latecomer by Jean Hanf Korelitz

The Plot by Jean Hanf Korelitz

The Coin by Yasmin Zaher 

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman 

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Liars by Sarah Manguso 

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

Colored Television by Danzy Senna 

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abudrraqib

Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

 

Also Mentioned:

Novel Pairings Summer 2023 Book Preview and Backlist Pairings