Wondering what to read now? Here are all the hot new June 2024 book releases for you. I’ll let you know what I’ve read, what I can’t wait to read, and what’s getting all the attention this month.
In case you’re new to Booklist Queen, every month I cover all the hottest new book releases. I try to read as many new book releases as I can to give you an honest perspective on what to read and what to skip.
However, I realize that my to-read list might not exactly match yours.; that’s why I’ve also included some of the most popular June 2024 book releases from your favorite authors.
Enough from me, let’s get on to the June 2024 book releases so you can fill up your to-read list.
Top June 2024 Book Releases
Middle of the Night
Riley Sager
When he was ten years old, Ethan camped out in his backyard with his best friend Billy only to awaken in the morning to find their tent slashed open and Billy gone. Thirty years later, Ethan returns to his childhood home. Odd happenings force Ethan to reexamine what happened and lead him to the nearby forest where a clandestine group is studying a crumbling mansion.
A Novel Love Story
Ashley Poston
On her way to her annual book club retreat, Eileen Merriweather’s car breaks down and she finds herself in the town of her favorite romance book series. Eloraton is exactly like she read, but the town seems trapped in the end of the author’s last unfinished story. Eileen takes it upon herself to save the town, except a grumpy, yet handsome, bookstore owner she can’t quite place doesn’t want her to finish the book.
The Housemaid is Watching
Freida McFadden
Millie has finally retired from being a housemaid and decides to settle down with her husband and kids in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac. Trying to get to know the neighbors, Millie attends dinner at her neighbor’s house which piques her curiosity about Mrs. Lowell’s maid. When a woman warns Millie to be careful of her neighbors, Millie begins to wonder if this idyllic neighborhood might be the most dangerous place yet.
When the Sea Came Alive
Garrett M. Graff
Garrett M. Graff, author of The Only Plane in the Sky, represent an oral history of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed on the beaches of France in a month-long campaign that changed the tied of World War II. Graff explores the full story of D-Day, from the secret creation of plans to the moments the doors opened on the beaches.
Swan Song
Elin Hilderbrand
After over thirty years as the Chief of Police in Nantucket, Ed Kapanesh is only days away from retirement. The Richardsons have made a splash since their arrival, doing anything they can to gain admittance to Nantucket’s exclusive club. While throwing a party on their yacht, they find their mansion has burned down and their personal assistant, the best friend of Ed’s daughter, is missing. Postponing his retirement, Ed uses the local real estate agent and the town gossip to help solve the mystery in his close-knit community.
Eruption
Michael Crichton and James Patterson
At the time of his death, bestselling author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain) was working on a passion project that he never got to finish. Waiting for the right co-author, his wife eventually gave the unfinished manuscript to legendary mystery author James Patterson to finish. In what might be one of the summer’s biggest thrillers, a deadly volcanic eruption is about to burst on the Big Island of Hawaii forcing a terrifying military secret to come to light.
The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
From the author of The Guest List comes another locked-room mystery where not everyone will make it out alive. At the opening weekend of The Manor, a luxury resort in an ancient forest, the guests each have their own agenda. On the guest list: the founder, her lover, the mystery guest, the kitchen help, and the detective. All have their own secrets and by the end of the weekend, a fire will break out and several people will be dead.
The Midnight Feast was simply a hot mess; a failed attempt to replicate the magical locked room vibe of her hit The Guest List. The problem with The Midnight Feast is that you hate almost every character. Worse, the characters are all supposedly tied together from their teenage years but somehow none of them recognize each other. Add in tons of clunky timeline shifts and you have the recipe for a complete waste of your time. I’m seriously annoyed with myself that I didn’t DNF this one.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from William Morrow through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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Publication Date: 18 June 2024
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Shelterwood
Lisa Wingate
From the author of Before We Were Yours comes a touching historical fiction novel set in Oklahoma. When ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief National Park, she didn’t expect to be immediately thrust into the case of a missing teenager and the discovery of a burial site of three children. In 1909, eleven-year-old Ollie takes her little sister Nessa and flees from their abusive father. Journeying through the outlaw-ridden Winding Stair Mountains, they join a band of others hoping to stay a step ahead of those who want to exploit them.
The Paris Widow
Kimberly Belle
Stella doesn’t mind leaving her jetsetter life as a flight attendant behind when she marries Adam, a nice normal guy. While vacationing in Paris, Adam goes missing after a bomb explodes in a public square. Now the police are telling Stella that Adam is a known dealer of stolen antiquities. Refusing to leave Paris until she learns the truth, Stella must discover if Adam was a random victim or a target of the explosion.
The Paris Widow starts off with a bang, literally, which had me geared up for a high-action thriller. Instead, the action slowed to a crawl as Stella processes her grief and confused feelings before settling into a slow-burn mystery. I know this is more realistic pacing but it wasn’t a ton of fun to read about and I struggled to stay engaged. While the action picked up near the end, it was over-the-top and rather anticlimactic. Other than the fun setting, The Paris Widow is a rather forgettable summer thriller.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Park Row through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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Publication Date: 11 June 2024
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The Rom-Commers
Katherine Center
Emma has always wanted to be a screenwriter but her dreams have taken the backseat to being a full-time caretaker for her father. When Emma gets the chance to rewrite a script for Charlie Yates, her screenwriting role model, Emma’s younger sister steps in as a caretaker so Emma won’t miss this opportunity. Yet Charlie has no interest in working with Emma or even in the script they are rewriting. Emma must convince Charlie that love stories matter, but it might end up being her heart that is on the line.
The Rom-Commers has all the hallmarks of a fantastic romantic comedy: witty banter, darling personalities with adorable clashes, and over-the-top plot twists. But all of these are combined with real emotions and character development. Emma and Charlie was so cute together and their will-they/won’t-they had me gripped to the page. I love how Center knows all the clichés of the romance genre and expertly utilizes them to write something that feels charmingly adorable.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from St. Martin’s Press through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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Publication Date: 11 June 2024
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The Next Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine
In The Last Mrs. Parrish, Amber was able to claw her way to become Jackson Parrish’s wife. While Jackson has been serving time for tax evasion, Amber has enjoyed being the queen bee of Bishops Harbor. With Jackson’s release from prison imminent, Amber’s time and money is running out. Meanwhile, Daphne has never looked back after divorcing Jackson. But when her daughter runs away desperate to see Jackson, Daphne must return to Bishops Harbor and reenter a vicious cat-and-mouse game.
I wasn’t the biggest fan of The Last Mrs. Parrish and wasn’t sure if it really needed a sequel. Now I can soundly proclaim that it didn’t. The Next Mrs. Parrish was an unnecessary return to Bishops Harbor whose premise hinged on Daphne making the most idiotic decision to voluntarily return to Jackson’s life. Having escaped Jackson and Amber’s psychotic behavior, I cannot believe she would ever go back. From there, the current book felt much like the last one, though all the villains get a proper comeuppance this time.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Random House through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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Publication Date: 18 June 2024
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Book of the Month – June 2024
Receiving my blue box from Book of the Month Club is a highlight of every month.
Here’s how it works – each month, they pick 5 books and you get to choose one book or skip until the next month. If you want to add any extra books, then you get them at a discounted price.
Each month is usually a mix of new releases and advance copies of unreleased books. If you are interested in joining, right now you can use my Book of the Month Club affiliate link to get your first book for $5!
The June Book of the Month selections are:
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GMA Book Club June 2024 Pick
Malas
Marcela Fuentes
In 1951, a mysterious woman accuses Pilar Aguirre of stealing her husband and casts a curse upon Pilar and her family. Forty years later, Lulu Muñoz is preparing for her quinceañera, rocking out to MTV and Selena as she secretly sings in a punk band. When Lulu’s grandmother dies, Lulu finds herself drawn to Pilar, a glamorous older woman who crashes the funeral. But their unexpected friendship threatens to dredge up past secrets in this coming-of-age story set on the Texas-Mexico border.
Reese’s Book Club June 2024 Pick
The Unwedding
Ally Condie
Ellery and Luke were supposed to be celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary at the luxury Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. Instead, Ellery is visiting solo after a bitter divorce and, of course, there is a big wedding taking place at the resort the same weekend. After Ellery discovers the groom drowned in the pool, a mudslide closes the resort off from police and Ellery must use her wits as more people start dying.
Reese’s Book Club Summer 2024 YA Pick
Twelfth Knight
Alexene Farol Follmuth
High school is getting on Viola Reyes’s last nerve. Her friends wants her to be “more likeable” and she is the VP to the laziest student body president, star running back Jack Orsino. Instead, Viola finds solace in a massive online role-playing game, Twelfth Knight. Tired of dealing with misogyny online, Viola creates a male character instead. When Jack gets injured, he also joins Twelfth Knight, hitting it off with Viola’s alter ego. As Jack and Viola become friends in real life, she must decide how to reveal her true identity.
Swift River
Essie Chambers
In 1987, Diamond Newberry is the only Black person in Swift River, constantly teased about her weight. Seven years ago, her father disappeared and now Diamond’s mother can get him officially declared dead and collect the desperately needed life insurance money. When Diamond receives a letter from a distant relative, suddenly she learns about two generations of African American Newberry women. But can learning about her father’s past change anything about her future?
The Most Anticipated June 2024 Book Releases
All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker
From the author of We Begin at the End comes a decades-spanning love story filled with mystery. In 1975, girls are disappearing from a small Missouri town. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, she is saved by Patch, a one-eyed local boy. But when Patch disappears, his best friend searches for him and the missing girls.
Not in Love
Ali Hazelwood
From the queen of STEM romance comes a new story where science meets business. Rue Siebert has finally found the financial stability she has craved her whole life as a biotech engineer at a food science startup, until a hostile takeoff led by the devastating handsome Eli Killgore threatens everything she has worked for. But Rue cannot deny the attraction she feels for Eli and the two begin a secret steamy affair that they promise they’ll break off once one of their sides prevails.
Same As It Ever Was
Claire Lombardo
At fifty-seven, Julia Ames has left behind the drama and self-sabotage that plagued her younger years and settled into a happy marriage in the suburbs. Then, a chance meeting with an old acquaintance who almost resulted in the end of her marriage sends Julia for a loop. Compounded by her upcoming empty nest, her son’s shock announcement, and her estranged mother’s reappearance, Julia finds herself falling into old patterns and questioning her current happiness.
Husbands and Lovers
Beatriz Williams
When her son needs a kidney transplant in 2022, single mother Mallory Dunne must face two secrets from her past: her mother’s adoption from an infamous Irish orphanage and Mallory’s past love affair. Years earlier, Mallory had an all-consuming summer fling with her childhood best friend, Monk Adams, who is now a famous singer-songwriter. In Cairo in 1951, a Hungarian refugee finds herself pregnant and caught between two men in a game of spies as rumors of a revolution swirl.
Children of Anguish and Anarchy
Tomi Adeyemi
The much-awaited third book in her Legacy of Orïsha series finally arrives with this June 2024 book releases. When Zelie overthrew the corrupt monarchy and freed the Maji, she thought her battles were over. Instead, Zelie finds herself and her people in cages, transported across the sea, because King Baldyr, the ruler of the Skulls, has been searching the world for Zelie, desperate to harness her power for his own.
One of Our Kind
Nicola Yoon
In Nicola Yoon’s first adult novel, Jasmyn and King Williams are thrilled to move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California. While King settles right into the Liberty, Jasmyn feels like an outsider. Instead of liberals and social justice advocates, everyone seems to be obsessed with the community wellness spa. When Jasmyn uncovers one of the founder’s terrible secrets, she risks destroying everything she thought she knew.
Middletide
Sarah Crouch
Elijah Leith left the small Puget Sound town of Point Orchards to pursue a career as a writer only to have his dreams fizzle out. Now returning to his hometown, Elijah sets about restoring his family’s cabin and trying to make amends with Nakita, his first love. When the beautiful local doctor is found dead on Elijah’s estate just like in his novel, the town turns against him. Now Elijah must prove his innocence against a devious foe determined to set him up for murder.
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
Kirsten Miller
In little Troy, Georgia, Beverly Underwood and Lula Dean have always been enemies but their rivalry reaches new levels when Beverly serves on the local school board. In a crusade to ban anything questionable from the school library, even if she hasn’t read it, Lula Dean creates a lending library outside her house full of wholesome books. Except someone has replaced Lula’s books with “banned” books which end up changing the lives of the townspeople who read them.
Birds Aren’t Real
Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos
In my personal most-anticipated humor book of the year, whistleblowers Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos tell the “true” story behind the government conspiracy that has replaced all birds with surveillance drones. Since 1959, the government has secretly replaced billions of birds with drones to spy on American citizens. With a treasure trove of leaked classified documents, illustrations, and examples, McIndo and Gaydos will prove to you that birds aren’t real. If it flies, it spies.
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What June 2024 Book Releases are You Most Excited to Read?
What books can you not wait to get your hands on this month? Did I miss any June 2024 book releases that you are anticipating? As always, let me know in the comments!
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Dawn says
Middletide was terribly disappointing…and very problematic. I’d skip in favor of some of these other great releases!
Susan says
Loved Summer Romance by Annabelle Monaghan. Nora Goes Off Script is one of my top 5 favorite books in the genre and Summer Romance has joined that group. Good writing, characters and plot. I love Monaghan’s style. Can’t wait for her next one !