Books To Read: June Edition

Summer is just only a couple of weeks away and that means to start piling our beach bags with exciting reads! And this summer, we have great book selections that will not only get your summer off to a good start, but definitely will have entertained from the beginning to the end!

Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh

Expected Release Date: June 5

The highly anticipated sequel to Flame in the Mist–an addictive, sumptuous finale that will leave readers breathless from the bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn. (Credit: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton

Expected Release Date: June 26

Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Brontë, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heights. (Credit: Harper Teen)

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno 

Expected Release Date: June 5

In Summer of Salt, Katrina Leno weaves another gorgeously original novel of magical realism and coming-of-age. Fans of April Genevieve Tucholke and Anna-Marie McLemore will be swept away. (Credit: Harper Teen)

A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir 

Expected Release Date: June 12

Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.

The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister’s life and the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance.

Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court, but in stopping the Nightbringer. But while hunting for a way to bring him down, Laia faces unexpected threats from those she hoped would aid her, and is drawn into a battle she never thought she’d have to fight.

And in the land between the living and the dead, Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher. But in doing so, he has vowed himself to an ancient power that will stop at nothing to ensure Elias’s devotion–even at the cost of his humanity. (Credit: Razorbill)

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse 

Expected Release Date: June 26

While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. (Credit: Saga Press)

All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin

Expected Release Date: June 26

In the riveting new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Comes Love and Something Borrowed, three very different people must choose between their family and their values. (Credit: Ballantine Books)

This one is a very goo beach read! Click here for my book review. 

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman 

Expected Release Date: June 5

After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in Hed, take in that fact. Amidst the mounting tension between the two rivals, a surprising newcomer is handpicked to be Beartown’s new hockey coach.(Credit: Atria Books)

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Expected Release Date: June 5

A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there’s not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. (Credit: Berkley)

There There by Tommy Orange

Expected Release Date; June 5

There There is a relentlessly paced multi-generational story about violence and recovery, memory and identity, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. (Credit: Knopf)

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

Expected Release Date: June 12

This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who’s been searching for the truth all these years . . . (Credit: Minotaur Books)