There are a lot of new books coming out every week. With New Release Radar, I’ll help you narrow down the week’s new book releases into the titles you should get excited about. I have eight books to recommend this week, including many debut authors and scary stories. Read on!
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
As the robot god of Khuon Mo died, it destroyed its priests, cities and everything around it. At the same time, however, it brought back to life its favorite child, Sunai. Unable to die or age, Sunai spent the last 17 years running from his past. But after he wakes up in the bed of the one man he should never have slept with, he finds himself thrust back into the world of gods and machines he desperately tried to escape.
The Archive Undying is the start of a new series where AI deities control cities and clash with brutal police states, all while pilot priests wield giant robots. Emma Mieko Candon’s new book release sounds like a chaotic, experimental look at science fiction that I can’t wait to check out.
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The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
After an altercation with the son of the largest landowner in Gracetown, Florida, 12-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr gets a six-month sentence in a reformatory. When other residents go missing, supposedly to work off their crimes, Robbie’s ability to see haints hint at worse fates. While he struggles just to survive, his sister rallies every connection she has to get Robbie out before it’s too late.
Tananarive Due’s newest novel puts a haunting spin on historical fiction. Based on the life of a relative her family never spoke of and the infamous Dozier School for Boys, The Reformatory is full of real-life history that’s as frightening as the ghost story she tells.
Those We Drown by Amy Goldsmith
Liv can’t believe her luck when she receives a full scholarship for a semester at sea aboard a luxury cruise ship called The Eos with her best friend, Will. But when he disappears on their first night, supposedly whisked away to quarantine with a strange illness, Liv knows something is very wrong. She quickly discovers that the only reason she got to join the trip was that another girl vanished, too — and no one knows what happened to her. As more disappearances come to light and monsters haunt Liv’s dreams, she wonders what dark secrets The Eos is hiding.
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Those We Drown isn’t the only YA book this summer to take place during a semester at sea, but I’m not complaining. It’s the perfect setting for this claustrophobic fantasy thriller. Amy Goldsmith may be a debut author, but she’s already mastered the art of dread and the nagging feeling that something is very wrong.
Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
After finding the words “Clifford Island” scrawled on her dead son’s floor, Willow Stone sets out to investigate. Once there, however, Willow finds more questions than answers. Everyone is stuck in 1994, wearing outdated clothing and watching the OJ Simpson car chase every night. And when Willow herself disappears, it’s up to her brother Harper to make sense of Clifford Island’s mysteries.
Jimmy Juliano’s new book release is a great horror debut. Dead Eleven has just the right balance of mystery, thrills and suspense, with fun ’90s nostalgia added for good measure.
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The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Clementine has a plan to survive the aftermath of the worst day of her life. Stay busy, work hard, find someone decent to love and hold onto one big dream. Love aside; the plan is going off without a hitch. But when she finds a strange man with kind eyes in her late aunt’s apartment, she might fall head over heels. The only problem? He lives seven years in the past.
Ashley Poston takes “finding the right person at the wrong time” to an entirely new level. The Seven Year Slip is a magical, romantic book perfectly suited to become the next big summer read.
A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
Beatrice Steele is a terrible lady, according to the other residents of her small English town. She can neither sing nor dance, and her artwork is known only for its ability to frighten people away. Beatrice is content, however, to while away her days with her family and secretly obsess over the true crime cases she reads about in the newspaper. But when a party ends in murder, she must use her unseemly knowledge to pursue justice and keep the death toll from rising.
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A Most Agreeable Murder is a humorous take on the traditional Regency romance and mystery genres. This is a quick read that doesn’t take itself too seriously, becoming almost a parody of genres that author Julia Seales clearly loves.
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
Zara Jones has to believe in magic or accept that a serial killer murdered her sister. She’ll do whatever it takes to bring her sister back from the dead. Jude Wolf may be rich, but her soul slowly dies, and monstrous creatures taunt her at night. Emery Bryne may be the solution to both girls’ problems. The daughter of a witch, she helps women in desperate situations – if they’re willing to sacrifice a piece of their souls. But as other magic users turn up dead, the girls must trust each other or wind up the next victims.
I loved Krystal Sutherland’s 2021 book House of Hollow, so I have high hopes for The Invocations. This new book release is a witchy thriller full of girls that refuse to go quietly into the night, and I’m fully here for it.
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis
Francie can’t help but roll her eyes when she arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding. She’s the last person to believe in aliens. Her conviction is rattled, however, when she actually gets abducted. The alien in question is a mass of lightning-fast tentacles and unexpected charm who may just need her help. Francie teams up with her abductor’s second victim, a con man named Wade, to get the alien where it needs to go by any means necessary.
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The Road to Roswell is what happens when you throw together road trips, conspiracy theories and a little bit of romance. Connie Willis’ newest book is a whole lot of fun and perfect for fans of Welcome to Night Vale, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and, of course, Roswell.
You can check out these new book releases at Bookshop.org or your local bookstore. What June 27 new release are you most excited to read? Let us know below, and tune in next week to grow your TBR.
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