10 Books To Read in July

 

July marks the height of summer, making it the perfect time to soak up the sunshine and enjoy ocean views—ideally with a good book in hand. This month promises some fantastic new releases that have caught my eye. Here's a glimpse of what's coming out and what I plan to read during these sunny days.

1. The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani (7/8)

This new novel from Trigiani is about "one woman’s quest to build her own life before it’s too late."

 

 

2. Our Last Vineyard Summer by Brooke Lea Foster (7/1)

"A captivating new novel set in 1965 and 1978 about a graduate student who returns with her sisters to their family’s summer home on Martha’s Vineyard and begins to unravel old family secrets."

 

3. Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams (7/29)

"When a daughter and her famous mother return to Winthrop Island to confront their complicated past, they discover a secret trove of paintings that connect them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier."

 

 

4. The Sandy Page Bookshop by Hannah McKinnon (7/22)

"The return of a prodigal daughter to her sleepy Cape Cod town brings the community together in this heartwarming all-new beach read."

 

 

5. Sunburned by Katherine Wood (7/1)

Katherine Wood (a.k.a. Katherine St. John!) has a new suspenseful novel coming out!"St. Barth’s has a murder rate of zero. But that’s about to change."

 

 

6. The Last Carolina Summer by Karen White (7/22)

"A contemporary stand-alone novel about sisterhood, secrets and one woman’s reckoning with the past."

 

 

7. Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely (7/22)

"Always each other’s plus-ones, but never each other’s real dates, two childhood best friends have one last summer wedding to fall in love in this dual-narrative debut."

 

 

8. Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza (7/15)

"an explosive thriller about two estranged friends, a grisly murder, a sudden disappearance, and the truly shocking revelation that everyone is lying to you about something."

 

 

9. These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean (7/8)

MacLean's "first foray into contemporary fiction, with a sharp, sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets…and one week that threatens to tear them apart."

 

 

10. The One and Only Vivian Stone by Melissa O'Connor (7/22)

"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this enchanting novel about estranged lovers reconnecting over mysterious tapes found in an attic and the old Hollywood secret hidden within them."

 

What books do you plan to read this month? Let me know in the comments below.