Needing to make your TBR a little longer? Well be sure to check out these upcoming fiction book releases that will be hitting shelves between July and December! The rest of 2019 sees the release of some exciting new novels from the likes of authors such as Stephen King, Jojo Moyes, Patricia Cornwell, Danielle Steel, and JP Delaney. Whether it’s a mystery, thriller, romance, or simply just an intriguing book to look forward to, you’ll be sure to find several amongst these upcoming books!
Read on to discover what books are coming out and tell us in the comments below if you will be reading any!
July
The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Lila Bennett’s bad choices have finally caught up with her. And one of those decisions has split her life in two. Literally. In one life, she’s taken hostage by someone who appears to be a stranger but knows too much. As she’s trapped in a concrete cell, her kidnapper forces her to face what she’s done or be killed. In an alternate life, she eludes her captor but is hunted by someone who is dismantling her happiness, exposing one secret at a time.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The author of Other People’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone’s radar.
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.
Dumped, Actually by Nick Spalding
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
From the bestselling author of Checking Out and Dry Hardcomes a hilarious story about losing the love of your life, and finding yourself in the aftermath.
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
In Megan Goldin’s unforgettable debut, The Escape Room, four young Wall Street rising stars discover the price of ambition when an escape room challenge turns into a lethal game of revenge.
The Arrangement by Robyn Harding
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
A Pretty Woman tale turns toxic and deadly in this provocative and riveting thriller of sex, obsession, and murder from Robyn Harding, the “master of domestic suspense” (Kathleen Barber) and the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Party and Her Pretty Face.
August
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She’s smart, she’s a hard worker, she does the right thing. She’s successfully married to a faithful and devoted husband, a lion of Boston’s defense bar. And her internship with the District Attorney’s office is her ticket to a successful future. Problem is–she’s wrong. And in this cat and mouse game–the battle for justice becomes a battle for survival.
The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Marlena Altizer Durst’s husband controls her every move―what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she’s allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are…consequences. To outsiders, it seems that she leads a fairy-tale life. Death may be the only exit she’s allowed. Just like his first wife. And his second. Unless she flips the script. Some people just need killing.
The Birthday Girl by Melissa de la Cruz
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex & Eliza comes a return to adult fiction, centered around a mysterious woman’s birthday celebration—and what it reveals about her past.
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
A new teacher at a New England prep school ignites a gender war–with deadly consequences–in a provocative novel from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Spellman Files series.
We Are All Good People Here by Susan Rebecca White
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
From the author of A Place at the Table and A Soft Place to Land, a gripping, multigenerational story inspired by true events that follows two best friends through their political awakenings in the turbulent 1960s—and the repercussions of their actions after their daughters encounter the secrets they thought they had buried long ago.
The Perfect Wife by J.P. Delaney
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The perfect life. The perfect love. The perfect lie. From the bestselling author of The Girl Before comes a gripping new psychological thriller. . . .
September
The Institute by Stephen King
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It, The Institute is Stephen King’s gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. evil in a world where the good guys don’t always win.
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
In Berlin in 1941 during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman.
The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knewconjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
In his boldly imagined first novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, brings home the most intimate evil of enslavement: the cleaving and separation of families.
Mother Knows Best by Kira Peikoff
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
A mother’s worst nightmare, a chance at redemption, and a deadly secret that haunts a family across the generations. Past, present, and future converge in this mesmerizing psychological thriller from critically acclaimed author Kira Peikoff.
The Fragments by Toni Jordan
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
From the award-winning, best-selling author of Addition and Nine Days, a superbly crafted and captivating literary mystery about a lost book and a secret love.
October
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their unforgettable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge) by Elizabeth Strout
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions of readers.
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
A young widow restores a dilapidated mansion with the assistance of a charming, eccentric genius, only to find the house is full of dangerous secrets in this effervescent Gilded Age debut novel
Quantum by Patricia Cornwell
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
International bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers pulse-pounding thrills in a series featuring a brilliant and unusual new heroine, cutting-edge cybertechnology, and stakes that are astronomically high.
Cilka’s Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) by Heather Morris
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, comes the new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience.
The House of Brides by Jane Cockram
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Jane Cockram makes her thrilling debut with this page-turning tale of psychological suspense in which a young woman whose life is in tatters flees to the safety of a family estate in England, but instead of comfort finds chilling secrets and lies.
November
Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
From the breakthrough international bestselling author of The Girl in the Ice, a breathtaking, page-turning novel about a disgraced female detective’s fight for redemption. And survival…
Twenty-one Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
From the beloved author of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend comes a wonderful new novel about a struggling man, written entirely in lists.
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The Revisioners explores the depths of women’s relationships—powerful women and marginalized women, healers and survivors. It is a novel about the bonds between a mother and a child, the dangers that upend those bonds. At its core, The Revisioners ponders generational legacies, the endurance of hope, and the undying promise of freedom.
Spy by Danielle Steel
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War II in Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel.
The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
A hauntingly powerful novel about how the choices we make can stay with us forever, by the award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K.
Raven Lane by Amber Cowie
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The truth can bring out the worst in the best of friends. Esme and Benedict Werner have an idyllic life in a tight-knit community until an accident in their cul-de-sac ends in the tragic sudden death of one of their dearest neighbors. After vindicating eyewitness accounts morph into contradictory memories, suspicion, and unaccountable accusations, Benedict is arrested. Esme’s life, too, is changed forever.
December
Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
J.T. Ellison’s pulse-pounding new novel examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to to protect their secrets.
The Kill Club by Wendy Heard
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Jazz will stop at nothing to save her brother. Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time. Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers,” each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another.
This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
A profound and enchanting new novel from Booker Prize-longlisted author Niall Williams about the loves of our lives and the joys of reminiscing.
The Wicked Redhead by Beatriz Williams
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The dazzling narrator of The Wicked City brings her mesmerizing voice and indomitable spirit to another Jazz Age tale of rumrunners, double crosses, and true love, spanning the Eastern seaboard from Florida to Long Island to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Sacrament by Olaf Olafsson
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims.
Thin Ice by Paige Shelton
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Beth Rivers is on the run. Known to the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become the subject of a fanatic’s obsession. After being held in a van for three days by her kidnapper, Levi Brooks, Beth managed to escape, and until he is captured, she’s got to get away. Alaska seems tailormade for her to hideout, that is, until she’s told about a local death that’s a suspected murder. Could the death of Linda Rafferty have anything to do with her horror at the hands of Levi Brooks?
