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The Buzziest Books of June | 2022

The Buzziest Books of June | 2022

The month of June is a great time for readers with a host of exciting new releases from bestselling authors. There are so many page-turning novels that will captivate you from cover to cover this month. If you want to know what new books everyone will be talking about, here are our choices for the most anticipated books of June. Happy reading!


Meant to Be Mine

by Hannah Orenstein

Release Date: June 7, 2022

From the author of the “funny, sexy, and absurdly entertaining” (Marie Claire) Playing with Matches, a sweeping love story in the vein of Rebecca Serle and Chloe Benjamin about a woman who knows the date she’ll meet her true love—only he isn’t quite as perfect as she always imagined.

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The House Across the Lake

by Riley Sager

Release Date: June 21, 2022

Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living across the lake. When it becomes clear that their marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears, and Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye—and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces.

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God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

by Arinze Ifeakandu

Release Date: June 7, 2022

A man revisits the university campus where he lost his first love, aware now of what he couldn’t understand then. A young musician rises to fame at the price of pieces of himself, and the man who loves him. Arinze Ifeakandu explores with tenderness and grace the fundamental question of the heart: can deep love and hope be sustained in spite of the dominant expectations of society, and great adversity.

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The Song That Moves the Sun

by Anna Bright

Release Date: June 28, 2022

This sweeping YA fantasy romance full of star-crossed love, complex female friendship, and astrological magic is perfect for fans of Laini Taylor, Alexandra Bracken, and V.E. Schwab. From the acclaimed author of The Beholder.

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Out of the Clear Blue Sky

by Kristan Higgins

Release Date: June 7, 2022

From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins comes a funny and surprising new novel about losing it all—and getting back more than you ever expected.

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The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country in the World

by Jessica Nabongo

Release Date: June 14, 2022

In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections.

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