Category: Book News

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

Two Birds and a Moose – A moose wants to join two birds at the top of a tree.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

The Frindle Files – The final book from beloved author Andrew Clements is a sequel to one of his best stories, Frindle.
Not Nothing (Older Middle Grade) – A boy sentenced to community service at a retirement home connects with a 107 year old resident with a story to tell.
What Is the Story of My Little Pony?
Who Is Travis Kelce?
The Champions – Sequel to The Cheerleaders. Eleven years later, Paula is assigned to cover the football team for the school paper when members of the team start dying. Could these new crimes have something to do with what happened before?
Jupiter Rising – A sequel to Orbiting Jupiter. Jack is grieving the loss of his foster brother and adjusting to being something of a “big brother” to Joseph’s daughter, Jupiter. But when Jupiter’s grandparents show sudden interest in adopting her, Jack’s life feels like it’s on even shakier ground.
The Sticky Note Manifesto of Aisha Agarwal – A valedictorian struggles to answer an admissions essay about leaving her comfort zone, and an unexpected new friend offers to help her with a series of dares to get her out of that comfort zone.

Books for Adults

Given Our History (Trade Paperback) – A college professor up for tenure runs into the love she let get away in order to pursue her future.
Long Live Evil (Trade Paperback) – First in the Time of Iron series. A dying woman makes a deal to to live in her favorite book series instead of dying – and when she gets there she discovers she’s playing the villainess. I cannot wait to read this!
Magical Meet Cute (Trade Paperback) – Is the perfect new guy in town there because Faye drunkenly created a “golem?”
Two Spinsters and a Corpse (ebook) – A daughter of the new rector, grieving the loss of her mother, and a daughter of a rich family determined to keep her from her suitor, team up to solve  a murder.
What If Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings? (Hardcover) – Wanda and Peter grow up with Aunt May and Uncle Ben, each developing powers and learning to use them together under the guidance of Doctor Strange. But when Wanda meets a speedster named Pietro, everything she thought she knew shatters.
You’re the Problem, It’s You (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – Book 2 in the Mischief & Matchmaking series. Born an heir and a spare, two men who push each other’s buttons must team up when both of their families are targeted by a blackmailer.
Feeding Little Lunches – No stress lunches – perfect for the start of the school year.

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

Scaredy Squirrel Scared Silly – Scaredy Squirrel might be too scared to enjoy Halloween.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Glass – A Cinderella-esque story about a family of glassblowers and a girl with magical gifts.
The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues – Book 2 in the Swifts series. Shenanigan chases down art thieves who have taken something from Swift House.

Books for Adults

Bridesmaid Undercover (Trade Paperback) – Sequel to Bridesmaid for Hire. Everly is asked to help a client get his ex back.
De-Witched (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Toil and Trouble series. A warlock has to live among humans for three months without his powers. When he walks into Leah’s bar, she knows exactly who he is.
Holding Out for a Gyro (ebook, August 19) – A woman reveals all of her fears and bad decisions in love, but instead of scaring off the gorgeous chef, she intrigues him.
Love and Other Conspiracies (Trade Paperback) – A streaming producer teams up with a gorgeous podcaster to produce a new show and get back at her ex. But he’s terrible on camera – unless she does the shows with him.
Rules for Ghosting (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – A man who can see ghosts ends up running the family funeral home he tried to flee.
Vampires Never Say Die (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Slaying It series after When Life Gives You Vampires. An actress turns vampire slayer overnight when her hot co-worker is turned.
What She’s Having (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Big Love from Galway series after Curves for Days. Old flames have a second chance at love.

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

The Codebreakers Club: Solve the Mystery of the Missing Puzzle Professor – A collection of 150 logic puzzles for readers to solve to help the book characters find the missing professor.
Secret Society of Rebel Girls: Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox – When she gets punished for spying on another student, Nina has to write a letter to a famous woman from history, and she chooses Cleopatra. In fact, she and her friend Maya find an old mailbox in the woods and the drop the letter inside. Just for fun. And then Cleopatra writes her back!
History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials – Kate Messner’s History Smashers look at the Salem Witch Trials.
Sports Superheroes: Stephen Curry (Graphic Novel) – First in a new nonfiction series.

Books for Adults

Big Witch Energy (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Starfall Point series after Witches Get Stuff Done. Caroline’s family curse keeps her on Starfall which cost her the love of her life. Now he’s back on the island. But she’s not sure he’s ready to accept the work she and her friends do with ghosts. I checked out the first book recently, and loved it. Looking forward to reading this one!
The Break-Up Pact (Trade Paperback) – Two ex friends are both humiliated in breakups that go viral. When folks see the two of them together and think they are a copule, they decide to lean into the rumor and fake date in order to help each of them out. Yes, please!
Can’t Buy Me Love (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – A journalist travels to St Kitts with a media mogul for a story. The mogul’s ex notices the journalist, but she thinks the two are traveling together because they are a couple.
Companion to the Count (ebook, August 16) – Book one in the Seductive Sleuths series. When she sees her presumed-dead brother in a piece of artwork, a young woman who has lost everything is determined to find the artist – and the truth.
Haunted Ever After (Trade Paperback) – First in a new Boneyard Key series from Jen DeLuca. Cassie buys a cottage in Boneyard Key that seems to be haunted. I’m curious to check out this new series.
Miranda in Retrograde (Trade Paperback) – A young physics professor who is denied tenure decides to let her horoscope lead her life and decisions for the next year. Sounds fascinating!
Phoenix Keeper (Trade Paperback) – A new “cozy fantasy” about a phoenix keeper at a zoo for magical creatures who has to brave her archrival, the griffin keeper, to ask for help to save a phoenix breeding program.
What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to  the West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service (Hardcover) – A look back at the hit TV show, West Wing.

Happy August! It’s a great week for book lovers with TONS of new books releasing. Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence – A picture book of Black history from before the beginning of the slave trade.
Memoirs of a Dog – Book 6 in this fun picture book series.
Mothman’s Happy Cryptid Halloween – Book 2 in the Cryptid Holiday Classics series after Mothman’s Merry Cryptid Christmas. Mothman and his friends help out when Halloween gets rained out. I enjoyed the first book so much – looking forward to reading this one!
Stay Angry, Little Girl – An encouragement to little girls to be brave and share their ideas, even if they might meet resistance.
We Are Definitely Human – Three aliens crash land on Earth and ask for help from the neighbors to get back home, insisting they are “definitely human.”
Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness – Book 2 in the Cat on the Run series. Princess Beautiful is still on the run, but finds unexpected assistance.
Disaster Squad: Wildfire Rescue – First in a new series from Branches and Scholastic about a family that travels the country helping with disaster relief.
The Epic Guide to Dragon Masters – A resource guide for the Dragon Masters series.
The Puppy Place: Trixie – Book 69 in this long-running chapter book series.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

The Legend of the Last Library – In a future where trees have been wiped out and paper is rare, three kids stumble onto a secret – there’s a hidden library still in existence. The last of its kind.
Molly and the Bear: An Unlikely Pair (Graphic Novel) – Molly’s new best friend is a huge bear who is afraid of everything.
We Are Big Time (Graphic Novel) – Aliya is new to Wisconsin and new to her school. And the basketball team is pretty dreadful – something she hopes to help change.
Who Is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
Silent Sister – Two sisters go missing on a class trip, and only one is found. While she has no memory of what happened, she’s determined to use her sister’s journal to help her figure it out.
Witty in Pink – A girl is stuck with her nemesis all summer.

Books for Adults

Apprentice to the Villain (Trade Paperback) – The sequel to the delightful Assistant to the Villain. (My favorite book of 2023.) The Villain’s sunshine assistant needs to step up her game if she’s going to help protect her boss and the entire kingdom. This will be a drop-everything-and-read book when my preorder from 2023 finally arrives!!
Behind Every Good Man (Trade Paperback) – The wife of a Maryland senatorial campaign manager goes toe to toe with him when she starts working for his boss’s opponent after catching her husband in a compromising position.
Between a Flock and a Hard Place (Hardcover) – A home improvement reality show runs into trouble, first when a flock of wild turkeys are lured to the property, and second when someone is murdered.
Errands & Espionage (Trade Paperback) – A newly-single mother is recruited to pose as a recently-killed spy to finish her mission.
Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Hardcover, novella) – First in the new Chaotic Orbits series. A space looter is picked up by a government ship on a secret mission – where the agent in charge starts to think there might be more to their unexpected guest than meets the eye. Yes, please!
The Great Dating Fake Off (Trade Paperback) – There’s some complicated crushing going on when a couple spends time together during a large Italian wedding – where both of them have shown up in fake relationships. Yes, this too!
Hot Earl Summer (Trade Paperback) – Book 5 in the Wild Wynchesters series. A spinster and an inventor posing as an earl get stuck in a captivating castle while it is under siege.  Yes, please!
Plot Twist (Trade Paperback) – A first time romance novelist and a long-time crime novelist dig into an online feud that challenges them to write something together. Yes, please!
Zero Stars Do Not Recommend (Trade Paperback) – When the sun explodes while he’s on an island vacation, Dan will have to decide if he’s going to stay on the island to help the other vacationers or if he’s going to try to get one of the last seats off the island.
I Surrender All (Trade Paperback) – Something new from Priscilla Shirer.
New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary (Hardcover) – Looking forward to this New Testament commentary!