Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors D.F. Maddox, Apryl Baker, Emrys Ambrosius, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Sue Wilder, Christopher D. Williams, Martha Carr, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!
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New Young Adult Books to Read | June 17
Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week, you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Annette Masters, Jillian Dodd, Samantha Holt, and more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
New Biography and Memoir Books to Read | June 17
Looking for some new biography and memoir books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Noraly Schoenmaker, Jonathan Gluck, Mindy Uhrlaub, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
New Business and Finance Books to Read | June 17
Looking for some new business and finance books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from JD Roby, Heather Lisle, and Pete Steege. Enjoy your new business and finance books. Happy reading!
Rebels & Rulebreakers: 6 Young Adult Books That Defy Expectations
Rebels & Rulebreakers: 6 Young Adult Books That Defy Expectations
Meet the teens who don’t fit the mold, and the stories that celebrate them. These YA novels are gritty, raw, and impossible to forget. Ready to break some rules?
Skyboy
by Adam Aresty
Release Date: May 6, 2025
In Skyboy, a young genius must confront his greatest weakness to survive.
The OCD Recovery Workbook for Teens & Adults
by Yvonne Joseph
Release Date: May 25, 2025
Break free from OCD with The OCD Recovery Workbook for Teens & Adults. Using CBT, ERP, ACT, and mindfulness, this compassionate guide helps you understand your triggers, face fears, and reclaim your life. With worksheets, real stories, and expert tools, it empowers lasting change—you're not broken, and you're not alone.
I Don’t Need Your Love (Harrington Bay Academy Book 2)
by Emma Dalton
Release Date: May 29, 2025
Ryder Bennett is my brother’s best friend and we’ve been at each other’s throats since forever. I thought attending Harrington Bay Academy would put distance between us, but he shows up one day and shatters my perfect world. If that’s not bad enough, he calls my dance team corny. And then he shows up to try out. The nerve of the guy.
Never Thought I'd End Up Here
by Ann Liang
Release Date: June 3, 2025
Leah Zhang has just ruined her cousin's wedding. She didn't mean to wish the bride a depressing marriage and poor health, but she's forgotten most of her Mandarin. Her parents stage an intervention: Leah will be sent on a travel program across China's most beautiful cities. To them, it's the perfect opportunity for Leah to get back to her roots. To Leah, it's simply a much-needed escape.
A First Time for Everything
by K. L. Walther
Release Date: June 3, 2025
Madeline has always been extremely close to her family, so she is shocked when her older brother gets engaged without including them (or even giving them a heads up!). Mads has never been the biggest fan of his fiancée, Katie, so in order to remain one happy family, she is determined to bond with Katie before the big day, which includes reluctantly agreeing to be a bridesmaid.
Hayley's Hayfield (Blink, Oklahoma Book 2)
by Lainey Ross
Release Date: June 3, 2025
One rebellious girl from California. One farm boy from small-town Oklahoma. Two secrets that destroy the futures they'd thought they had. A ring is burning a hole in Sam's pocket. He's got his entire life planned out with his high school sweetheart, Sarah. The only problem is, she's disappeared. She won't answer his calls, won't respond to his texts, and her parents' stories about where she is become increasingly more suspicious.
The Chosen, the Cursed, and Those Who Rewrite Fate: 6 Must-Read Sci-Fi Books
The Chosen, the Cursed, and Those Who Rewrite Fate: 6 Must-Read Sci-Fi Books
Prophecies, rebellions, and reluctant heroes fill these pages, but don’t expect the usual destinies. These characters bend the rules, break the mold, and refuse to play by the script written for them. Perfect for readers who like their fantasy and sci-fi sharp, smart, and deeply character-driven.
Thing Beyond Reason: First Contact, the Becoming (The Thing Trilogy Book 3)
by Kendall Williams
Release Date: May 2, 2025
A universe is going dark, and human destiny hangs in the balance… Jason and Arkan, the alien, play the Game as equals. Now they must part ways. On Mars, Jason makes a miraculous discovery. Something that alters gravity itself! Is this what he has been seeking all along? Did he discover it, or did it discover him? Does it even matter as he confronts evil personified, embedded in the fabric of time?
Archer's Moon: Dawn of Legends (Legends of Ansu Book 1)
by J.W. Webb
Release Date: June 10, 2025
Sorcery, vengeance, passion, and war! As a deity, Argonwui knows she can have it all. Watching the green world spinning below, she ventures down to explore and learn about the lesser beings dwelling amongst that swirling gas. A quick visit to relieve the monotony up there among the floating clouds. What could go wrong?
Key of Power (Dynamis Novels Book 3)
by Nancy Golden
Release Date: March 24, 2025
King Rugal holds the Key of Power, but not even he fully understands what it can do. Whoever unlocks its secret can use that knowledge to their advantage, but only the rightful King of Elayas can wield its power. Will the Key of Power help Rugal defeat the coming evil, or will Rugal be forced to use it to destroy everything he loves?
The Girl Who Wouldn't Die
by Jeff Abugov
Release Date: June 7, 2025
She's of our time, but she doesn’t age. Our epic tale follows the immortal woman through many lifetimes—past, present, and future—her struggle to keep her secret; her remorse in leaving loved ones when it's time to move on; and her hardships slipping into her next identity. Violence, sex, adventure, and romance abound, but one thing’s for sure...eternal youth ain’t all it's cracked up to be.
Darkness, Light, and Fire (The Life And Times Of Gunnery Sergeant Jackson Mason Book 2)
by Mark Jordan
Release Date: June 15, 2025
In “Darkness, Light, and Fire,” the galaxy faces an unprecedented threat as an ancient, dark, and menacing enemy threatens to launch a relentless invasion, shaking the foundations of the galactic community. Heroes must rise to confront the growing threat, leading a desperate fight to turn the tide before the galaxy is consumed by darkness.
The Phoenix Pencil Company
by Allison King
Release Date: June 3, 2025
In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic—of reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life—holds the power to transform a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long-lost connections across time and space.
Between Love and Loneliness: Literary Fiction That Heals
Between Love and Loneliness: Literary Fiction That Heals
These literary fiction novels explore the tension between connection and solitude. Whether it’s romance that slips through the cracks or friendships that last decades, each story captures something raw and real about being human.
Big Blue: A Parable of Modern-Day Migration
by Douglas Peiffer
Release Date: May 5, 2025
A page-turning struggle for survival that strikes at the heart of one of our time's most significant social issues. Big Blue takes the reader on a cross-cultural journey that reveals a father’s boundless love for his only child and exposes a cycle of bias, bigotry, betrayal and greed that influences people across borders.
So Far Gone
by Jess Walter
Release Date: June 10, 2025
Rhys Kinnick has gone off the grid. At Thanksgiving a few years back, a fed-up Rhys punched his conspiracy-theorist son-in-law in the mouth, chucked his smartphone out a car window and fled for a cabin in the woods, with no one around except a pack of hungry raccoons.
You Started It
by Daniel Hurst
Release Date: June 4, 2025
Alison thought she lived a quiet, normal life with her husband, Damian. But that all changes when an unexpected visitor reveals a shocking truth about her partner. Things will never be the same after that as a deadly game of deceit begins, full of shocks and surprises, lies and betrayal, and ultimately proving that when it comes to revenge, it's best to take your time.
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club
by Martha Hall Kelly
Release Date: May 27, 2025
2016: Thirty-four-year-old Mari Starwood is still grieving after her mother’s death as she travels to the storied island of Martha’s Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. She’s come all the way from California with nothing but a name on a piece of paper: Elizabeth Devereaux, the famous but reclusive Vineyard painter. When Mari makes it to Mrs. Devereaux’s stunning waterfront farm under the guise of taking a painting class with her, Mrs. Devereaux begins to tell her the story of the Smith sisters, who once lived there.
Where the Rivers Merge:
by Mary Alice Monroe
Release Date: May 13, 2025
From New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe comes her highly anticipated Where the Rivers Merge, the first of two epic and triumphant novels celebrating one intrepid woman's life across multiple generations in the American South.
Endling
by Maria Reva
Release Date: June 3, 2025
Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and the impact of war.
Lives That Refuse to Be Ignored: Biographies & Memoirs Picked For You
Lives That Refuse to Be Ignored: Biographies & Memoirs Picked For You
Bold, fearless, and unforgettable, these memoirs tell stories that scream to be heard. They’re a wake-up call, a challenge, and an inspiration all at once.
Salmon Swimming Upstream and Homebound
by Stephen Johnson
Release Date: May 23, 2025
"Salmon Swimming Upstream and Homebound" is a heartfelt, nostalgic memoir capturing the essence of growing up in rural America during the 1960s. The story reflects on childhood adventures, family traditions, and the rhythms of farm life in the Pacific Northwest, offering a glimpse into the joys, challenges, and transformative moments of youth.
Dolores: My Journey Home
by Catherine Paiz & Riley J. Ford
Release Date: June 5, 2025
Catherine Paiz grew up far from the spotlight, in the vibrant multicultural city of Montreal, Canada, where her dreams began. When her path led her to Los Angeles, she built a life that seemed like a fairy tale: love, children, and a pioneering YouTube career that influenced millions. As part of The ACE Family, she became a familiar face around the globe. But behind the scenes, Catherine was carrying heartbreak, facing betrayal, navigating intense public scrutiny, and slowly losing herself.
A Clean Mess: A Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being Numb
by Tiffany Jenkins
Release Date: June 3, 2025
A Clean Mess opens with the moment that changed everything. Tiffany is about to go on stage when she receives an odd message from her husband: “Hey Babe, some of the guys here are making some stupid decisions. Not me. But I just wanted to let you know in case you heard it from some of the other wives.” By the end of the night, Tiffany knew her life would never be the same.
Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus
Release Date: June 3, 2025
In 1951, with the publication of God and Man at Yale, a scathing attack on his alma mater, twenty-five-year-old William F. Buckley, Jr., seized the public stage—and commanded it for the next half century as he led a new generation of conservative activists and ideologues to the peak of political power and cultural influence.
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
by Caroline Fraser
Release Date: June 10, 2025
Caroline Fraser grew up in the shadow of Ted Bundy, the most notorious serial murderer of women in American history, surrounded by his hunting grounds and mountain body dumps, in the brooding landscape of the Pacific Northwest. But in the 1970s and ’80s, Bundy was just one perpetrator amid an uncanny explosion of serial rape and murder across the region. Why so many? Why so weirdly and nightmarishly gruesome? Why the senseless rise and then sudden fall of an epidemic of serial killing?
When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World
by Jordan Thomas
Release Date: May 27, 2025
Eighteen of California’s largest wildfires on record have burned in the past two decades. Scientists recently invented the term “megafire” to describe wildfires that behave in ways that would have been nearly impossible just a generation ago, burning through winter, exploding in the night, and devastating landscapes historically impervious to incendiary destruction.
Blueprints for Bold Moves: Business Books That Build Empires
Blueprints for Bold Moves: Business Books That Build Empires
The rules of business have changed. These books cover innovation, agile thinking, and the power of reinvention—ideal for anyone leading in an unpredictable world.
Navigating Leadership: From Toxicity to Triumph
by Marchem Pfeiffer
Release Date: May 25, 2025
Burnout isn’t weakness; it’s a sign of a broken system. This bold guide helps leaders heal from toxic culture, rebuild trust, and lead with clarity and heart. Perfect for fans of Brené Brown and Patrick Lencioni. Get the eBook for just $0.99 – limited time only!
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
by Megan Greenwell
Release Date: June 10, 2025
Private equity runs our country, yet few Americans have any idea how ingrained it is in their lives. Private equity controls our hospitals, daycare centers, supermarket chains, voting machine manufacturers, local newspapers, nursing home operators, fertility clinics, and prisons. The industry even manages highways, municipal water systems, fire departments, emergency medical services, and owns a growing swath of commercial and residential real estate.
From Tailspin to Tailwind
by Buddy Teaster
Release Date: May 13, 2025
Discover how Soles4Souls repurposed more than 107 million pairs of shoes and pieces of clothing into vehicles for economic empowerment, raising household incomes globally and reducing landfill waste. Through the lens of resilience and shared leadership, the book delves into the hard-earned lessons learned during a decade of reinvention, from tackling financial mismanagement to restoring public trust.
The Multicultural Mindset
by Joycelyn David
Release Date: May 20, 2025
Joycelyn David, CEO of AV Communications and one of the 100 most influential Filipina women in the world, shares the essential blueprint for business leaders thriving in today's borderless marketplace. With over 20 years of expertise in multicultural marketing, David demonstrates how mastering your Multicultural Quotient (MQ)—the measurable essence of cultural intelligence—transforms good leaders into exceptional global changemakers
The Energetic Investor
by Kevin Bambrough
Release Date: June 3, 2025
In The Energetic Investor, Kevin shares scientifically proven strategies to power up your biology, sharpen your cognitive abilities, and fuel your financial decision-making. By leveraging your DNA, microbiome, and mitochondria, you’ll create a system where success in one area amplifies success in others.
Wired for Success
by Sallie Wright
Release Date: May 28, 2025
What does it take to rise to the top in the ever-evolving world of technology? Wired for Success pulls back the curtain on the real journeys of today’s most influential tech executives—offering a front-row seat to the pivotal moments, hard-won lessons, and game-changing decisions that shaped their paths to leadership.
Fell for the Wrong One? These Romance Books Get It
Fell for the Wrong One? These Romance Books Get It
From rivals to soulmates, these romance reads deliver the best kind of surprise, the kind that starts with sarcasm or suspicion and ends with a kiss. Whether it’s tension-filled enemies or total opposites, each love story proves that sometimes the heart knows before the head catches up. Fall for the unexpected in these unforgettable reads.
Dodging Mr. Right (Hooked In Series Book 2)
by Anastasia Alexander
Release Date: May 21, 2025
Tiffany Woodland is focused on success—until a business trip to India with her boss’s nephew throws her plans into chaos, where she confronts mischievous monkeys, chaotic traffic, and her sister’s well-meaning interference with a love potion at exactly the wrong time.
Reckless Heart (The Hearts of Sawyers Bend Book 8)
by Ivy Layne
Release Date: June 10, 2025
Avery Sawyer is determined to uncover her father’s killer, but someone will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Police Chief West Garfield knows Avery won’t back down, even if it puts her in danger. As they uncover secrets, they’ll also uncover their love for each other—but will it cost them everything?
Bound by Her
by MZ Rylan
Release Date: May 29, 2025
She was never meant to love them. They were never meant to kneel. Adria takes three brothers as part of her revenge, but each one tempts her control—Bryson’s defiance, Kaydon’s fire, Seth’s quiet loyalty. In a world of power and pain, she won’t break for anyone. But she just might bend… for all three.
Three Pucks and a Baby
by Katie Ashley
Release Date: May 29, 2025
Vivian is a smart and sassy university librarian longing for something outside of her usual Netflix and knitting. Enter Bennett, Grayson, and Theo--three hockey stars ready to spice up more than just her books. After their steamy romp, two lines on a pregnancy test change everything, and she has three potential baby daddies vying for a place in her heart...and in her bed.
Bourbon and Proof (The Bourbon Boys Series Book 3)
by Victoria Wilder
Release Date: June 6, 2025
It isn’t just small-town lore or neighborhood gossip—I’ve witnessed what happens when the men in my family get too comfortable and fall. And maybe that’s history now, but the responsibility to lead our family business and maintain our standing as the world’s most sought-after Kentucky bourbon is on my shoulders. Few others know the lengths I’ll go to ensure the safety of my business and family. Blurring morals and manipulating rules are all just part of the game.
Till Summer Do Us Part
by Meghan Quinn
Release Date: June 3, 2025
Scottie Price just started a new job, and it's a real sausage fest. She's the only woman on a team filled with Brads and Chads. Expecting a bachelor pad atmosphere, she is quickly corrected when she finds out everyone is happily married.
























































