The Buzziest Books of August | 2025
29 Aug 2025
The Buzziest Books of August | 2025
As August unfolds, the light grows softer, the air heavier with heat, and every story feels like a doorway to somewhere new. These reads capture the essence of late summer: bold, memorable, and impossible to put down. They’re the kind of books that linger, echoing in your mind long after the final chapter. Whether you’re chasing adventure or seeking solace, these stories make August unforgettable.
Paydirt
AJ Lewis
Release Date: July 19, 2025
In 1980s Pakistan, an underage girl is classified as an unidentified fatality in a traffic accident after she is thrown from her abductor’s SUV. The wealthy landlord, politician, and cult leader who abducted her evades all responsibility… until an unscrupulous civil servant begins to investigate. Author of the Muhammad Amalfi Mysteries, AJ Lewis.
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Darkest Sin (The Dark Mafia Book 1)
by Ivy Davis
Release Date: August 5, 2025
Mikhail Novikoff, a powerful Bratva leader, claims me the moment he lays eyes on me. I’m powerless to stop him. We marry for my own protection, but is it him I need protecting from? I start to wonder if he’s the man who can save my family or if he’s really the devil in disguise.
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Stoneslayer (Fallout Book 2)
by Candace Lynn Talmadge
Release Date: August 5, 2025
Between healing the king and her friend, Azgard outcast Helen Andros clashes with her powerful father—leaving her scarred for life. Can Helen tell him she loves him before he faces brutal reprisal for his relationship with her mother? Can she endure a loveless marriage and outwit the Stoneslayer’s relentless pursuit of her green gem?
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The Cybersecurity Power Play: A Boardroom Guide to Digital Defense
by Krishna Rajagopal
Release Date: July 14, 2025
A boardroom essential, The Cybersecurity Power Play equips leaders with clear, strategic insights to tackle today’s digital threats. No jargon—just real-world examples, smart frameworks, and practical guidance to lead cybersecurity from the top with confidence.
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Outlier
by Susie Tate
Release Date: August 12, 2025
Vicky is an outlier, even in her own family. Her cold beauty doesn’t appeal to Mike, and her obvious crush irritates him. But when the fireworks start, and she buries into his chest, shaking in fear, he’s not so annoyed by her anymore… An opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers romance with a neurodiverse heroine and a grumpy, but protective hero.
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The Understudy (Blackbird)
by Tang Seng
Release Date: June 27, 2025
Hollywood’s brightest star is dead. Now, struggling actress Christine Dreyer has her shot. But her mysterious agent’s obsession with revenge threatens everything. As she uncovers a decades-old conspiracy that killed her father, Christine must decide: become another victim or expose the truth—a psychological thriller of ambition and betrayal.
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Neural Bounty (Wild Frontier Chronicles Book 2)
by Daniel P. Douglas
Release Date: August 11, 2025
Bounty hunter Kassidy Reyez tracks stolen neural tech across the wild frontier. Each step stirs buried memories of white rooms and screaming subjects. Now trapped between a Stygian Duster who knows her identity and the monsters who made her forget, Kassidy must decide: stay hidden in the shadows or confront why her mother’s last words were, “Run!”
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A Tiny Tremor (Tales Of Reverba: The Story of Earth Book 1)
by Jordan Spicer
Release Date: August 12, 2025
Survive. Find Ana. Nothing else matters. The Train that froze Tonga ripped the last evacuation plane from the sky, hurling Kuipi Reverba to the ground. She’s alone and injured, but alive. As long as she can move, and as long as she has earth magic, neither civil war nor a god will stop her. She will split the very earth if that’s what it takes. Join the search.
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It’s Time That We Be Brave (Heist School Book 2)
by Michael Felty
Release Date: June 8, 2025
The exciting continuation of Heist School: The Family Business transports you back into the world of fifteen-year-old Ally Robison and her family of international thieves. This time, Ally and Harris must claw the family back into the light by stealing from the rich in LA in an attempt to save their mother.
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For the Love of My Son
by Joseph Keithson
Release Date: August 22, 2025
There are secrets here—deep, dark secrets at the place where good and evil meet. We broke an unwritten rule far stronger than the universal human incest taboo. Our son Abel is (was) a chimpanzee-human hybrid. How he came to be, lived his life, and died, you will see.
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I Wish You Love: Alice’s Story (Tuckaway Bay Book 5)
by Madeleine Jaimes
Release Date: August 26, 2025
For over a decade, Alice McBain has lived in the shadows of someone else’s ambition, someone else’s marriage, someone else’s definition of love. She’s ready to stop waiting for the perfect time. But when she finally steps into the truth, everything around her begins to fall apart.
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Darker Than Blood
by Taylor Marsh
Release Date: August 23, 2025
One stored snapshot squats in my brain. When I’m ready, my memory will return, I am told. My claim to fame includes phenomena people cannot grasp. Tired from the cross-country journey, my energy rises as I get closer to my destination. Instincts perk up. Another rural town where shadows and dark energy converge. Nobody buries a body in a city.
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