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July 7, 2026

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of July 6th and July 13th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for July, which includes Indie Next, LibraryReads, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the “Good Morning America” Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the “Read with Jenna” Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.

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July 7, 2026

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Wednesday, July 8th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of MOST ARDENTLY YOURS by Freya Sampson, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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July 2026

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the films The Odyssey and Reading Lolita in Tehran; the series premieres of "The Five Star Weekend" on Peacock, "Little House on the Prairie" on Netflix, and "Elle" on Prime Video; the season premieres of AMC's "The Walking Dead: Dead City" and Apple TV's "Silo"; the conclusion of "Cape Fear" on Apple TV and "The Listeners" on STARZ; the season finale of AMC's "The Vampire Lestat"; the continuation of "House of the Dragon" on HBO; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of The Devil Wears Prada 2, Animal Farm and All You Need Is Kill.

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June 30, 2026

When people find out what I do for a living, the conversation quickly turns to books. At the doctor's office today, I gave three recommendations to the physician's assistant. At my water aerobics class yesterday, I shared what I thought a friend might like to read next after she noted what she is reading now. 

What constantly amazes me is that in this world where there are influencers and social media, nothing seems to count more than someone you trust saying, “I think you would like to read this.” Also, it never fails to surprise me when I think that certain books already are on the radar of “everyone,” but then I start talking to people and even big bestsellers are not well known.

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June 30, 2026

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of June 29th and July 6th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our current Word of Mouth contest. Let us know by Friday, July 10th at noon ET what books you’ve read, and you’ll have a chance to win THE SHAMPOO EFFECT by Jenny Jackson and SINGLE GIRLS by John Searles, both of which will be Bookreporter.com Bets On picks.

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Stephanie Dray, author of A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams

In the heart of revolutionary Boston, Abigail Adams raises her children amid riots, blockades and the outbreak of war. While her husband, John Adams, rises from country lawyer to nation-builder, Abigail builds her own independence --- managing their farm, making lucrative investments, amassing savings, battling plague and loss, and defending their home. When peace is secured, Abigail steps onto the world stage. Even after her husband’s presidential administration, she continues battling political foes and working behind the scenes to advance her family, secure independence for the women in her life, and ensure a better life for the next generation of Americans.

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Author Talk: Carla Power, author of The Lady Imam: How amina wadud's Life and Faith Changed the World

Jun 29, 2026

THE LADY IMAM is a timely and soul-stirring biography of one of today’s most influential Islamic female scholars. In this interview, Carla Power explains her decision to write a book about amina wadud, what she hopes readers will take away from it, why she is drawn to study Islam, and the figures who have had the greatest impact on her writing style and worldview.

Camille Perri, author of Social Animals

Val Caruso, Alex Reed and June Kennerson come from completely different worlds. Val is a tough-talking private investigator; Alex is reticent, nervous and on the run from her past; and June is an athlete turned housewife whose true love is her pup. When Val is hired by June’s husband to find out if June is cheating on him, it sets these three women on a collision course. Amid a colorful cast of characters who spend time at the shabby but beloved Hamilton Dog Park, they find they have more in common than they thought. But when their secrets catch up with them, will their newfound friendships be able to withstand the pressure? Or will they find themselves in the doghouse?

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Carla Power, author of The Lady Imam: How amina wadud's Life and Faith Changed the World

A feminist scholar-activist, single mother of five, and queer advocate, amina wadud has led a decades-long struggle against Islam’s patriarchal establishment. Like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X before her, wadud has mobilized faith’s moral power as an engine for justice and equality. Yet the extraordinary story of this American trailblazer has never been told in book form, until now. THE LADY IMAM chronicles the life of a singular figure whose influence reaches beyond Islamic scholarship into feminism, Black history and global movements for gender justice. With unprecedented access through years of interviews and archival research, Carla Power delivers the definitive portrait of wadud’s extraordinary life while illuminating the enduring struggle to reconcile faith, family and the pursuit of justice.

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Gabbie Hanks, author of Nasty Little Secrets

Rose Dearling’s life changed forever when her brother was imprisoned for the murder of his high school sweetheart. Now, a decade after the crime ripped her family and Florida hometown apart, Rose is the only one who still believes he didn’t do it. So much so that she wrote a bestselling book about the case to cement his innocence. This may have gained her a bad reputation, but it also bought her a new life in Manhattan, far away from where it all began. Then Rose gets a call that shatters her world for a second time: her younger sister has gone missing. Back home and under the same roof as her family for the first time in years, Rose begins the search for her sister. But when connections between both past and present cases emerge, Rose realizes that her own book could hold all the answers.

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