Hey bookworm friends! I hope you’re keeping cool & staying hydrated. Today’s TTTopic is one of my all-time favourites to think about. Technically it’s supposed to be “most anticipated books releasing in the second half of the year” but I like making these lists seasonally, or quarterly so I’m focusing on the summer months. So, as promised yesterday in my Mid-Year Freak Out post, here are my top 10 summer 2025 new releases on my radar! I can’t wait to see which books you’ve added to your lists…and then adopt them as my babies too😂!
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Summer 2025 New Releases
The Last Vigilant – Mark A. Latham
Pub Date: June 24, 2025 (Out Today!); Orbit
Adult Fantasy. “Set in a world where magic is forgotten, monsters lurk in the dark woods, and honorable soldiers are few…”
Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe – C. B. Lee
Pub Date: July 1, 2025; Feiwel & Friends
YA Sapphic Cozy Fantasy Romance. A geeky overachiever and a chosen one from different universes meet in a coffeeshop.
The Lavender Blade: An Exorcist’s Chronicle – E. L. Deards
Pub Date: July 8, 2025; She Writes Press
Queer Fantasy/Speculative Fiction. A con-artist exorcist becomes possessed for real.
The Bewitching – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pub Date: July 15, 2025; Del Rey
Fantasy/Horror. Witchy, multigenerational saga connects 1900’s Mexico to 1990’s Massachusetts.
Silvercloak – L. K. Steven
Pub Date: July 29, 2025; Del Rey
Adult Fantasy. Saffron Killoran joins Silvercloak Academy—an elite order of detectives—to bring her parents’ murderers to justice.
The Elysium Heist – Y. M. Resnik
Pub Date: July 31, 2025; Solaris Nova
Queer Sci-Fi. Five women run a heist on a space casino to win their freedom.
Automatic Noodle – Annalee Newitz
Pub Date: August 5, 2025; Tordotcom
Cozy Sci-Fi novella. Set in a dystopian near-future, a crew of left-over robots open their own noodle shop.
The Society of Unknowable Objects – Gareth Brown
Pub Date: August 7, 2025; Bantam
Adult Fantasy, Thriller. The world of unknowable objects – magical items that most people have no idea possess powers – has been quiet for decades … until now.
Hemlock & Silver – T. Kingfisher
Pub Date: August 19, 2025; Tor Books
Adult Dark Fantasy, Re-imagining of Snow White. Poison-obsessed healer Anja is summoned to save the king’s dying daughter.
Boudicca’s Daughter – Elodie Harper
Pub Date: August 28, 2025; Apollo
Historical Fiction. “Born to a legend. Forced to fight. Determined to succeed. Meet Solina. Boudicca’s Daughter.”
I did my best to list the expected pub dates but you never know, dates can change. If you’re interested in any of these releases please make sure you keep an eye on the latest updates yourself.
Let’s chat in the comments!
Which summer releases are you most excited for? Or, Did you participate in this week’s TTT? Link me!
Automatic Noodle sure sounds good.
And it comes out close to my birthday so I’m considering it the author’s present to me 😂
There are some new to me books on your list. I’m very curious about The Lavender Blade and Coffee Shop in an Alternate Universe😁
Oh I’m glad they both caught your eye, they sound so fun to me too! Thanks for stopping by 🖤
Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe sounds super cute and cozy! I’ll definitely have to add that to my TBR.
Hi, Sammie. I’m glad Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe also appeals to you and I hope you love it if you do pick it up 🙂 Thanks for popping by my blog 🖤
Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe looks so good! I haven’t seen many other people mention it, but I’ve been curious about it, too. And I want to read Automatic Noodle also!
Yess I know, I thought it was Indie but it’s not so I’m mildly surprised I haven’t seen many people mention it either :o! & yay I am so impatient for Automatic Noodle!
There are so many great books coming out soon. The one I’m most looking forward to on your list is Boudicca’s Daughter after loving Elodie Harper’s previous books.
There really are, it feels overwhelming with how many I want to read…and yet I keep adding more 🙃 And fantastic, I have Elodie Harper’s other series but I’ve yet to pick it up!! Thanks for stopping by 🖤
This topic is always one of my favourites too. I love making the lists and checking out everybody else’s too and seeing just how much my TBR grows 😂
You have some fantastic sounding options and I really hope you enjoy all of them. I’ve already read, and loved, The Bewitching. Have you read any of the authors books before? Hemlock & Silver, Silvercloak and Boudicca’s Daughter are three that I’m incredibly excited for as well. And I’ve just added The Last Vigiliant & The Elysium Heist to my TBR as they sound fantastic 😍
Yes it’s such a fun time for sure! It takes me days to go through people’s posts because I want to try to be more thorough (not that I can visit everyone’s, it would take forever).
Thank you! And I am so happy to hear you loved The Bewitching! I loved seeing your list too and I was impressed to find a sci-fi on there, maybe this is your year😜!
Out of the authors here I’ve already read T. Kingfisher, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Annalee Newitz and everyone else is new to me. I don’t necessarily pick anticipated reads by authors I’ve already read it’s kind of impossible to keep track of all that, just if it sounds like the premise is good lol.
Yess that makes absolute sense, I could see you loving all three of those too! Amazing, I am so glad 🖤!
I get that as I really struggle with keeping up when I join in too. I think it’s the most popular meme out there.
I hope you end up loving it too. And I’m glad you approved of the sci fi inclusion. I was thinking that if the horror TBRs go well I may try to come up with a sci fi one at some point as I keep failing to get to that genre.
I meant Silvia Moreno-Garcia mostly , I was curious if you’d tried anything else besides Mexican Gothic. But that’s good to know. And I’m the same, I mostly go by premises. Although sometimes they first catch my eye because I’m familiar with the author.
Here’s hoping we both love them all 🥰
I’m glad it’s not just me lol. Yes it definitely is the most popular one, at least that I’ve seen!
Thank you 🙂 Hehe oh omg I would be SO curious to see which type of sci-fi catches your attention! But one thing at a time, I suppose 😛 lol
Ah okay haha my bad but yeah I’ve only read 2 books by her and that’s fair. 🙂
Yes, fingers crossed!
You’re definitely not alone lol and yes it certainly seems to be. So far I’ve pulled the few sci fi titles from my priority list into a separate sci fi section. I’ll have to hunt down more titles for a longer list though as it’s pretty small 😂
Oh good, I’m glad to hear that hehe 🥰.
Exciting, I love that you have a separate tbr for this! 🙂 That’s alright you have to start somewhere! & If you try some from your list and like them then at least you know you can probably try more from those same authors so that’ll grow your list a bit!
Yes that’s very true, and I don’t really want to add anything for the sake of it. So I’ll do a bit of research to find a few particularly popular titles that I like the sound of. But I’d rather have a small list of must reads than a massive one of maybes.
Silvercloak is on my TTT list as well and I totally forgot about Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe but I do have that on my TBR radar and I’m keen to check it out. It sounds great 😊 I hope you enjoy all of these books whenever you get to them!
That’s awesome, I keep seeing people mention Silvercloak so I’m excited! And I’m happy to remind you of Coffeeshop in an AU, then :D! Thank you so much 🥰
I’m looking forward to The Bewitching and Hemlock & Silver too… and Automatic Noodle looks great! Enjoy!
Excellent, I hope you love those if you pick them up and thanks for stopping by my blog, Lisa! 🖤
AUTOMATIC NOODLES sounds like a fun read! I hope you enjoy all these.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
It really does and I’m glad you think so too 🙂 Thanks! & I always stretch out the TTT’s by visiting people’s blogs throughout the week, I find it too much for just one day 😜!
Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe is also on my list, because it looks so cute! I wonder if the author will ever release the last book in her Sidekick Squad series though 🤔 Nevertheless, I’m happy that she has a new book coming out!
Ahh, interesting! I had not heard of anything else by this author but I agree Coffeeship in an AU sounds adorable! I hope the final book of that series gets published soon for you though 🖤 (the Goodreads page doesn’t seem to have a date on it yet :s)
I have a lot of the books you mentioned on my radar, and I am really excited about them all! (Especially Hemlock & Silver and Automatic Noodle)
I am also quite excited about the Enchanted Greenhouse, and I have recently discovered that at the end of June, Paved With Good Intentions by Peter McLEan was published, and now I need this one too!
But, on the whole, this Summer is full of interesting titles that I am dying to read!!
Oh yay I’m so glad you’re excited for all of these too! 😀
the Enchanted Greenhouse sounds amazing I still have to read the first book in that series! Ohh Hahah that title is PERFECT for you!! I’m gonna need to look it up. I am so glad we get lots of exciting reads this summer, I hope you enjoy them all 🖤
Enjoy!
I want to try Kingfisher one day
Thanks so much, I hope you enjoy any that you may try 😀