Our July Picks Are Here!

A cat-and-mouse thriller that will get your heart pumping and your mind racing as you fly through this novel — and across the city of London. When a new secret agent’s first assignment is to covertly transport the handsome son of Russian dissidents across the city and protect him from assassins and the view of cameras. Perfect for fans of Ian Fleming and Three Hours in Paris, Alias Emma is an action-packed story that makes the perfect one-sitting read.  

A gothic fantasy that flips fairy tales on their heads, The Book Eaters is a story you’ll want to both savor and devour. When Devon’s son is born with a rare kind of hunger for human minds, she discovers the careful diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories she’s been fed to satisfy her own hunger — one for books and stories — is misleading. A deliciously witty tale of motherly love and trauma, The Book Eaters is a must-read for fans of T. L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead. 

From the winner of Our Discover Prize to National Book Award Winner, and now to our July Fiction Pick, The Rabbit Hutch is high on our list of books you simply shouldn’t miss. This stunning debut follows Blandine and the other residents in her crumbling housing complex over the course of one blisteringly hot week in July. A beautiful and brutal story, Tess Gunty burst onto the literary scene with an impressive first novel, and we can’t wait to see what comes next.  

Life often feels like a race against time, and it’s not uncommon to hear the phrase, “If only there were more hours in the day.” Well, Oliver Burkeman’s bestselling book is here to tell you that you’re right; there simply isn’t enough time in life to do everything. Challenging readers to decide what they want to accomplish in their life, Four Thousand Weeks will spark reflection on prioritization and what they spend their time doing.  

Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and How We Fall Apart, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s debut spills all the tea in this elite school’s thrilling tale. When two students are selected as prefects, someone going by the name of Aces starts unveiling their secrets and threatens to topple their precariously balanced futures. Ace of Spades is a thought-provoking story full of strength, resilience and social commentary.  

Our very first ever Young Reader Monthly Pick was also a book by Gordon Korman — The Unteachables — so we feel like we’ve come full circle with Linked. When swastikas start popping up around a small town, the kids of one school start a project to try to bring people together while three students get closer to the truth. A thought-provoking story about one town’s reckoning with crimes of both the present and past, Korman seamlessly blends together humor, mystery, and action.