Wondering what to read now? Here are all the hot new June 2026 book releases for you. I’ll let you know what I’ve read, what I can’t wait to read, and what’s getting all the attention this month.
In case you’re new to Booklist Queen, every month I cover all the hottest new book releases. I try to read as many new book releases as I can to give you an honest perspective on what to read and what to skip.
However, I realize that my to-read list might not exactly match yours. That’s why I’ve also included some of the most popular June 2026 book releases from your favorite authors.
Enough from me, let’s get on to the June 2026 book releases so you can fill up your to-read list.
Top June 2026 Book Releases
Whistler
Ann Patchett
While visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Daphne Fuller and her husband find themselves followed by an older gentleman. Turns out it’s her former stepfather, Eddie Triplett, who was married to her mother for less than a year when she was nine years old. Reunited, Daphne and Eddie reexamine their relationship and the fateful event that changed both of their lives forever.
Publication Date: 2 June 2026
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Land
Maggie O’Farrell
In the years after the famine has driven much of the population out of Ireland, Tomás and his young son Liam are tasked with mapping the country for the Ordnance Survey project. With British soldiers arriving soon expecting the work to be completed, the taciturn Tomás is completely thrown off by an unsettling encounter. Now Liam must step up to try to finish the work and figure out how to get them both home.
Publication Date: 2 June 2026
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It Could Have Been Her
Lisa Jewell
While walking her dogs in the country, Jane Trevally stumbles across a small white dog. Thinking it belongs to a teenaged girl who had recently been staying nearby, she drives hours away to London to return it. Except the journey leads her to a house she has a dark history with and a man falsely claiming the dog was stolen. Jane kept help searching for answers to the lost dog, the missing teen girl, and the secrets she’d rather stay buried in this dark psychological thriller.
Publication Date: 23 June 2026
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The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson
Newly arrived in a coastal Massachusetts town, Caroline Lash quickly falls in love with local Van Whittaker. Van still hangs out with all his childhood friends: his beautiful ex-girlfriend Bailey, snobbish rich Augusta, and independent Fran. As the group runs wild over the summer, Bailey announces she is pregnant with Van’s baby. Immediately Caroline is cast out and in her anger, she exposes long-held secrets that throw the whole town into chaos.
Publication Date: 30 June 2026
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The Unicorn Hunters
Katherine Arden
As a child, Anne of Brittany watched her realm invaded and her father killed and, under the threat of war, she is forced to marry the King of France. To fulfill her promise to her father that the realm would never be taken, Anne secretly betroths herself to France’s greatest enemy. Taking her court into the woods on an imaginary unicorn hunt, Anne stumbles on an actual unicorn and a magical realm that might hold the power to save her kingdom.
Publication Date: 2 June 2026
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No Dumb Questions
Jason & Travis Kelce
Brothers Jason and Travis Kelce became famous for being star NFL players and hosting their own podcast. In an expansion of one of their most popular podcast segments, the Kelce brothers answer all their fans most pressing questions about football, relationships and life. With their trademark humor, the Kelces prove their are no dumb questions.
Publication Date: 2 June 2026
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Based on a True Story
Sarah Vaughan
Acclaimed children’s author Dame Eleanor Kingman has brought her family together at her cliffside home to celebrate her birthday and her latest bestseller. But the night before the party, someone threatens to reveal Eleanor’s most closely kept secret. With a documentary film crew arriving, Eleanor must discover the blackmailer among her closest family and friends. And if she is forced to finally tell the truth, will anyone believe her?
Publication Date: 9 June 2026
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The Most Anticipated June 2026 Book Releases
Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Lisa See
In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small dusty town of Los Angeles. Dove is an obedient bound foot daughter desperate for love in her arranged marriage to a wealthy merchant. Petal seeks freedom after being sold by her poor parents. Well educated and speaking perfect English, Moon is tainted by her failed footbinding that has left her with a limp. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps through the city, the three women connect through friendship to discover their own voices through hardship and heartbreak.
Publication Date: 9 June 2026
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The Someday Garden
Ashley Poston
Sophie Drear finds the refresh she so desperately needs when she takes a summer job as a gardener at the Lilymoor house in coastal Maine. Falling in love with the estate gardens, the quirky staff and the lively owner, Sophie is astonished to find a door that appears but never in the same place twice. Inside is a secret garden with a grumpy man caught inside. As Sophie deals with the unstable gardens and the owner’s attractive nephew, she thinks she might know exactly what is needed to make Lilymoor bloom once again.
Publication Date: 16 June 2026
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Villa Coco
Andrew Sean Greer
In a madcap adventure, our young man, a broke and unnamed narrator, takes a job as the assistant to a wealthy Italian baroness. Coco is a strong-willed widow who uses our young men at her whim. Rid the house of marten. Steal an urn from a funeral. Find an ancient septic system. Entertain the guests. But whatever he does, our young man must not sabotage Coco’s plan to reunite with the lost love of her life.
Publication Date: 9 June 2026
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A Pair of Aces
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Manhattan’s first Black female prosecutor, ADA Eunice Carter is determined to take down of the New York City’s top crime bosses. Other prosecutors have tried and failed to indict Lucky Luciano, but Eunice thinks that she can get to the mob boss through his role in prostitution. Eunice approaches Polly Adler, a high-class brothel owner tired of Lucky endangering her girls, and together the assemble a network of women to collect evidence in one of New York City’s most sensational trials in this fascinating historical fiction novel based on a true story.
Publication Date: 23 June 2026
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You First
Caroline Kepnes
In a prequel to You, Caroline Kepnes reveals how Joe Goldberg became an obsessive killer. Seventeen year old Joe is ready to find his soulmate. Working in a bookstore, Joe knows he needs to find the right girl who will force him to finish his GED, go back to school and make something of himself. Although Joe easily falls in love with girls, none seem to love him back. Detailing Joe’s first obsessive love, You First gives you the villain origin story for the popular hit series.
Publication Date: 9 June 2026
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Songs of the Dead
Brandon Sanderson & Peter Orullian
In a new imaginative fantasy series set in London, Brandon Sanderson teams up with author and musician Peter Orullian. When Jack Solomon dies, he reawakens to discover a new reality where light and music create magic. Beneath modern London, Jack discovers past eras in layers under the city. With many of the residents angered by the contemporary world, a powerful society of magicians able to cross between realms wants to harness the magic of the past to change the present.
Publication Date: 16 June 2026
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The Top of the World
Ethan Joella
In June 1975, Maggie Bishop graduates from high school and spends the summer retracing her older brother’s footsteps. Last summer, Chip received a devastating diagnosis and disappeared for months. Maggie’s journey leads her to a mountaintop resort in the Poconos where she falls in love with the tight-knit community whose lives her brothers touched. Together, Maggie and the townsfolk help each other cope with loss and overcome their grief.
Publication Date: 30 June 2026
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What June 2026 Book Releases are You Most Excited to Read?
What books can you not wait to get your hands on this month? Did I miss any June 2026 book releases that you are anticipating? As always, let me know in the comments!
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