Most Anticipated New Book Releases: June 2026

Whistler: A Novel

Ann Patchett

June 2, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Harper

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The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time. When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than year when Daphne was nine.

Shampoo Effect

Jenny Jackson

June 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Pamela Dorman Books

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The Someday Garden

Ashley Poston

June 16, 2026 Paperback$20.00 Berkley Books

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The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside, in the next magical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Sounds Like Love and The Seven Year Slip. When Sophie Drear plans her escape to coastal Maine for the summer, for a temporary job revitalizing the storied grounds at Lilymoor House, she doesn’t expect to fall in love. But she does: With the beguiling land, the fragrant flowers, and the towering hedge maze.

Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

Maggie Haberman

June 2026 Hardcover$34.00 Simon & Schuster

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American School of Spies: The Archaeologists Who Fought the Nazis and Saved the Treasures of Ancient Greece

Stephan Talty

June 2026 Hardcover$35.00 Dutton

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Land: A Novel

Maggie O'Farrell

June 2, 2026 Hardcover$32.00 Knopf Publishing Group

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The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. “A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural spaces, operating on timescales both intimate and geological.

Axolotl-Ella: A Sort-of Cinderella Story

Kate Messner

June 2026 Hardcover$18.99 Ten Speed Young Readers

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The Unicorn Hunters: A Novel

Katherine Arden

June 2, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Del Rey Books

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest, and unknowingly alters the fate of her world, in this dazzling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale. This otherworldly hardcover edition includes an illustrated jacket, a foil-stamped case, and designed full-color endpapers!

Trash!: A Garbageman's Story

Simon Pare-Poupart

June 2026 Paperback$18.99 Melville House Publishing

Villa Coco: A Novel

Andrew Sean Greer

June 9, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Doubleday Books

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Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer ("A great chronicler of our times."

Warriors Graphic Novel: the New Prophecy, Part One of Three

Erin Hunter

June 16, 2026 Paperback$15.99 Harperalley

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The next graphic novel adaptation of the blockbuster, New York Times bestselling Warriors series covers the first two novels of the second arc, The New Prophecy (Midnight and Moonrise). The wild cats of the forest have lived in peace for many moons--but when Brambleclaw, a warrior of ThunderClan, receives an ominous prophecy from StarClan that speaks of a mysterious danger, he must rally the fiercest warriors from all the Clans to seek answers in the mountains.

The Wise Pickle

Sarah Howden

June 23, 2026 Hardcover$18.99 Tundra Books (NY)

A hilariously absurd and philosophical picture book for 3-to-7-year-olds about a pickle slowly withering in the sun, sharing its hard-earned wisdom with the local animal population and preparing to be eaten by a dog (its preferred way to go). For fans of I Want My Hat Back and The Skunk. A pickle arrives out of nowhere. "I have lived a lot of life," it says. As the pickle slowly withers in the hot sun, the local animals ask it questions. Questions like "Do you ever get bored?" and "Are you hungry?" and "Why are we here?"

The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever

Jessie Sima

June 9, 2026 Hardcover$19.99 Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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After meeting a sleep-deprived dragon, an imaginative elf tells the (self-proclaimed) greatest bedtime story ever, only to discover an ending he did not see coming.

A Fortune of Sand: A Novel

Ruta Sepetys

June 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Ballantine Books

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I Think We're Upside Down!

Marcus Cutler

June 2026 Hardcover$18.99 G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

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Magical Game: The Spirit and History of Baseball's Superstitions, Rituals, and Curses

Addy Baird

June 2026 Hardcover$29.00 St. Martin's Press

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Nine Lives: A Novel

Catherine Steadman

June 2026 Hardcover$31.00 Bantam

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A Parade of Horribles

Matt Dinniman

June 2026 Hardcover$32.00 Ace Books

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Tata

Valérie Perrin

June 23, 2026 Hardcover$30.00 Europa Editions

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A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book Valérie Perrin's First New Novel since her breakout bestseller Fresh Water for Flowers "Valérie Perrin is a prodigious storyteller."--Elle "Tata is Perrin's most ambitious, most intimate, most liberating, most important book yet."--Le Parisien When Agnes hears from the local police her Aunt Colette has died, she can't believe her ears. Her father's sister Colette, her Tata, died three years ago and has been resting in peace in the cemetery of Gueugnon.

Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss

Robert MacFarlane

June 2026 Hardcover$35.00 W. W. Norton & Company

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The Winged Game: A Novel

Sophie Kim

June 2026 Hardcover$32.99 Del Rey Books

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It Could Have Been Her: A Novel

Lisa Jewell

June 2026 Hardcover$29.00 Atria Books

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The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions

Ruth Ozeki

June 2026 Hardcover$31.00 Viking

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Contrapposto: A Novel

Dave Eggers

June 2026 Hardcover$32.00 Knopf Publishing Group

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Harvest Season

Brynne Weaver

June 2026 Hardcover$28.95 Slowburn

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The Kings of Kearny

Navessa Allen

June 2026 Paperback$18.99 Forever

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"Jakob Larson is going to be the death of me. That's what I think every time he strides into my bar. The Kings of Kearny run this small Texas town, and Jakob is their chief enforcer. The Viking, they call him. He's a criminal. As dangerous as he is sexy. The kind of man who makes my inner cavewoman sit up and take notice. Him big. Make strong babies. Bring home mammoth for dinner. I'm ready to indulge her desires, but just for one night. Unfortunately, Jakob has other plans.

The Open Era

Edward Schmit

June 2, 2026 Paperback$19.00 Berkley Books

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"[A] debut romance novel that will capture your heart."--Cosmopolitan Love evens the score between two tennis players in this stunning debut romance. Recently-turned-pro tennis player Austin Hardy has been out since high school and it’s never been a big deal. That is, until he becomes the first openly gay man to compete in a Grand Slam tournament. Suddenly, being gay is a huge deal, with headlines to prove it. Unprepared for this new spotlight, Austin’s anxiety disorder hits a breaking point, and he trips and falls at practice.

Trucks on Trucks

Sorche Fairbank

June 2026 Board Books$9.99 Greenwillow Books

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