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Ready for Your Summer Reading Adventure?
The Summer 2026 Grab a Galley is back with all the exciting upcoming titles you won’t want to miss! Whether you’re lounging by the pool, relaxing on a beach, or looking for your next great read to fuel your summer journey, this is the ultimate preview of the season’s hottest books and audiobooks.
Our publishing partners have curated the season’s best across genres—from pulse-pounding thrillers and heartwarming stories to insightful nonfiction and captivating children’s books. With no limits on the number of books you can add to your virtual swag bag, you’ll be stocking up on all the must-reads that will take you through the summer and beyond! Act fast though—supplies are limited, and you won’t want to miss your chance to get the first look at what’s coming next!
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Fiction
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1 of 20 titles
All My Sisters and Me
Harper Muse
When the Bradley family retreats to a cabin for a fortieth wedding anniversary celebration, old rivalries turn fun to chaos.
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2 of 20 titles
A Death in the Deluge
Severn River Publishing
A .22 bullet. A missing teenager. A hurricane closing in. Brian Thiem—former detective turned crime novelist—delivers a taut procedural where a cold case collides with a serial killer's pattern and a Category 3 storm threatens to wash away the evidence. A Death in the Deluge is a must-read for fans of atmospheric crime fiction with procedural precision.
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3 of 20 titles
Death on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery
Hyperion Avenue / Disney Publishing Worldwide
The New York Times bestselling series that began with Murder by Cheesecake continues with an all-new Golden Girls cozy mystery by author Rachel Ekstrom Courage! This time, when the Girls accept a very strange invitation to a lavish party on a remote island estate, they find that murder has a way of ruining even the most glamorous of evenings.
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4 of 20 titles
Devil Inside
MIRA Books
A man who’s back from the dead meets a woman who’s from somewhere even worse in Clay McLeod Chapman’s new horrormance about love, possession, and just a little murder.
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5 of 20 titles
Freyja
Spiegel & Grau
“Freyja tingles the senses like an incipient freeze.”—Janelle Brown Devour this twisty debut of literary Nordic noir from author Margrét Ann Thors. Steeped in Icelandic folklore and myth, Freyja is a gripping story of a child’s disappearance, a testament to the power of a mother’s love, and an enthralling tale of redemption and forgiveness.
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6 of 20 titles
Great Sand Dunes Massacre: A National Park Mystery
Torrey House Press
When archaeologist Chuck Bender witnesses a shocking death at Great Sand Dunes National Park, local cops quickly declare the incident an accident. Now, a series of mysterious artifacts threatens the lives of film students in the park, including his daughter Rosie. Chuck and Rosie must unravel a devious web of deception and deceit—before one death turns into a massacre.
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7 of 20 titles
The Haul: A Heist Novel
Soho Crime
A professional thief takes the chance of a lifetime when he agrees to lead the raid of a tech billionaire’s secret bunker in this action-packed heist thriller set in the heart of contemporary Los Angeles from West Coast noir legend Gary Phillips. Perfect for fans of Sara Paretsky and Michael Connelly.
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8 of 20 titles
The Iron Hex
MIRA Books
Spark of the Everflame meets Legends and Lattes in this romantasy debut about a curvy potions witch who can’t remember her past and is swept along on a mission to find a lost princess by a handsome rogue knight who seems to know secrets about her that even she doesn’t recall…and believes her to be the key to finding what he seeks.
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9 of 20 titles
A Love Once Lost
Haven
Amy joins her family on a Grand Tour of the Continent—the trip her former sweetheart James proposed they take as newlyweds. In the resort town of Spa, she unexpectedly encounters him, now engaged to another. As old feelings resurface, Amy must face the choice she made years ago and the possibility that her heart has never truly moved on.
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10 of 20 titles
Mr. Yay
Hyperion Avenue / Disney Publishing Worldwide
Emily Jane, the bestselling author of On Earth as It Is on Television, returns with another hilarious, genre-blending speculative novel. Witty, heartfelt, deeply weird, and utterly original, Mr. Yay is about rappers and dogs, love and marriage, private detectives, nostalgia, and embracing your true self, in a world where the past is different than what you remember.
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11 of 20 titles
Night Witch
MIRA Books
Night Witch is the sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller Spellcaster with an intense enemies-to-lovers arc, a steamy heat level, magical creatures, super high stakes, and an epic family saga.
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12 of 20 titles
Postcards from Japan
Tuttle Publishing
From the author of international bestseller Ikigai comes a tender, thought-provoking novel of love and healing. When mysterious postcards from Japan arrive out of the blue, Samuel doesn’t know what to think. Looking to recover from recent heartbreak, he travels to Japan in search of the sender and finds himself on a journey of self-discovery he would never have imagined.
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13 of 20 titles
The Story Keeper
MIRA Books
The literary twist of Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea meets the family secrets of Kate Morton’s Homecoming when a woman discovers a curious novel in the library of her crumbling gothic estate, whose uncomfortably familiar story ultimately brings a generations-old mystery to light.
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14 of 20 titles
The Survivors Guild
Harper Muse
The Survivors Guild tells the gripping story of a Lebanese immigrant, an American heiress, and a French mother brought together by the tragic sinking of the Titanic. Inspired by true events, this captivating tale follows Bea, Marguerite, and Jeanne— the three women united by their quest for family, belonging, and survival.
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15 of 20 titles
We’re Going to Win this Game
Editorial El Pirata
Soccer has never been so much fun! Meet the Super Goals, the most extraordinary soccer team you can imagine. This collection is packed with humor, friendship, challenges, and a deep passion for the game, showing us that dreams can come true with perseverance and determination. The road isn’t easy, but with hard work and teamwork, there’s always a chance to score the winning goal! In We’re Going to Win This Game, we meet Alex, a soccer enthusiast whose biggest dream is to join the Super Goals. But the new coach won’t make it easy for her. Why does she seem to have it out for Alexia? And what does her grandmother’s old toad have to do with it? Every page is fully illustrated in color, with dialogue presented in comic-style speech bubbles. The story is fast-paced, full of humor, and perfect for readers ages 8 to 11.
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16 of 20 titles
Whale Harbor
Scribner
From New York Times bestselling author of the “magnificent” (Fresh Air), “propulsive” (People), and “profound” (Vogue) Ask Again, Yes, a sweeping multi-generational saga inspired by the author's own family history, following eleven brothers torn apart and set on different paths between Ireland, England, Montana, and New York.
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17 of 20 titles
When the Silence Breaks
Revell
After discovering a connection between a deathbed confession and a WWII mountain crash, Sarah Ellison enlists ex-Navy SEAL Ryder Goodwin's help. Their search for answers turns into a survival mission as they uncover secrets that put their lives at risk. Their only chance to survive is in trusting each other and confronting truth no one wanted them to find.
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18 of 20 titles
The Wild Beneath
Park Row Books
For readers of Wild Dark Shore and The Time Traveler’s Wife, a fierce, haunting story of one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everything—and the two worlds that won’t let her go.
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19 of 20 titles
The Witches of Cambridge
Scribner
From the bestselling author of Practical Magic comes a new series set in 1950s Cambridge, where two Radcliffe students—an unlikely pair—are drawn into the Lilith Society, a secret coven of witches. As their powers and friendship grow, girls begin to vanish, and they realize the witch hunts of the past may not be over.
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20 of 20 titles
Word Salad
Harper Muse
A comedy of errors unfolds in a D.C. bookshop. Matilda, an unfailingly logical person just trying to make sense of the illogical business of books gets teamed up with the new hire to put together an event for the controversial Dr. Jordan Rutabaga, a public intellectual with a cult following who would like to literally and figuratively see him dead.
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