The 9 Best Books of June Are Sweet Summer Reading Dreams

This Gothic novel, by the same author as “The Essex Serpent,” follows Thomas and Grace — thirty years apart, but close friends. After Thomas begins to obsess over a 19th-century astronomer, their friendship is put to the test, but the two find themselves back in the same orbit over the years.

Claire needs some time off from her nightmare job, and a trip with her friends to their childhood sleepover camp seems like just the thing. There, she reconnects with her childhood nemesis, handsome Mack, and their attraction is hard to deny. What happens when her new romance gets in the way of her chance at a dream job, though?

Two sisters, Sam and Elena, make their living on a Washington island, serving the tourists flocking from the mainland. Sam spots a bear, seeing it as a sign it’s time they leave the island, while Elena makes a dangerous decision in this haunting novel.

When 20-year-old Margo gets pregnant after an affair with her married professor, she decides to keep the baby, despite her financial struggles. Then her ex-pro wrestler father, Jinx, moves in to help. To make money quickly, she starts an OnlyFans account and uses some of her father’s wrestling wisdom to grow her following. It works — but is it worth the price?

When Lula Dean starts a little library in her front yard full of wholesome books, not like the books she thinks should be banned at the local library, Beverly decides it's time to mess with her archenemy. She replaces Lula’s library with banned books, slipping on the dust jackets of Lulu’s approved reading. Soon the local readers have their lives changed and the grudge between Beverly and Lula comes to a head.

Charles has been watching his neighbor, Elizabeth, grow from his porch on the reservation for the last 20 years, but little does she know the secret that he keeps that connects them together. If the secret is revealed, it will rock the community to the core. Still, Charles wonders, is it a secret worth telling?

Just as Julia has settled into mid-life, she is shaken by news from her son, separation from her daughter and the rocky past she thought she had left behind. Will Julia lose the grip on life that she had?

When Emma lands the screenwriting gig of her dreams with a legend, Charlie, she moves to L.A. for six weeks. She and Charlie clash though, as Charlie is jaded about love and rom-coms. Emma needs to make him believe in love again — by starting a relationship with him.

Eileen loves a good romance novel and when her car breaks down on the way to her book club retreat, she finds herself trapped in a small town, the same as her favorite book series. It is the late author’s unfinished novel and Eileen realizes she’s there to help write a happy ending — even if the sexy, grumpy bookstore owner might become part of her own story.