New books in July & a library life hack
If you read this blog often or follow book sites and stay ahead of what's coming out soon, then you probably already know this library life hack, but here's a refresher course, anyway.
How to be a pro at getting new books ASAP:
- Stay on top of what's coming out. Here are some great resources for that:
- Fiction 5 (the blog you're reading right now!)
- Library Reads
- Kirkus Book Reviews
- Entertainment Weekly
- People Magazine
- Book Page
- Fantastic Fiction
- Book Riot
- Search the catalog for a book that's coming out soon. We put it in the catalog shortly after we've ordered it.
- Sit back and wait for your book to arrive. We'll text you or email you when it's time to pick it up.
Here are some books that will be arriving in July. These books are going to be BIG. By next summer, everyone and their mothers will have already read these books.
1. Bradstreet Gate by Robin Kirman
The publishing house printed 150,000 initial copies of this one, which says they're expecting it to be huge. A tour de force about three friends affected by a campus murder, for readers of Donna Tartt, Meg Wolitzer and Jeffrey Eugenides Georgia, Charlie and Alice each arrive at Harvard with hopeful visions of what the future will hold. But when, just before graduation, a classmate is found murdered on campus, they find themselves facing a cruel and unanticipated new reality. Bradstreet Gate is the auspicious debut of a tremendously talented new writer.
2. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Each chapter in J. Ryan Stradal's startlingly original debut tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity. By turns quirky, hilarious, and vividly sensory, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an unexpected mother-daughter story about the bittersweet nature of life - its missed opportunities and its joyful surprises.
3. Signal: A Sam Dryden Novel by Patrick Lee
In this sequel to Runner, ex-Special Forces operative Sam Dryden receives a desperate phone call from Claire Dunham, an old friend working as an internal security chief at Bayliss Labs. A spin-off from a big defense contractor, Bayliss works on bleeding-edge technology. But what researchers have stumbled upon goes beyond the edge of technology, and into the future, literally.
4. The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock
Beginning when the dust of WWII has only just begun to settle and rushing onward into the Sixties, Benjamin Johncock traces the path of young couple, test pilot Jim and his wife Grace, as they are uprooted by events much larger than themselves. The turns the couple take together are at once astonishing and recognizable; their journey, both frightening and full of hope. Set against the backdrop of one of the most emotionally charged periods in American history, The Last Pilot is a mesmerizing debut novel of loss and finding courage in the face of it.
5. All this Life by Joshua Mohr
Morning rush hour on the Golden Gate Bridge. Amid the river of metal and glass, a shocking event occurs, leaving those who witnessed it desperately looking for answers, most notably one man and his son, Jake, who captured the event and uploaded it to the Internet for all the world to experience. As the media swarms over the story, Jake will face the ramifications of his actions as he learns the perils of our modern disconnect between the real world and the world we create online.
