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Where to find free audiobooks<\/p>\n
Audiobooks can be an easy way to consume books anytime of the day. Here are some easy ways to find good books and free ways to listen.<\/p>\n
How\u2019s that 2025 reading goal coming along?\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019re nearly halfway through the year, and the book world is buzzing with new releases<\/a>. We\u2019ve seen scathing tech tell-alls (see: \u201cCareless People\u201d<\/a> by Sarah Wynn Williams), new releases from beloved authors like Suzanne Collins<\/a> and Joan Didion<\/a>, BookTok favorites<\/a> return and some books that make us feel a little more hopeful<\/a> about the world. Not to mention the celebrity memoirs<\/a> that keep us talking about our favorite stars<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s time to look ahead at which summer reads to pack in our tote bags and audiobooks to queue up on road trips.\u00a0<\/p>\n Most anticipated books of summer 2025<\/p>\n From seaside romances to nonfiction survival stories to twisty crime dramas, here are the books USA TODAY is most excited for in summer 2025. Titles are listed in order of anticipated publication date.<\/p>\n \u2018Atmosphere\u2019 by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3)<\/p>\n \u201cAtmosphere\u201d<\/a> is a love story set against the backdrop of NASA\u2019s space shuttle program in the 1980s. Quietly ambitious Joan Goodwin has been looking up at the stars for as long as she can remember, but her life is firmly rooted on the ground. But when she\u2019s accepted into a selective trainee class, she finds both her dreams, unlikely friends and unexpected passion. \u201cAtmosphere\u201d is a character study brimming with heart, both quietly lyrical and an action-packed nail-biter.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018A Family Matter\u2019 by Claire Lynch (June 3)<\/p>\n This stunning debut novel is told in two timelines. In 1982, Dawn is a young mother adjusting to her new life when neighbor Hazel upends everything she thought she knew and desired. The buried consequences are revealed decades later by her grown daughter. \u201cA Family Matter\u201d<\/a> is based on real custody cases in the UK, where, in the 1980s, the majority of lesbian moms lost custody<\/a> of their children. It\u2019s a fast-paced, quickly consuming read that interrogates what happens when we follow rules designed to oppress rather than protect.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018The Dry Season\u2019 by Melissa Febos (June 3)<\/p>\n \u201cGirlhood\u201d author Febos chronicles her year of celibacy and romantic abstinence in this memoir. In \u201cThe Dry Season,\u201d<\/a> Febos undergoes a period of transformation and pleasure where she defines life on her own terms outside of romantic pursuits, also weaving through narratives of purposefully solitary women throughout history.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Flashlight\u2019 by Susan Choi (June 3)<\/p>\n Choi\u2019s latest follows one family fractured by tragedy. When Louisa is 10 years old, she and her father walk on the beach. When she wakes up, barely alive, she is alone. \u201cFlashlight\u201d<\/a> weaves the ripple effects of his disappearance as well as the family\u2019s complicated dynamic, shared memories and secrets.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018The Catch\u2019 by Yrsa Daley-Ward (June 3)<\/p>\n In \u201cThe Catch,\u201d<\/a> twin sisters Clara and Dempsey live severed lives, adopted into different families after their mother\u2019s disappearance. Clara lives with a wealthy couple and has become a glitzy celebrity author. Dempsey was sent to live with a distant city counselor and grew up to work in data entry, confined to her apartment computer. But when Clara sees a woman who looks just like their mother, it\u2019ll send the sisters crashing together to uncover the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil\u2019 by V.E. Schwab (June 10)<\/p>\n From the bestselling author of \u201cThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u201d comes a sweeping lesbian vampire story sure to knock you off your feet. It follows three young women from distinct periods \u2013 1500s Spain, 1800s London and Boston in 2019 \u2013 weaving through centuries and each other\u2019s lives with a deep hunger for love, rage, revenge and freedom. \u201cBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil\u201d<\/a> is a gory, character-driven masterpiece.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018King of Ashes\u2019 by S. A. Cosby (June 10)<\/p>\n A Southern crime drama to the tune of \u201cThe Godfather,\u201d \u201cKing of Ashes\u201d<\/a> follows three siblings in the aftermath of an accident that leaves their father in a coma \u2013 except it might not be an accident. Youngest brother Dante is reckless and indebted to dangerous criminals. Eldest son Roman, a finance whiz, is determined to save him. And their sister, Neveah, tries to uncover the mystery of their mother\u2019s disappearance while also holding the family business together.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018With a Vengeance\u2019 by Riley Sager (June 10)<\/p>\n Sager\u2019s latest thriller<\/a> is about a woman on a quest for retribution \u2013 Anna Matheson has lured the six people responsible for her family\u2019s downfall to a luxury train, where she intends to confront them, get them to confess and deliver them to the authorities when the train stops. But after one of the passengers is murdered, she realizes she isn\u2019t the only one with a revenge plot.<\/p>\n \u2018Don\u2019t Let Him In\u2019 by Lisa Jewell (June 24)<\/p>\n This thriller follows three women drawn together by one man. There’s Nina Swann, remarried to a seemingly perfect man after her husband’s death. Her daughter, Ash, thinks he’s too good to be true. And then there’s Martha, a florist living in a nearby town, irked by her husband’s frequent, days-long disappearances. As Ash begins to dig into her stepfather’s past, the women collide and realize they should’ve obeyed the warnings they heard long ago: Don’t let him in<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2018These Summer Storms\u2019 by Sarah MacLean (July 8)<\/p>\n Bestselling historical romance author MacLean is going contemporary with \u201cThese Summer Storms,\u201d<\/a> which follows a woman returning to her family\u2019s private island after her father\u2019s shocking death. But instead of leaving quietly like she intends, Alice is swept into a game with her estranged family because of her father\u2019s last wishes, which stipulate the family must spend one week together and complete an assigned task to receive the inheritance.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018A Marriage at Sea\u2019 by Sophie Elmhirst (July 8)<\/p>\n This is nonfiction that reads like fiction \u2013 the best kind. \u201cA Marriage at Sea\u201d<\/a> seamlessly brings readers alongside Maurice and Maralyn Bailey\u2019s journey to sea, giving an intimate look at the weeks they spent stranded on a tiny life raft after a shipwreck. Elmhirst\u2019s retelling is a triumph, second only to the seemingly impossible feat of Maurice and Maralyn themselves. You won\u2019t be able to put it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018The View from Lake Como\u2019 by Adriana Trigiani (July 8)<\/p>\n In \u201cThe View from Lake Como,\u201d<\/a> a recently divorced woman moves back in with her parents and becomes the family handmaiden. After the family suffers an unexpected, shocking loss, Jess questions those she thought she trusted most and escapes to Italy in search of the truth behind her family history.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Love is a War Song\u2019 by Danica Nava (July 22)<\/p>\n If you love hyper-contemporary stories or couldn\u2019t get enough of \u201cHannah Montana: The Movie,\u201d this summer romance novel is for you. \u201cLove is a War Song\u201d<\/a> follows disgraced Native American pop star Avery, who is sent to live with her estranged grandmother after she\u2019s canceled for an offensive photoshoot. There, she meets grumpy ranch hand Lucas, who can\u2019t stand what Avery represents. But when the ranch\u2019s future is in jeopardy, they\u2019ll have to put their differences aside to save it.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018People Like Us\u2019 by Jason Mott (Aug. 5)<\/p>\n From the author of the National Book Award-winning \u201cHell of a Book,\u201d \u201cPeople Like Us\u201d<\/a> follows two Black authors, one of whom is traveling the world after winning a major prize and the other who is giving a speech at a school that\u2019s been through a shooting. As the two authors intersect, they share loss and longing, humor and love and try to find peace in a world of gun violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Katabasis\u2019 by R.F. Kuang (Aug. 26)<\/p>\n The author of \u201cThe Poppy War\u201d and \u201cYellowface\u201d<\/a> returns with a dark academia fantasy described as<\/a> Dante\u2019s \u201cInferno\u201d meets Susanna Clarke\u2019s \u201cPiranesi.\u201d In \u201cKatabasis,\u201d two graduate students must put their rivalry aside as they make the life-threatening journey to hell to save their professor\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY\u2019s Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram<\/a>, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter<\/a> or tell her what you\u2019re reading at cmulroy@usatoday.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n