{"id":147883,"date":"2025-05-31T22:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T22:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/147883\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T22:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T22:23:16","slug":"goodreads-users-cant-wait-for-these-2025-summer-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/147883\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodreads users can’t wait for these 2025 summer books"},"content":{"rendered":"

School’s out for the summer and the sun is shining which means only one thing, it’s time to dig into a new pile of can’t-put-down summer reads.<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodreads, the world\u2019s largest site for readers and book <\/a>recommendations, has for years helped book lovers to find new novels to add to their TBR list, and we’ve combed through their summer list to pick the top reads, \u00a0according to users.<\/p>\n

\"CoverAtmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/p>\n

It’s no surprise that Taylor Jenkins Reid is on the list; the author has published hit novels including\u00a0The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo\u00a0and Daisy Jones & The Six, both of which tell fascinating stories of interesting people with complex lives.<\/p>\n

Release date: June 3<\/p>\n

\u00a0Her new book is set in the heady days of the 1980s space shuttle program, promising love, intrigue and adventure inside Houston\u2019s Johnson Space Center.<\/p>\n

\"BuryBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab<\/p>\n

V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) has become a key figure in the fantasy genre, and their new novel promises an interesting adventure that covers love, rage, immortality and hunger.<\/p>\n

The storyline begins in 16th-century Spain, before taking readers to London circa 1827, and then modern-day Boston. Social criticism, existential angst, sapphic romance, and immortal vampires. We can’t wait!<\/p>\n

Release date: June 10<\/p>\n

\"AA Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan<\/p>\n

Debut author Morgan Ryan has come out of the gate with a compelling and genre-defying novel: In the middle of World War II, British witch Lydia Polk is tasked with retrieving a powerful magical grimoire before the Germans find it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lydia never wanted to be the one to save the witches, but that is where she finds herself \u2013 alongside allies Rebecca Gagne and Henry Boudreaux, a handsome Haitian-American art historian.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Lydia soon realizes that won’t have to defeat the Nazis for the books, but also the book itself.<\/p>\n

Release date: July 15<\/p>\n

\"WorthWorth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto<\/p>\n

The Meant To Be Series has been a can’t miss new romance series offering modernized retellings of classic Disney stories.<\/p>\n

Julie Murphy and Jasmine Guillory have both written for this series, and now Jesse Q. Sutanto (of the\u00a0Vera Wong cozy mystery series) has taken a stab at this contemporary romance based on Mulan, set in the Bay Area among the finance world.<\/p>\n

Release date: June 3<\/p>\n

\"SoundsSounds Like Love by Ashley Poston<\/p>\n

Ashley Poston (The Princess and the Fangirl) is back with a new romance novel that includes a sprinkling of magical realism.<\/p>\n

Songwriter Joni Lark returns to her North Carolina hometown to get what\u2019s left of her groove back after her writer’s block leaves her in LA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But when a sexy voice starts humming melodies in her head\u2014a voice that appears to belong to a handsome but bitter local musician \u2013 the pair will do anything they can to shake the connection.<\/p>\n

Release date: June 17<\/p>\n

\"RoseRose in Chains by Julie Soto<\/p>\n

Julie Soto is moving into romantasy with her new novel, Rose in Chains, a classic enemies-to-lovers storyline.<\/p>\n

The first in a new trilogy, it begins with the premise of princess Briony Rosewood imprisoned after her castle is overrun by the forces of darkness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soon she discovers that she has been auctioned off to a rival house \u2013 and its disreputable scion Toven Hearst.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However as Briony learns how to play her new role, hope arises in the most unlikely of places.<\/p>\n

Release date: July 3<\/p>\n

\"All'sAll’s Fair in Love and Pickleball by Kate Spencer<\/p>\n

In A New York Minute author Kate Spencer is back with another witty and charming grumpy\/sunshine love story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bex Martin\u2019s racquet club feels like a sinking ship but when Nikolaus Karras\u2014a former tennis bad-boy with an ego as big as his serve\u2014makes himself at home on her courts, they decide to take part in a high-stakes pickleball tournament and a fake a relationship as doubles partners.<\/p>\n

Bex needs the money, and Niko needs to restore his reputation \u2013 but maybe they’ll get more than they expected?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Release date: \u00a03 June<\/p>\n

\"TotallyTotally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman <\/p>\n

Lauren Parker is a widowed single mother living in her hometown of Montana, and never really caring what people thought of her.<\/p>\n

Then she meets Ben Walsh, a gorgeous Hollywood star, working on the set of her brother\u2019s new movie. Their instant chemistry is palpable \u2013 but small-town rumors, the complications of Ben\u2019s fame, and her daughter\u2019s unpredictable moods begin to make things complicated.<\/p>\n

Totally and Completely Fine is a dual-timeline story, alternating between Lauren\u2019s past with late husband Spencer and her present with Ben that offers a look into true loe and what it means to keep finding oneself.<\/p>\n

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