TOP 5 New July Books To Embrace The Spirit Of Summer
- Erkiulis
- Jul 26
- 2 min read

Probably one of the most enriching ways to embrace the spirit of summer is through reading books. Whether lounging by the pool, enjoying a picnic in the park, or simply relaxing in a hammock, immersing in a good book might turn into your gateway to adventure and inspiration. So check out our Top 5 of new July books for your next summer read:

by Eloghosa Osude
For those who are apt for something different, try this new book by the author of Vagabonds! This time it's about a queer life in Nigeria. The novel presents the reader with a dozen of characters in Lagos, a dynamic city, where all of them seek love for themselves and their chosen partners. Even it might mean risking their ties with parents, closest family and friends. Therefore there's a necessary fiction crucial for their survival.

by Holly Jackson
Who doesn't like a gripping crime novel on the beach? Especially if it's a new novel by the author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. On a Halloween night Jet Mason is assaulted by an intruder resulting in a severe head injury. The doctors give her seven days to live, and she is determined to spend them by searching who has murdered her. Not able to trust anyone, even her own family, Jet summons her childhood friend Billy to help her to uncover the truth.

by Ellen Marie Wiseman
This piece of historical fiction will bring you to 1930s Virginia. Lena Conti, a young immigrant mother of a two-year-old daughter is separated from her mother and her teenage brother on Ellis Island who are deported back to Germany. Silas Wolfe brings her and her daughter to Virginia to care for his home and children. But soon Lena learns that the State of Virginia has sinister plans in terms of a local community. When wrongly diagnosed Lena is sent to the Virginia State Colony for the Feebleminded and Epileptics, she has to face impossible choices in order to reunite with her daughter.

by Charlie Donlea
Yet another exciting murder mystery! Ten years ago a 17-year-old Callie disappeared from her Wisconsin Lake community and the case got cold. Now Ethan Hall, a detective who turned into an ER doctor, receives a request from his former detective partner Peter who originally ran Callie's case and who is dying and would like Ethan to come back and finally solve the case. Ethan takes on the request and tries to apply new methods to the investigation, which actually turn into a twisted psychological game and reveal not only Ethan's dark past but also the secrets that are still worth killing for.

by Tanya Talaga
Non-fiction lovers should turn their heads towards this revelation of a shameful part of Canadian history. The book is about centuries-long oppression of the Indigenous People. Tanya Talaga tells this history from the Indigenous lens, starting with her great-great grandmother and her family, which faced decades of genocide sanctioned by the government and the Church when Métis and Inuit people were sent to "Indian hospitals" or asylums or simply disappeared without a trace.
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