July 2026 New Releases

A playful dragon-academy fantasy with found-family energy and John Wiswell’s humane, offbeat sense of character.

Mythic monster-hunting fantasy shaped by ghosts, sea lore, appetite, and the costs of surviving supernatural danger.

Marie Claire flags this July debut as a must-read literary-fiction release.

A literary follow-up for readers who liked Julie Buntin’s interest in obsession, girlhood, fame, and self-invention.

A summer suspense pick about vulnerability, control, and the ugly private dynamics hidden beneath a polished surface.

A folklore-inflected literary novel about rural lives, old stories, and the porous boundary between ordinary history and myth.

A Chinese Cinderella-inspired fantasy that reworks a familiar tale through myth, court danger, and historical texture.