TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES JULY-DECEMBER 2025

I had no idea what was coming out in the back half of the year before writing this post, and I must say, there are some exciting surprises! So without further ado, let me share my favourites with you!

 

July

 

               
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
The CIA Book Club by Charlie english
Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell
 

August

 

               
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Just Another Dead Author by Katarina Bivald
The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin
A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi
 

     
Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
People Like Us by Jason Mott
 

September

 

           
We Love You, Bunny (Bunny #2) by Mona Awad
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) by Richard Osman
Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
The Elements by John Boyne
 

   
Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin
Night People by Mark Ronson
 

October

 

             
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben
The Genius Bat by Yossi Yovel
Joyride by Susan Orlean
 

   
Writing Creativity and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd
The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee
 

November

 

       
Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
Queen Esther by John Irving
Black-Owned by Char Adams
 

December

 

   
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death (S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery #2) by Maxie Dara
 

I was going to write commentary for each month’s selections, but this post has already taken me a couple of hours to research and format and, quite frankly, I’m done with it. So I’ll just call out a few of my top picks: A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping (by the same author as The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, one of my faves of the last year), People Like Us (I adored Jason Mott’s Hell of a Book so I’m very excited about this one), The Impossible Fortune (the newest installment in the Thursday Murder Club series), The Land of Sweet Forever (this is a collection of Lee’s non-fiction and short writings, which I’m interested in experiencing), and last but not least, Brigands and Breadknives (the sequel to Legends & Lattes, another of my recent faves). There are so many great books coming out that I won’t even know where to start!

What about you guys? Did you select any of the books on my list? Are any of these ones you didn’t know about and are not thrilled and excited about?


Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week TTT has a different topic, and everyone who links up has to create a link of ten items that fit that topic. To see past and upcoming topics, go here.

12 thoughts on “TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES JULY-DECEMBER 2025

    • RAIN CITY READS says:

      I am excited about those as well! I found The List of Suspicious Things at the library – apparently my dates were incorrect on that one, and it’s already out! I’m looking forward to giving it a try.

    • RAIN CITY READS says:

      I spent a little too much time on this week’s post, because I got carried away with reading about all the exciting new books coming out later in the year! I hadn’t been keeping up with upcoming releases, so there were lots of pleasing surprises!

  1. Teresa @ My Bookish World says:

    What a brilliant list of anticipated releases! “A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping” sounds absolutely delightful, and I’m so excited for “The Impossible Fortune” too! Happy reading for the second half of the year!

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