Book Notification Weekly Picks #7

By Vince MoralesJul 25th, 2025

Book Notification Weekly Picks: July 25th, 2025

Vin - Entertainment Editor

Hey everyone, and welcome back for another week of book picks.

I usually discuss what I’ve been reading here, but this week I’m going to share a little bit about what my wife has been reading. Recently we were talking and it came up that she had never read or seen The Hunger Games. Based on her age and the immense popularity of these books, I couldn’t believe it. I ended up getting a copy of the first book, and a week later, she had finished it. Now, she’s starting on the second book, and it makes me so happy to see her enjoying it. It is a wonderful feeling to see that spark that a good book can make in someone.

Hopefully, one of today’s books can give you that spark. Let’s get into the picks.

Vince
Entertainment Editor @ Book Notification

Title: A Gentleman in Moscow
Author: Amor Towles
Editor’s Pick
Series: Standalone

Description: In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to lifelong house arrest in a Moscow hotel, where he forges deep connections amid decades of political upheaval.

Title: Charm City Crab Puff
Author: Pamela Kyel
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Series: Charm CIty

Description: Special Agent Laci Duvall and Detective Antonio Desio reunite reluctantly to solve a complex case, forcing them to confront past feelings while pursuing justice.

Title: Tea & Treachery
Author: Vicki Delany
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Series: Tea By The Sea Mysteries

Description: Lily Roberts investigates a real estate developer’s death to clear her grandmother’s name amid threats to their Cape Cod businesses and community.

Title: She Lies in Wait
Author: Gytha Lodge
Genre: Detective
Series: DCI Jonah Sheens

Description: Thirty years after a teenager’s disappearance during a camping trip, a detective reopens the case, uncovering long-buried secrets among the friends involved.

Title: The Darkness that Comes Before
Author: R. Scott Bakker
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Prince of Nothing

Description: In a medieval-inspired world, a scholar and a warrior uncover ancient conspiracies that threaten to ignite war and reshape their continent’s future.

Title: Asian Saga
Author: James Clavell
Genre: Historical Fiction
Series: Shogun

Description: Shipwrecked in 1600s Japan, an English navigator must navigate a foreign culture and rising political tensions while confronting his own values and shifting loyalties.

Title: Tender Is the Flesh
Author: Agustina Bazterrica
Genre: Horror
Series: Standalone

Description: In a world where human meat is legal, a meat-processing worker begins to question his role after forming a forbidden bond with a live captive.

Title: Dangerous Habits
Author: Susan Hunter
Genre: Mystery
Series: Leah Nash Mysteries

Description: A disgraced reporter returns home and investigates a nun’s mysterious death linked to her sister’s past, uncovering a small-town secret someone will kill to protect.

Title: All the Pretty Horses
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Genre: Western
Series: The Border Trilogy

Description: At sixteen, John Grady Cole leaves Texas for Mexico in search of a cowboy’s life, only to encounter love, violence, and the cost of dreams.

Title: The Mercy of Gods
Author: James S. A. Corey
Genre: Sci-Fi
Series: The Captive’s War

Description: When an alien empire enslaves his world, a young scientist is forced into a deadly interspecies competition where survival depends on understanding and outmaneuvering his captors.

Title: Stillhouse Lake
Author: Rachel Caine
Genre: Thriller
Series: Stillhouse Lake

Description: After her husband’s crimes force a new identity, a mother rebuilding her life at Stillhouse Lake must confront fresh threats that endanger her and her children.

Title: The Mission
Author: Tim Weiner
Genre: Non-Fiction
Series: Standalone

Description: The Mission traces the CIA’s efforts to rebuild its espionage capabilities after 9/11 and regain influence, culminating in its renewed operations against the Kremlin.

Vince is the Entertainment Editor at Book Notification. His first book was Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss, and his passion for reading took off from there. He'll read just about anything, but can usually be found re-reading his favorite Pynchon novels and Seattle Mariners box scores.

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