New Book Releases: July 14th to July 20th, 2025

Hopefully, Summer is going well for you all, and you are having a lot of great days. Whether the weather is hot or cold, it shouldn’t matter – as long as you are reading! It can be a blizzard outside in the middle of July, but as long as you are tucked inside with a nice book and hot cup of tea – then all good.

Let’s look at just some of the new books releasing this week – there are over 450 of them, so we’ve got a lot to pick from – then you can check out Vince’s podcast as he covers ten more great highlights of the week.

One of the most popular series on Book Notification is the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva. We’re now 25 books in – and do I really need to describe the next book? I can’t see anyone being on the fence at this stage – I know I’ve had An Inside Job pre-ordered for months. But hey, if that’s what you need, here you go.

Gabriel Allon travels to Venice to restore a long-forgotten painting, but his plans unravel when he discovers the body of a woman floating in the lagoon. His investigation leads to a missing Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, stolen during a suspicious blackout at the Vatican Museums.

As Gabriel chases leads across London, the French Riviera, and Rome, he uncovers a world of art fraud, organized crime, and Vatican secrets. With danger mounting and powerful enemies closing in, the fate of a priceless painting and the life of the pope hangs in the balance.

It’s always a great time when Lisa Scottoline has a new standalone thriller. The bestselling author releases The Unraveling of Julia this week, with is a twisty thriller with some dashes of romance.

Julia Pritzker is starting to feel cursed. First, she loses her adoptive parents, and then her husband is murdered. When she realizes her horoscope predicted his death, she begins to unravel, fearing her fate is out of her control.

A letter arrives from Italy, revealing she’s inherited a Tuscan villa and vineyard from a stranger named Emilia Rossi. Hoping for answers about her birth family, Julia travels to Tuscany, only to uncover eerie similarities between herself, Rossi, and the Renaissance duchess Caterina Sforza. As unsettling events pile up and danger closes in, Julia must uncover the truth before she loses her grip on reality…and her life.

The Bewitching is the latest standalone novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and this multigenerational horror novel is an Amazon Editors’ Pick.

In 1990s Massachusetts, graduate student Minerva delves into the life of a forgotten horror writer and uncovers disturbing parallels to her great-grandmother’s haunting stories and a lingering presence that may still be stalking the campus halls.

As Minerva’s research into the past deepens, she suspects the evil that once haunted a vanished student and her obsessed roommate has returned. From the early 1900s in Mexico to the Great Depression and into modern times, a shadow looms across history, threatening to pull Minerva into its grasp.

Author of the Better Than the Movies duology, Lynn Painter, has a new standalone novel out this week. Maid for Each Other is a ‘Best Romance’ Amazon Editor’s pick.

Abi Mariano cleans luxury apartments for a living, so she never expected to be crashing in one. But thanks to a building-wide infestation and zero free time, she “borrows” the penthouse of her never-there client for the week. Everything’s going smoothly….until two very friendly strangers show up in the kitchen and greet her like family. Turns out, they’re the owner’s parents, and they think she’s not the maid… but his girlfriend.

Declan Powell is stunned to learn his fake girlfriend is very real and currently living in his apartment. But instead of coming clean to his matchmaking parents, he doubles down and strikes a deal with Abi: pretend to be his girlfriend a little longer, and he’ll make her life easier in return. It’s a win-win unless pretending gets a little too real!

Author of the “Lakeshore Chronicles”, Susan Wiggs, has a new standalone novel out this week titled Wayward Girls. It is receiving incredible early reviews, with Robert Dugno saying it may be her “opus” and Adriana Trigiani describing it as a “page-turner, replete with mystery and suspense”.

It’s a powerful and emotionally charged novel inspired by real events. Wayward Girls follows six teens in 1968 who are locked away in a Catholic reform school in Buffalo, New York, not for crimes, but for being different. Gay, pregnant, rebellious, or simply unwanted, they’re sentenced to hard labor in the laundry room of the Good Shepherd under the strict watch of the Sisters of Charity.

Told through the eyes of the girls and the nun who watches them, this is a story of resilience, sisterhood, and the quiet rebellions that lead to freedom. As the outside world shifts with protests and change, the girls must find their own strength to stand up and reclaim their lives. It’s a gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful look at survival and the power of friendship.

Here are all the new books releasing this week: