I don’t know about you, but this summer has been super busy for me. It’s mostly because of how little we did last summer – we all know why – and we’re making up for all we missed out on during lockdown. But despite all that’s been going on in my life, I always make time to whisk myself away in a new story. This August, there are dozens of new books I’m excited to dive into (and maybe one or two I was already lucky enough to read!).
For this list, I’ve aimed to include a variety of genres and authors. From short story collections to coming-of-age stories, from books set in Namibia and South Africa to tales that take place thousands of years ago, I hope something here will pique your interest! Here are 40 great new books set for publication in August 2021.
Published on August 3rd:
Tracey Lange – We Are the Brennans
Allison Larkin – The People We Keep
Alexander Veasna So – Afterparties
Kaia Alderson – Sisters in Arms
Carolina de Robertis – The President and the Frog
Christy Lefteri – Songbirds
Jayci Lee – The Dating Dare
Sara Jafari – The Mismatch
Suzanne Park – So We Meet Again
Sara Nisha Adams – The Reading List
Mary Adkins – Palm Beach
Nafiza Azad – The Wild Ones
Victoria Lee – A Lesson in Vengeance
Megan Abbott – The Turnout
Charlotte McConaghy – Once There Were Wolves
Ash Davidson – Damnation Spring
Ashley Nelson Levy – Immediate Family
David Hoon Kim – Paris is a Party, Paris is a Ghost
Published on August 10th:
Rémy Ngamije – The Eternal Audience of One
Leïla Slimani – In the Country of Others
Lyndsay Faye – The King of Infinite Space
Suzanne Allain – Miss Lattimore’s Letter
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland – How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love With the Universe
Nicola Harrison – The Show Girl
Sarah Zachrich Jeng – The Other Me
Published on August 17th:
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Velvet Was the Night
Romina Garber – Cazadora
Farrah Rochon – The Dating Playbook
Amber McBride – Me (Moth)
Vinod Busjeet – Silent Winds, Dry Seas
Megan Collins – The Family Plot
Published on August 24th:
Lorraine Brown – The Paris Connection
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers – The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Pat Barker – The Women of Troy
Published on August 31st:
Helen Hoang – The Heart Principle
Freya Sampson – The Last Chance Library
Sasha Peyton Smith – The Witch Haven
Stephen Graham Jones – My Heart is a Chainsaw
And that’s a wrap on my list! What books shown here are you excited to read? What new August 2021 books did I miss? Let me know in the comments!
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