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June 2025 Adult Top 10 Picks

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  1. Atmosphere
    by Taylor Jenkins Reid
    9780385695824
    Doubleday Canada
    Jun 03, 2025
    FICTION/Women
    Paperback / softback
    Atmosphere
    by Taylor Jenkins Reid
    9780385695824
    Doubleday Canada
    Jun 03, 2025
    FICTION/Women
    Paperback / softback
    *AN INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program, about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

    Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. She is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to go to space.

    Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, easygoing even when the stakes are high; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

    As they become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

    Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.

    Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love–this time among the stars.
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  2. Don't Let Him In
    by Lisa Jewell
    9781668033876
    Atria Books
    Jun 24, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    Don't Let Him In
    by Lisa Jewell
    9781668033876
    Atria Books
    Jun 24, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    A MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ from People, USA TODAY, theSkimm, E! News, Forbes, New York Post, CrimeReads, and many more!

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell, three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.

    He’s the perfect man. It’s a perfect lie.

    Nina Swann is intrigued when she received a condolence card from Nick Radcliffe, an old friend of her late husband, who is looking to connect after her husband’s unexpected death. Nick is a man of substance and good taste. He has a smile that could melt the coldest heart and a knack for putting others at ease. But to Nina’s adult daughter, Ash, Nick seems too slick, too polished, too good to be true. Without telling her mother, Ash begins digging into Nick’s past. What she finds is more than unsettling…

    Martha is a florist living in a neighboring town with her infant daughter and her devoted husband, Alistair. But lately, Alistair has been traveling more and more frequently for work, disappearing for days at a time. When Martha questions him about his frequent absences, he always has a legitimate explanation, but Martha can’t share the feeling that something isn’t right.

    Nina, Martha, and Ash are on a collision course with a shocking truth that is far darker than anyone could have imagined. And all three are about to wish they had heeded the same warning: Don’t let him in. But the past won’t stay buried forever.
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  3. The First Gentleman
    by James Patterson
    9780316565103
    Little, Brown and Company
    Jun 02, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    The First Gentleman
    by James Patterson
    9780316565103
    Little, Brown and Company
    Jun 02, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    “Bill Clinton reveals key White House details in murderous new political thriller… It's a twisty thriller with plenty of inside jobs, political sabotage and many, many deaths.” –USA Today

    America has a powerful new president... And her husband's on trial for murder.
    Clinton and Patterson are back. And they’re better than ever.
    The President of the United States is up for reelection.
    Her husband is on trial for murder.
    Is the First Gentleman a killer?
    A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.
    The First Gentleman has all the twists and turns, and the authenticity, one expects from the #1 bestselling authors of The President Is Missing and The President’s Daughter.
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  4. A Mother's Love
    by Danielle Steel
    9780593498736
    Delacorte Press
    Jun 24, 2025
    FICTION/Women
    Hardback
    A Mother's Love
    by Danielle Steel
    9780593498736
    Delacorte Press
    Jun 24, 2025
    FICTION/Women
    Hardback
    A devoted mother outrunning a troubled childhood and adapting to an empty nest is tested in ways she never expected in this suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.

    On the occasion of her daughter Valerie’s wedding and her upcoming fiftieth birthday, bestselling author Halley Holbrook finds herself reflecting. Raising twins Valerie and Olivia is her proudest accomplishment. Halley has been able to give them the loving and safe home she never had, having survived a childhood so traumatic she’s never talked about it with her girls. Long ago, Halley decided to live in the sunlight of the present, not the dark shadows of the past.

    After Valerie moves to Los Angeles with her producer husband, and Olivia follows to remain close to her sister, Halley is empty-nesting in her Fifth Avenue apartment. Facing her first holiday alone in years, she books a trip to Paris.

    On the flight over, she meets charming Bart Warner, and the two become fast friends. Halley hasn’t dated since her partner died three years ago, yet she quickly begins to feel more like herself. But when a cunning thief makes off with her handbag and then begins to harass her, it reawakens old ghosts from her past. Vowing not to be a victim, and with Bart’s help, she chooses a bold course of action.

    The moving story of a woman determined to give her daughters what she never had—a mother’s love—Danielle Steel’s gripping novel is a story of emotional resilience and truly letting go.
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  5. With a Vengeance
    by Riley Sager
    9780593472408
    Dutton
    Jun 10, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    With a Vengeance
    by Riley Sager
    9780593472408
    Dutton
    Jun 10, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.

    In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution.

    Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family’s downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of thirteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who’ve wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice will at last be served.

    But Anna’s plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers. As the train barrels through the night, it becomes clear that someone else on board is enacting their own form of revenge—and that they won’t stop until everyone else is dead.

    With time running out before the train reaches its destination, Anna is forced to hunt the killer in their midst while protecting the people she hates the most. In order to destroy her enemies, she must first save them—even though it means putting her own life at risk.
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  6. The Death Mask
    by Iris Johansen
    9781538726334
    Grand Central Publishing
    Jun 24, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    The Death Mask
    by Iris Johansen
    9781538726334
    Grand Central Publishing
    Jun 24, 2025
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new thriller starring Eve Duncan as she races against time to protect her beloved family from a merciless killer.

    World-renowned forensic sculptor Eve Duncan’s skills frequently make her a target. And in this epic adventure, they make her the first choice to create an Egyptian death mask for a nefarious potential client. But Eve cannot be bought, not for all the riches in a gold mine. Her would-be employer soon realizes that he must threaten the lives of those she holds dear to procure Eve’s services and force her to travel to Africa to mold the priceless mask.

    Eve knows that her husband, Joe Quinn, is out there somewhere, searching tirelessly for a way to help. Joe has back-up from Alex Dominic, a mercenary for hire, but nothing will make it easier to set his emotions aside in order to navigate the impenetrable jungle and mastermind a breathtaking escape.

    Against an unpredictable enemy, Eve and Joe must each focus on their own unique abilities to get out alive. The future of their love and their family depends upon it.
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  7. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
    by V. E. Schwab
    9781250320520
    Tor Books
    Jun 10, 2025
    FICTION/Fantasy/Contemporary
    Hardback
    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
    by V. E. Schwab
    9781250320520
    Tor Books
    Jun 10, 2025
    FICTION/Fantasy/Contemporary
    Hardback

    ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last.

    “Unmissable... Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab” —Jodi Picoult

    #1 IndieNext List, June 2025

    A MOST ANTICIPATED Pick from USA Today • New York Times Book Review • US Weekly • ELLE • TIME • Betches • AutoStraddle• Katie Couric Media • Men’s Health • Woman’s World • Reader’s Digest • Goodreads • Paste Magazine • The Nerd Daily • BookRiot • Bookbub • ScreenRant • The Portalist • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal

    The new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

    This is a story about hunger.
    1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
    A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

    This is a story about love.
    1827. London.
    A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow—but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

    This is a story about rage.
    2019. Boston.
    College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.

    This is a story about life—how it ends, and how it starts.

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  8. The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Wally Lamb
    9781668006399
    S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
    Jun 10, 2025
    FICTION/Literary
    Hardback
    The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Wally Lamb
    9781668006399
    S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
    Jun 10, 2025
    FICTION/Literary
    Hardback
    OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick, a propulsive novel following a young father grappling with unbearable tragedy as he searches for hope, redemption, and the possibility of forgiveness.

    Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that’s before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he bears witness to frightful acts of brutality but also experiences small acts of kindness and elemental kinship with a prison librarian who sees his light and some of his fellow offenders, including a tender-hearted cellmate and a troubled teen desperate for a role model. Buoyed by them and by his mother’s enduring faith in him, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. Can his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?
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  9. The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
    by Kristin Harmel
    9781982191733
    Gallery Books
    Jun 17, 2025
    FICTION/Historical/20th Century/World War II & Holocaust
    Hardback
    The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
    by Kristin Harmel
    9781982191733
    Gallery Books
    Jun 17, 2025
    FICTION/Historical/20th Century/World War II & Holocaust
    Hardback
    Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who “is the best there is at sweeping historical drama” (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.

    Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World War, when Annabel and Colette worked side by side in Paris to fund the French Resistance.

    But one night in 1942, it all went wrong. Annabel was arrested by the Germans, and Colette’s four-year-old sister, Liliane, disappeared in the chaos of the raid, along with an exquisite diamond bracelet sewn into the hem of her nightgown for safekeeping. Soon after, Annabel was executed, and Liliane’s body was found floating in the Seine—but the bracelet was nowhere to be found.

    Seventy years later, Colette—who has “redistributed” $30 million in jewels over the decades to fund many worthy organizations—has done her best to put her tragic past behind her, but her life begins to unravel when the long-missing bracelet suddenly turns up in a museum exhibit in Boston. If Colette can discover where it has been all this time—and who owns it now—she may finally learn the truth about what happened to her sister. But she isn’t the only one for whom the bracelet holds answers, and when someone from her childhood lays claim to the diamonds, she’s forced to confront the ghosts of her past as never before. Against all odds, there may still be a chance to bring a murderer to justice—but first, Colette will have to summon the courage to open her own battered heart.
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  10. Badlands
    by Douglas Preston
    9781538765821
    Grand Central Publishing
    Jun 03, 2025
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
    Hardback
    Badlands
    by Douglas Preston
    9781538765821
    Grand Central Publishing
    Jun 03, 2025
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
    Hardback
    The #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return with a thrilling tale of "hair-raising fun" (Kirkus) in which archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, while investigating bizarre deaths in the desert, awaken an ancient evil more terrifying than anything they’ve faced before.

    In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found—and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands—lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods.

    Is it suicide or… sacrifice?

    Agent Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found—exactly like the other—the two realize the case runs deeper than they imagined. As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.
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