The 10 Most Exciting Fiction Books Coming Out in June
Rachel Cusk fans: the wait is over! Settle in and buckle up for a ride that, again, upends our notion of what fiction can do. Other highlights this June: Critics are calling the sophomore novel of Julia Phillips (Disappearing Earth) brilliant; YA lit star Nicola Yoon launches her first adult book with a psych thriller described as Stepford Wives meets Get Out; Rufi Thrope's hilarious and audacious new novel is the smartest of beach reads and soon to be adapted for TV series from Nicole Kidman and A24.
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A stunning debut novel from the author of the award-winning Night of the Living Rez 
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein & Ann Levin
Fire Exit
Morgan TaltyThis debut novel follows Charles Lamosway, who lives across the river from Maine's Penobscot Reservation where his neighbor and, unbeknownst to her, daughter, Elizabeth resides. While Charles copes with caring for an ailing elderly mother and a bighearted but alcoholic dear friend, hauntings from his past continue to resurface and soon he must contend with the secret he's been hiding for years. *Featured in the Tertulia First Dibs Editors Salon as one of the most exciting releases of the summer
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein & Ann LevinHardcover, 2024
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A mesmerizing novel about family and nature from the author of Disappearing Earth 
Lauren LeBlanc & Late Night with Seth Meyers
Bear
Julia PhillipsNational Book Award finalist Julia Phillips returns with Bear, a novel about two sisters struggling to make ends meet while serving the wealthy residents of a secluded Washington island. They dream of escaping, but a mysterious bear that arrives to their home threatens that all. Publisher's Weekly called Bear "beautiful and haunting" in their starred review.
Lauren LeBlanc & Late Night with Seth MeyersHardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A "decadent" queer novel from National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi
N & Carole V. Bell
Little Rot
Akwaeke EmeziAnyone who was as bowled over as we were by Death of Vivek Oji and You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty: take note! Book Riot named Little Rot one of the best queer novels of 2024, saying that "Emezi’s upcoming literary fiction novel Little Rot is perhaps their darkest and messiest tale yet. When longtime couple Aima and Kalu split, five friends are thrown into chaos in Nigeria’s wealthy, exclusive underground. They’re each pushed to the edge to protect themselves from great evil."
N & Carole V. BellHardcover, 2024
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A hilarious and high-concept novel - Read it before the adaptation in the works from A24 and Nicole Kidman on Apple TV+ 
KJ Dell'Antonia & MJ Franklin
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Rufi ThorpeMargo's Got Money Troubles follows a lovable young heroine who, at age 20, is broke, unemployed, and raising a child conceived with her junior college English professor. In order to retake control of her life, Margo gets creative, starting an account on the social media platform hosting DIY adult entertainment, OnlyFans. The plot thickens when she turns into a runaway success on the platform. *Featured in the Tertulia First Dibs Editors Salon as one of the most exciting releases of the summer
KJ Dell'Antonia & MJ FranklinHardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rachel Cusk once again subverts the conventions of the novel
chris borrelli & Natalie Portman
Parade
Rachel CuskRachel Cusk is a master of bending the form of the novel on itself. She returns with Parade, a spare, confrontational, novel about womanhood, misogyny, and visual art. Vulture said to "expect a masterful marriage of her fictional and essayistic modes probing moral questions about cruelty, relationships, and art."
chris borrelli & Natalie PortmanHardcover, 2024
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Stepford Wives meets Get Out in this debut thriller from YA favorite Nicola Yoon
Kirkus Reviews & Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™
One of Our Kind
Nicola YoonA LitHub most anticipated book of 2024, Nicola Yoon's debut adult thriller follows an idyllic Black community with a dark secret. Jodi Picoult called One of Our Kind "brilliant...provocative...seminal."
Kirkus Reviews & Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™Hardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We're hoping to read more from the author that Garth Greenwell called "writer of disarming radiance" for a long time to come... 
NYLON
Ask Me Again
Clare SestanovichClare Sestanovich, a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize nominee and named a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35, makes her highly anticipated return with Ask Me Again. Ambitious Eva and wealthy Jamie form an unlikely bond, coming together, falling apart, and finding themselves over the course of their friendship. Jenny Offill called Ask Me Again "a beautifully observed and deeply philosophical novel."
NYLONHardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We can't wait to eat up Sandwich, which author Ann Patchett called "joy in book form" 
Jo Piazza & Zibby Owens
Sandwich
Catherine NewmanA perfect summer beach read, Sandwich is set on idyllic Cape Cod, where Rocky has spent the last twenty summers with her now-adult children. Forced to reckon with middle age, Rocky must now confront the past she has tried to forget. Ann Patchett raved, saying “Sandwich is joy in book form. I laughed continuously, except for the parts that made me cry. Catherine Newman does a miraculous job reminding us of all the wonder there is to be found in life."
Jo Piazza & Zibby OwensHardcover, 2024
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A novel about the new American dream, brought to you by Little Women and the Kardashian family! 
Lisa Wong Macabasco & Chloe Foussianes
Tehrangeles
Porochista KhakpourPorochista Khakpour, author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects, was inspired by both Little Women and Keeping Up With the Kardashians when she wrote Tehrangeles, which follows a wealthy Iranian-American Milanis family as they strive for reality TV fame and the American dream. The Seattle Times and Electric Literature both named Tehrangeles a most anticipated book of 2024.
Lisa Wong Macabasco & Chloe FoussianesHardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The ultimate Kafkaesque read — in a good way. 
Publishers Weekly
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: Ten Kafkaesque Stories
Tommy OrangeCelebrated authors like Tommy Orange and Elif Batuman put their own spin on Kafka, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of his passing with these ten maddening, surprising, and entirely original short stories.
Publishers WeeklyPaperback, 2024
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
