July 2026 New Releases

Here are just some of the titles hitting the SCLS shelves this July. Place a request today!

Updated June 18, 2026
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July 2026 New Releases

Here are just some of the titles hitting the SCLS shelves this July. Place a request today!

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Cameron, Marc
On the deceptively calm waters of Alaska's Inside Passage, a generations-old vendetta catches up to Deputy U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter in New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Marshal Marc Cameron's chilling new wilderness thriller for fans of Paul Doiron, CJ Box, Taylor Moore,...
A Dark Path : And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories
Castillo, Linda.
Paper Book
For the first time in print comes a collection of five short stories in the Edgar award-winning Kate Burkholder series, PLUS one new, never-before-published story, from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo. When two young boys don't return home from an...
An Infinite Love Story
Cleeton, Chanel
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR SUMMER BY NPR*, WOMAN'S WORLD, PARADE, AND BOOKBUB "A sweeping romantic drama with a touch of magical realism. ...Cleeton's ability to pull readers in quickly and deeply through her storytelling makes her a go-to author for an immersive...
Candy Apple Kisses: A Sweet Romance Novel
Clipston, Amy
Paper Book
"Amy Clipston delivers swoon-worthy romance." --Lee Tobin McClain, NYT bestselling author "Amy Clipston writes with warmth and heart." --RaeAnne Thayne, NYT bestselling author This autumn, love is in the air. Artist Emily Carmichael has always considered Splendid Lake her...
Ransom
Daniel Silva
Paper Book
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon searches for the missing wife of a British billionaire in the electrifying new tale of greed, corruption, and betrayal from #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist Daniel Silva. Alice Winter, one of Britain's most dazzling...
Sea of Charms: A Spellshop Novel
Durst, Sarah Beth
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful cerulean blue sprayed edges! A LibraryReads pick! Most anticipated from BookBub, Apple Books and BookPage. Featured in: The New York Times and ScreenRant. ...
Habits of the Sea
Ernshaw, Shea
Paper Book
*LIMITED FIRST EDITION COMES WITH A STAMPED CASE AND ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS* A new adult novel from New York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw, in which a woman rediscovers the mythical island she stumbled upon as a child--and the man she once met who apparently hasn...
The Final Score
Ferguson, Lana
Paper Book
A hockey player and a grad student are on thin ice until they meet their match in this sexy romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson. Jack Baker is on top of the world now that he's back on the rink where he belongs. But the high comes crashing down when he...
Love You More
Giffin, Emily
Paper Book
A woman is newly engaged to a man she adores when she receives a call from her first love with news that shatters her carefully ordered world, in this emotionally powerful novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Pact. Billie has built the...
The Unexpected Caller
Gray, Shelley Shepard
Paper Book
Leanna Mast never imagined she'd be a widow at forty-one, but it seems God had other plans. After mourning her husband for a year, she realizes it's time to start living again. But her community expects her to remarry, and after living on her own, she's not eager to start cooking and cleaning in...
The Princess in Black and the Trick-Or-Treating Trouble
Hale, Shannon
Paper Book
Where is the real Princess in Black? A case of hilarious costume confusion leads some neighborhood trick-or-treaters to discover their inner heroes thanks to the power of a good disguise. It's a dark and silly night, and Princess Magnolia is wearing her Princess in Black...
Meet Me in Paris
Harmel, Kristin
Paper Book
Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names and The Winemaker's Wife, returns with a captivating new novel about several intertwined stories of love, loss, courage, and redemption set over the course of one magical week in Paris. ...
The Pumpkin Thief
Hemming, Alice
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author of The Leaf Thief comes the funny Halloween-y companion picture book! Squirrel and Bird are back, and this time there's a mystery in the vegetable patch! Bird's pumpkins keep disappearing, and this time there's EVIDENCE--footprints, peck-marks, a...
The Delivery: A Novella
Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series comes a tense novella, a psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve--with terrifying consequences. Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family...
The Bats on the Bus
Jackson, Alison.
Paper Book
A school bus full of monsters can't wait to celebrate Halloween in this spooktacular picture book adaptation of a classic nursery rhyme. When Halloween tricksters gather after dusk, they sing "The Wheels on the Bus" in order to cause a fright. Featuring a cast of...
The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy
Knightley, Brigitte
Paper Book
The stakes are high, the love is forbidden, and the slow burn turns steamy in this swoony, witty, and heart-stoppingly romantic sequel to instant New York Times bestseller The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy. This stunning hardcover features a cover with foil,...
Helpless
Knoll, Jessica
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES, OPRAH DAILY, CRIME READS, TOWN & COUNTRY, AND BOOKPAGE MOST ANITICIPATED BOOK! From the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women comes a "sexy new thriller" (New...
Sleepless
Korman, Gordon
Paper Book
From the #1 bestselling author of RESTART, the story of five kids who are up all night every night... and desperate to find out why. There's not enough time in the day. How often have Mickey, Skye, Levi, Cyrus, and Thea thought that? Well, now they have plenty...
Dominion
Kwok, Jean
A woman with no past. A warrior with no future. Their love could save the world--or burn it down. Fourth Wing--by way of Chinese mythology--meets The Hunger Games in a perilous world where a young woman with no memory and little magic may hold the key to uniting the...
Getting Away with Murder
Lapena, Shari
Paper Book
The tenth thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door "Getting Away with Murder is a deviously delicious thriller that kept me turning pages from the intense opening to the shocking conclusion." --Freida McFadden ...
The Romance Revival
Lauren, Christina
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren returns with an unforgettable romance in which a fateful accident erases a troubled marriage from memory--and a scientific breakthrough gives love one extraordinary do-over. Three years ago, scientist Emery Finch...
Perfect Life
Lavender, Meredith
Following a shocking murder, a woman must face the husband she thought she knew in this twisty, sizzling novel from the bestselling authors of Happy Wife. Welcome back to Winter Park, where looks can kill and secrets refuse to stay buried. Este Walker...
Crash Into Me
Lee, Robinne
Paper Book
"Glittery and sensuous." --TIME magazine (A Most Anticipated Book of 2026) In a keenly observed departure from her blockbuster debut, The Idea of You, Robinne Lee delivers a completely new, fearlessly intimate novel of messy, complicated...
Beginning Middle End
Luiselli, Valeria
From the beloved, award-winning author of the modern classics Lost Children Archive and Tell Me How It Ends comes her most powerful and page-turning novel yet: the tale of a mother and a daughter starting over, searching for a new story. "A beautiful, maybe perfect,...
Spider-Man: Mighty Mayhem! (a Mighty Marvel Team-Up): An Original Graphic Novel
Maihack, Mike
Paper Book
A fourth action-packed, original story in the Mighty Marvel Team-Up graphic novel series by celebrated cartoonist Mike Maihack, featuring Spider-Man as he journeys with Thor, Valkyrie, and the Warriors Three! No day is boring when you're Spider-Man and adventure is...
The Baby-Sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-Sitter Summer
Martin, Ann M
Paper Book
An all-star author lineup, including Ann M. Martin, creates the first ever Fan Edition Baby-sitters Club novel! It's a summer to remember for The Baby-sitters Club, with Mary Anne and Stacey staying in Stoneybrook while Kristy, Claudia, Dawn, Jessi, and Mallory head on adventures...
Country People
Mason, Daniel
A year in the life of a family as they strike out into the unknown (aka Vermont), leaving all the comforts of home behind--a rollicking, lyrical novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of North Woods and one of America's greatest living writers
Pug Goes to Hollywood: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #15)
May, Kyla
The next installment of the bestselling chapter book series featuring everyone's favorite pug, Bub, and his human, Bella! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high...
The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (16)
McCall Smith, Alexander
In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, everyone's favorite moral philosopher and amateur sleuth takes on a new set of delicate disputes Isabel has an unwavering commitment to her principles, which means she is often asked to advise on the sensitive,...
The Divorce
McFadden, Freida
Boy meets girl. They fall in love. They get married and start a family. Buy a house. Build a life. Then boy forces girl out of the house, retains the services of all the best family lawyers in town, starts dating a 20-year-old, and files for divorce. It's a tale as old as time. Naomi knows she...
Three Reasons for Revenge
McTiernan, Dervla
Paper Book
"Jaw-dropping. This will keep readers up all night." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review From the #1 internationally bestselling author of What Happened to Nina? comes a gripping high-stakes novel of suspense about three seemingly unconnected people, caught in a...
Every Version of You
Messier, Natalie
Paper Book
For fans of The Love of My Afterlife and The Seven Year Slip, Reese's Book Club LitUp Fellow Natalie Messier's heartfelt contemporary romance debut follows a woman who gets a second chance at a formative time in her adult life--this time to win the "one that got away."
The Intrigue
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con. "Lush and passionate with magnetic prose . . . The Intrigue will...
Vera Stein Is Fine
Murphy, Julie
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestseller Julie Murphy comes a heartfelt and hilarious tale of a woman who thinks life and love have passed her by until she's thrown into her grandmother's quirky world of octogenarian free love and gets a second chance with the one man she never...
Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Oseman, Alice
Paper Book
*New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling Author* *Heartstopper Forever movie coming soon from Netflix* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life,...
The Country Road Murders: A Thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker's legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family.  Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North...
The Country Road Murders: A Thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker's legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family.  Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North...
The Parisian Heist
Piazza, Jo
Emma, a struggling American artist in Paris, thought she had left her dreams behind when she took a job cleaning for the city's wealthy elite. Then she meets Stella Swanson, the widow of one of the most notorious art dealers in the business. The Swansons move in a world where billionaires, oligarchs...
Pokecology an Illustrated Guide to Pokemon Ecology
Pikachu Press
Paper Book
Take Your First Look Into The Lives of Pokémon! This book and its vivid illustrations introduce you to the ecologies of Pokémon based on data from the Pokédex. Pokécology: An Illustrated Guide to Pokémon Ecology focuses on the similarities, differences, generalities...
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
Reeves, Ben
Paper Book
Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Summer by: People, BuzzFeed, Goodreads, and more... * "One of the most original, riveting, and moving books I've read in a long while." --Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project ...
Yarn Is Everything!
Reynolds, Aaron
Paper Book
From the team behind the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal-winning Creepy Carrots! and its sequels comes the third entry in a spin-off chapter book series in which Jasper Rabbit tells the story of a mole whose hobby unravels into horror! Check out the...
The Final Target
Roberts, Nora
" A young author becomes the object of a fan's desire--and rage--in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature. He showed up at Arden Bowie's debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an...
Dead Men Don't Play Fetch: An Andy Carpenter Mystery
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
Bestselling author David Rosenfelt returns with Dead Men Don't Play Fetch as Andy Carpenter investigates a wealthy dog lover's unusual death. It's defense lawyer Andy Carpenter's dream to retire. That goal is once again thwarted when he gets a call from Lou Campanelli,...
Most Ardently Yours
Sampson, Freya
Paper Book
From USA Today Bestselling author Freya Sampson comes a swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud romance inspired by Jane Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice that begs the question: what if your book boyfriend jumped from the pages of their story and into your life? "It is a truth universally...
The Great Wherever
Sanders, Shannon
Paper Book
Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2026 by NPR, People, Oprah Daily, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country, Esquire, The New York Post, The Boston Globe, WGBH, Real Simple, The Root, Our Culture, Woman's World, Publishers...
Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old
Schiller, Lucy
Paper Book
A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America "Schiller unpacks a complicated subject with curiosity and empathy...[A] deeply human portrayal of what it means to get older in a society unprepared to care for its...
This Changes Everything
Scottoline, Lisa
Paper Book
In this "riveting, deeply felt and empowering thriller" (Laura Dave) from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, who "always delivers the fastest, twistiest reads" (Lisa Jewell), a woman risks her life to help her best friend find justice for a tragic crime--and realizes she has more power...
Falling Into You
Shalvis, Jill
Paper Book
Some love stories don't stay buried, no matter how far you run. Hazel Pierce has three goals for coming back to Star Falls: Help her estranged dad. Keep things strictly temporary. Absolutely, under no circumstances, fall for Tucker Colburn again. ...
Pizza and Taco: Scariest Sleepover Ever!: (A Graphic Novel)
Shaskan, Stephen
It's time for a super sleepover! The foodie besties and their friends are excited for a fun night of telling ghost stories! Will Pizza and Taco ever get to sleep? Find out in book #11 of the popular chapter book graphic novel series! Pizza and Taco's sleepover night is about to...
Ransom
Silva, Daniel
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon searches for the missing wife of a British billionaire in the electrifying new tale of greed, corruption, and betrayal from #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist Daniel Silva. Alice Winter, one of Britain's most dazzling...
I survived the bombing of pearl harbour, 1941
Tarshis, Lauren
Paper Book
A vividly rendered graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Peter Wartman. A day no one will ever forget... Danny Crane and his mom moved from New York City to Pearl City...
Unico: Lost (Volume 3): Lost: an Original Manga
Tezuka, Osamu.
Ebook
Fabulous Bodies
Tingle, Chuck
Paper Book
From Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Bury Your Gays, comes Fabulous Bodies, a supernatural joyride where Drive meets Beetlejuice. Poppy Stringer was born to be a star. An aspiring fashion influencer by day, Poppy...
The Death Row Club
Vazquez, V A
Paper Book
A dark, dazzlingly original psychological thriller about a woman invited to an annual weekend getaway for the adult children of serial killers...but when one of the participants ends up dead, they begin to wonder if someone among them might be carrying on the family traditions. ...
Cool Machine
Whitehead, Colson
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings to life 1980s New York in the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy 1981. New York City is beginning to emerge from financial...
Hot Girl Murder Club
Winstead, Ashley
Paper Book
AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A LIBRARY READS SELECTION * Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer by Goodreads * Newsday * The Everygirl * Zibby Owens * SheReads * Scary Mommy * CrimeReads "Prepare to meet your next summer binge read." --May Cobb, bestselling author of The...
The Big Book of Useless History Knowledge: 250 of the Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Unbelievable History Facts You Won't Be Taught in School
Wolfersperger, Kay
An encyclopedia of mind-bogglingly random history facts that will lodge in your brain and refuse to leave. Heard about King Henry II's polar bear that was allowed to swim in the River Thames? Or the Japanese soldier who refused to believe that WWII was over and continued to...
Digger Daisy!
Zimmerman, Andrea
Who can dig the park out of the mud? Digger Daisy and her awesome excavator sure can! They scoop and dump. They lift and load. They clean the mess to clear the road. Digger Daisy and her team are called when rain floods a local park...
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