5 Must-Read July 2025 Book Releases (You’ll Want on Your TBR Now)
2025 has been a good year for book releases and July is looking like its going to keep up with that trend. While there are a few fan favorites coming out with new books, there are also a few debuts that are looking like they’re going to climb the charts.
Whether you're into haunted house horror, twisty thrillers, cozy witch fantasies, or genre-blending debuts, this list has something worth preordering (or immediately adding to your TBR pile).
A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Genre: Historical | Fantasy | New Adult
Perfect For: Anyone who’d like to see some witches win against 1930’s German…or other regimes
A Resistance of Witches s a historical fantasy set just after the Blitz during WWII. The story follows Lydia Polk as she searches for the Grimorium Bellum, a magical book of destruction sought by a group of Nazi witches determined to swing the war in Hitler’s favor. This book is feminism vs. 1930’s Germany, it’s fun, action packed, and heartfelt.
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Release Date: July 22, 2025
Genre: Thriller | Mystery | Fiction
Perfect For: Anyone wondering what they would do with a week left to live.
Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder YA thriller debut was an immediate international best seller. She’s now branching out from that series with Not Quite Dead Yet releasing July 22nd, 2025.
27 year old Jet Mason has a problem. That problem is that she will be dead in seven days. After being attacked by an intruder the doctor is convinced the injury will trigger an aneurysm. As her condition deteriorates, can she finish the final task she sets out on…to solve her own murder.
I’m looking forward to this release and expect nothing but a twisting turning good time from Holly Jackson.
A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Genre: Fantasy | Cozy | Fiction
Perfect For: Anyone who’s looking for a quite, cozy, magical ride.
This is a release I have been waiting for all year. A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping will be released July 15th, 2025., For fans of A Very Secret Society of Magical Witches comes the next installment. Sera Swan finds herself exiled from the Guild, lost of magic, and friends with a semi-villainous fox. While working at her Aunt’s enchanted inn she finds a spellbook that could just restore her power.
I will absolutely be devouring this the day it is released, so make sure you’re subscribed for updates to see the full review.
The Girl I was Jeneva Rose
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Genre: Lit Fic | Women’s Fiction | Fiction
Perfect For: Anyone looking for updated version and bonus chapters.
Okay, if you’ve kept up with this blog at all you will know that I am a very hit or miss Jeneva Rose fan. That said, I still do look forward to every single one of her releases. The Girl I Was releases July 15th, 2025. It is actually a reprint of her first novel with a new cover, edges, and bonus content.
“Whatever will be, will be” a quote to live by for Alexis Spence. Whether it is a small inconvenience for the day or a mountain of debt. She lives by inspirational quotes that is, until she loses her job. The only way to deal with that is a bender and a blackout, one she awakes from not in her bed as expected but another room, in another city….in another year.
Jeneva Rose is known for her fast paced thrillers and could just be the read of the summer.
How to survive a horror story by Mallory Arnold
Release Date: July 8, 2025
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Perfect For: Anyone who’d like to see some witches win against 1930’s German…or other regimes
How to Survive a Horror Story is a campy horror by Mallory Arnold releasing 07/08/2025. this satirical horror-mystery that blends campy slasher tropes with a haunted house puzzle narrative. This debut novel is perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Agatha Christie, offering fast-paced storytelling with alternating POVs, dark humor, and eerie deaths—but without extreme gore.
