July is here, bringing sunshine, slow moments, and stories worth savouring. Whether you're out exploring or relaxing indoors, these handpicked reads are perfect for the season. 📚
1. Haunting Adeline
A bestselling gothic thriller, Parson’s Manor becomes the backdrop for Adeline Reilly’s fresh start, until eerie break-ins, cryptic messages, and a stalker who knows her too well disrupt everything. As she uncovers her great-grandmother’s dark past and chilling murder, Adeline realises the haunting isn’t just paranormal, it’s personal. And falling for her stalker might be the most dangerous twist of all.
Find it here: Haunting Adeline
2. The Prison Healer Trilogy
In a deadly prison where no one survives the Trials, 17-year-old Kiva Meridan risks everything. Tasked with keeping the dying Rebel Queen alive, Kiva volunteers to face a brutal series of elemental challenges in her place, knowing failure means death. As a mysterious plague spreads, a new inmate stirs her heart, and rebellion brews, Kiva realizes surviving the Trials is only the beginning.
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3. Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn thinks she’s found peace as a nanny, until her young charge’s drawings take a chilling turn. Five-year-old Teddy goes from doodling rabbits to sketching lifelike scenes of murder. As the images grow darker and more detailed, Mallory suspects a sinister force may be speaking through the boy, and revealing secrets someone wants to keep buried.
Check it out here: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
4. The Bay by Allie Reynolds
In The Bay by Allie Reynolds, Kenna joins her best friend at a secretive surfing spot in Australia—only to discover the locals have dark secrets and a deadly need to protect their paradise. As danger builds and a storm approaches, Kenna must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Check it out here: The Bay by Allie Reynolds
5. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
A Little Life follows four college friends in New York, centering on Jude, a brilliant but deeply scarred man with a traumatic past. As the years unfold, their bond is tested by love, loss, success, and Jude’s painful secrets. It's a powerful, heartbreaking exploration of friendship, survival, and the lasting impact of abuse.
Read more: A little by Hanya Yanagihira
6. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Secret History follows a group of elite college students studying Greek at a small Vermont college, whose obsession with beauty, intellect, and ancient rituals leads them to commit murder. As guilt and paranoia grow, their lives slowly unravel in this dark, psychological tale of morality and consequence.
Check it out here: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
7. The House That Held Her by Ellis Hart
In this sharp and snarky zombie apocalypse tale, Cassie Forrest must outrun the undead, survive her annoying companions, and face her messy past—including the ex she still loves. Armed with grit, humor, and leather armor, Cassie learns that survival is tough—but second chances and true love might just be tougher.
Read more here: The House That Held by Ellis Hart
8. The Miles High Club by TL Swan
After a passionate one-night encounter with a charming stranger during a flight stopover, a woman is stunned to discover he’s now her new boss. A year later, their chemistry is still electric, but with her life changed and boundaries at stake, resisting temptation in the workplace won't be easy.
Check it out here: The Miles High Club by TL Swan
9. Brutal Game by Jo Brenner
On the surface, Jack Feldman is a campus golden boy, but behind closed doors, he’s her cruel tormentor with a dark obsession. When she tries to expose his team, he threatens everything she holds dear… and demands her in return. As their dangerous game spirals deeper, desire and destruction collide, and only one of them can come out unbroken.
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10. Lights by Navessa Allen
In this viral dark romance, trauma nurse Aly drunkenly invites her favorite masked internet crush into her fantasies, and he shows up in real life. What begins as a game of desire turns dangerously real when a true stalker enters the picture. Now Josh, her seductive online obsession, must become her fiercest protector, no matter how dark things get.
Check it out here: Lights by Navessa Allen
