Most Anticipated Reads for August

This August is jam-packed with book releases that we can’t wait to share with ya’ll! So here are nine books coming out this month that you can purchase or pre-order at our online bookstore using the links below. Happy reading!

A Taste of Magic by J. Elle

Kyana, a 12-year-old witch, persists on saving Park Row Magic Academy—the inner city school that she attends on weekends—after it loses funding. However to help save the school, she must carefully balance her life as a witch and an ordinary citizen. Find out if she has what it takes to save her school in this novel by NYT bestselling author J. Elle.

Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

This lush and expansive fantasy novel, inspired by the author’s native Philippines, explores a budding WLW romance in the midst of a looming war. Follow Seri and Tsana as their world’s collide and they dare to be dauntless.

Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day by Kelly J. Baptist

This second installment of Baptist’s Isaiah Dunn series is a genuine and humorous exploration of the beginning of Dunn’s middle school journey. In which friends and family inspire and motivate him to be the hero who saves the day.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Mika Moon—one of the last witches in Britain— is tasked with staying hidden, staying away from other witches, and not drawing attention to herself. However, she shares her “pretend” witch life online, and one stranger reads through her front and invites her to a place where she finally feels like she belongs.

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Matthews

Sneha, an Indian immigrant, graduates into a recession but luckily accepts an entry-level corporate position that opens many doors for her—despite the taxing work. She forms community, falls in love with a woman for the first time, and faces the ups and downs of early adulthood in this beautifully written novel.

Witches by Brenda Lozano

Witches, translated from its original Spanish by Heather Cleary, tells the story of two parallel experiences of womanhood. Follow the investigative journalist Zoe and the mountain village healer Feliciana as their lives intertwine and generate a nuanced yet hopeful view of the world.

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

Giddings creates a hauntingly dystopian world with strikingly relevant social commentary that calls to mind the likes of Octavia E. Butler and Shirley Jackson. In this world witches exist and the government surveils any woman over 30 who is not married.

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Carlotta is a Brooklyn native and trans woman who after serving 20 years in prison for being dragged into a failed robbery attempt returns to a much-changed New York City. Carlotta learns to embrace and explore her identity outside of prison, meanwhile Hannaham takes us on a journey through the streets of Brooklyn in this ambitious yet challenging novel.

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

Hamid’s prose is urgent and lyrical (O Magazine) in this uplifting novel that seeks to transcend bigotry and anger and promote a more empathetic world.