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8 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Cybil on June 3, 2025
Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day,Ìýaccording toÌýearly data from your fellow readers.

To create our list, we focused on the booksÌýÅ·±¦ÓéÀÖ members can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added toÌýWant to Read shelves. All these top titles are now available in the United States! Which ones catch your eye?
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Ìý Best books of the week:



You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, NASA’s Space Shuttle program in the 1980s, ambitious female physics professors, astronaut training programs, interesting people in iconic settings, Taylor Jenkins Reid books in general

Read our interview with Jenkins Reid here!


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, magical realism, espionage stories, 1940s West Virginia, luxury hotels, FBI agents, Axis diplomats, local girls, mountain magic, popular YA authors making their adult fiction debut


You should read this book if you like: Thrillers, mysteries, out-of-work writers accepting dubious employment propositions, the memoirs of world-famous horror novelists, father-daughter dynamics, The Last Flight


You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, memoirs, nature writing, adventure writing, whitewater rafting, stories of overcoming trauma through the healing power of nature, debut novels, Wild, Educated


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, fantasy, magical realism, dual timelines, Shanghai during World War II, ancient Chinese magic, intergenerational drama, family secrets, epistolary formatting, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Literary fiction, historical fiction, multigenerational family sagas, Japanese heritage, Korean bloodlines, shifting POV chapters, flashback sequences, gradually revealed details on That One Tragic Night, Trust Exercise


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction with mystery-thriller elements, awful family secrets, moving from rural Montana to downtown San Francisco in the mid-1990s, being at ground zero for the initial flickers of the internet, Pretty Things


You should read this book if you like: Contemporary fiction, historical fiction, dual timelines, queer love affairs, social justice issues, life, loss, custody disputes, 21st-century improvements to public policy, buzzy debut novels