July 2026 Publishers Weekly Release List
July 2026 Publishers Weekly Release List
1. Country People by Daniel Mason
A man who is devoted to his family and lagging behind on getting his PhD finally reaches that moment in his life that he is going to finish that PhD. His wife goes off to college to finish her degree, so he decides why not him. He ends up stumbling across a plethora of abstract characters that bring an adventure to his finishing of his degree.
Release Date: July 7, 2026
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2. Beginning Middle End by Valerie Luiselli
This story is one that follows 4 generations of women. Going over their lives and how one's life shapes the path for the next generation. The main character followed is raising a daughter that is getting older. The daughter wants to know more about the past history of the family. This mother and daughter journey through the generational female history of their family together and the Mother watches as it contributes towards developing her daughter.
Genre: Literary Fiction, Pop fiction
Release Date: July 28, 2026
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3. Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves
Travis works with hospice care and is surrounded by death. He holds a different understanding of life and its balances. When he has a mother and her daughter move in across the hall he starts to gain a new perspective in life, what it truly means to be alive. This is a story of a life pivoting moment for a man influenced by the nurturement of a couple of ladies.
Genre: Pop Fiction
Release Date: July 7, 2026
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4. Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Bridgette Knightly
This one is probably more for young adults into fantasy world stories. This story adventures through a fantasy world of different tribes of people. A woman Arienne from one tribe kindly offers to heal an assassin of an enemy tribe. Through this they build a forbidden bond as tends to build in a caretaking, caretaken relationship. Almost like Romeo and Juliette. As they grow closer, another tribe stronger than both of them can handle begins to take reign on reaping havoc. Find out what they do.
Genre: Fantasy, Pop Fiction
Release Date: July 7, 2026
Hardbook, E-Book
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5. Love You More by Emily Giffin
A woman is heading off to medical school, and her boyfriend of years proposes to her. It was so romantic and her life is going wonderfully. Right as its time to go to medical school she gets a call from her high school sweetheart after over a decade of lost communication, something is urgent. She flies back to her hometown in Wisconsin to attend to the urgency and winds up refalling in love with her high school sweetheart and getting back in touch with her older life.
Genre: Romance, Pop Fiction, Literary Fiction
Release Date: July 7, 2026
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