TRENDING NEWSENTERTAINMENTFOOD & DRINKPETSSHOPPINGHEALTHY NOW HOME BEST READS ON PARADE BOOK PICKS SEE MORE e 23 Best New Books of June 2024 From Michael Crichton to Sarah Perry (plus a cute shrew!), we’ve got the best.</p><p> MICHAEL GILTZ • MAY 31, 2024 Here are the 23 best books of June, 2024.</p><p> It may be the dog days of summer, when you seek refuge at the movies or a refreshing salad.</p><p> But it’s always a great time to be a book lover.</p><p> Exciting thrillers about exploding volcanoes (just as a volcano erupts in Iceland), a celebration of Joni Mitchell (still performing, even at 80 and after a stroke), a remix of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (this time focusing on Mary Jane, the red-headed girl Huck couldn’t stop thinking about), science books about life underwater (it’s very noisy, apparently!), new novels by favorites like Tracy Chevalier and so much more.</p><p> And those are just the books coming out in June! (Check out our picks for the 60 best books of the entire summer here.) So let’s get reading.</p><p> At the head of the Parade is… e 23 Best New Books of June 2024 1.</p><p> Eruption by M ichael Crichton and Jam es Pa erson Blockbuster author Michael Crichton died in 2008, leaving behind a legacy of iconic bestsellers like Jurassic Park and the memoir that became the TV series ER.</p><p> No surprise: he worked on ideas right up to the end.</p><p> His widow wanted one in particular to be completed.</p><p> But who could match Crichton’s immense popularity and talent for engaging audiences? Enter blockbuster author James Patterson.</p><p> So here comes Eruption, the nail-biter about a volcano poised to destroy the big island of Hawai’i–and the military secrets hidden there which could make this natural disaster even more devastating.</p><p> It’s a collaboration between two writers on a page-turner almost genetically engineered for summer reading pleasure.</p><p> Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson ($32; Little, Brown and Company) Buy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 2.</p><p> Enlightenment by Sarah Perry 3.</p><p> Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy 4. e rone by Franco Bernini Three works of acclaimed ction from across the pond.</p><p> In Enlightenment, two astronomers from di erent generations are absorbed by their work but wrestle with how to square the science with their Baptist faiths and their tightly de ned lives in a small town in Essex, England.</p><p> Author Sarah Perry broke out in the US with her last book The Essex Serpent.</p><p> This one should prove that success was just the beginning .</p><p> Irish author Claire Kilroy puts motherhood at the heart of her acclaimed debut Soldier Sailor.</p><p> Hugely praised in the UK, this book captures the complex and daunting life of a new mother, how a child (and playgrounds and supermarkets) become the center of your life and how destabilizing and challeng ing it can be to maintain a sense of self.</p><p> The mother’s marriage is rocky, the child is all-consuming in their needs and it’s…a lot.</p><p> If you loved Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, dive into The Throne, an Italian historical novel with the same verve of a thriller while bringing the past to life.</p><p> It’s the rst of a trilogy about the 16th century thinker and provocateur Niccolò Machiavelli.</p><p> Enlightenment by Sarah Perry ($28; Mariner Books) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy ($26; Scribner) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Throne by Franco Bernini ($30; Europa Editions) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Related: 15 Books You Must Read If You're Obsessed With Taylor Swift's New Album 5.</p><p> Traveling: On e Path Of Joni Mitchell by An n Pow ers 6.</p><p> Too Much, Too Young: e 2 Tone Records Story by Daniel Rachel Two music books that add insights to a great artist and a great movement.</p><p> Joni Mitchell is always and forever in the mix when debating the greatest artists of all time.</p><p> Her legacy is rich and even at 80–and after a stroke!– Mitchell is still adding to it.</p><p> NPR critic Ann Powers o ers a deep dive into the work and life of Mitchell.</p><p> No straightforward biography, Powers talks to everyone she can, charts the life journey of this singular artist and her impact on the world.</p><p> And it’s all done in a freedom, jazzy style Mitchell herself would approve.</p><p> Maybe you know artists like Madness (“Our House”), The English Beat (aka The Beat) with “Mirror in the Bathroom” or The Specials, who deliv ered one of the greatest protest songs of all time with “Free Nelson Mandela. ” But any fan of pop history and music in general will love Too Much Too Young.</p><p> It’s the story of the iconic UK label 2 Tone Records, which helped pioneer the musical genre ska and a generation of politically active, racially diverse acts starting in 1979.</p><p> They changed the face of music and their story is hailed by many UK outlets as one of the best books of the year.</p><p> Just be prepared to start streaming a lot of great music while you’re reading this one.</p><p> Traveling : On The Path Of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers ($35; Dey Street Books) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Too Much, Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story by Daniel Rachel ($32.95; Akashic Books) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 7.</p><p> Li le Shrew by Ak iko M iyakoshi 8.</p><p> Adventures of Mary J ane by Hope Jahren 9.</p><p> Brownstone by Sam uel Teer & M ar Julia Three great books anyone can savor, including a picture book geared towards kids, a remixed classic for middle school audiences and a graphic novel for teens.</p><p> Little Shrew is a delig htful look at the daily doings of a shrew, with tasks at hand and friends coming to call.</p><p> Low-key, charming and beautifully drawn by creator Akiko Miyakoshi.</p><p> Author Hope Jahren read Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and wanted to know more about Mary Jane, the red-headed girl Huck couldn’t stop thinking about it.</p><p> So she tells Mary Jane’s story herself, even taking care to nod to Twain by not including “The” in the title.</p><p> Huck Finn has inspired two great books this year, so far: Percival Everett’s James (expanding on the inner life of the enslaved man who escapes on a raft with Huck) and now Jahren’s Adventures of Mary Jane.</p><p> The graphic novel Brownstone tells of the summer that teenager Almudena spends with her Guatemalan father when her white mother goes away on a trip.</p><p> One problem among many? He speaks Spanish at a rapper’s clip and she doesn’t really speak it at all.</p><p> While he (and his neighbors) all voice their opinions on how she should dress, talk and think, Almudena struggles to listen to her own heart.</p><p> Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi ($19.99; Kids Can Press) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Adventures of Mary Jane by Hope Jahren ($19.99; Delacorte Press) Pre- order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Brownstone by Samuel Teer & Mar Julia ($26.99; Versify) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 10 Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water by Amor ina Kingdon Imagine life underwater.</p><p> Chances are you envision a silent, beautiful world, perhaps with a musical score from a James Cameron Avatar lm or an old Jacques Cousteau documentary to enliven things.</p><p> But essentially, you imagine it’s quiet.</p><p> Not so fast.</p><p> In the science book Sing Like Fish, author Amorina Kingdon tells how sound is essential to life underwater, from the singing of whales to the noisy chatterings of snapping shrimp, sound is everywhere.</p><p> Not to mention the eruptions of underwater volcanoes and earthquakes! Kingdon paints the picture compellingly, along with warnings on how the noise pollution of humans and their shipping and such threaten this delicate balance.</p><p> Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water by Amorina Kingdon ($30; Crown) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 11.</p><p> Shanghai by Joseph Kanon 12.</p><p> Farewell, Amethystine by W alter M osley 13.</p><p> Clete by Jam es Lee Burke Three works of mystery and suspense by three of the best.</p><p> Joseph Kanon (The Good German, Los Alamos) makes Shanghai a Casablanc a-worthy setting for World War II-era intrigue.</p><p> It’s 1938 and some Jews eeing Nazi Germany’s violence towards them ended up in Shanghai.</p><p> It’s a Western outpost inside China and all anyone wants to do is get letters of transit–I mean, book passage on one of the cruise ships by Lloyd that o er a rare way to escape.</p><p> Start casting the movie version now.</p><p> A new novel by Walter Mosley is always welcome, especially when it centers on his brilliant creation Easy Rawlins.</p><p> It’s 1970 and a rare moment of stability for this family man…so you know that won’t last.</p><p> Enter Amethystine, a love from his past who needs the private investigator’s help.</p><p> Another chapter in Mosley’s magisterial history of life in the US for a Black man.</p><p> Author James Lee Burke o ers up the latest in his widely praised, best- selling books about Detective Dave Robicheaux.</p><p> But fans will be intrigued to know this time it’s his longtime partner Clete Purcel who takes center stage.</p><p> Mexican drug cartels, brutal murders and a dangerous new drug all play a part in Burke’s 24th novel in the series.</p><p> Shanghai by Joseph Kanon ($28.99; Scribner) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley ($30; Mulholland Books) Pre- order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Clete by James Lee Burke ($28; Atlantic Monthly Press) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 14. e Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier 15.</p><p> Shelterwood by Lisa W ingate 16.</p><p> Lula Dean’s Li le Library o f Banned Books by Kirsten M iller Three works of ction that are serious, moving or just plain hilarious.</p><p> In The Glassmaker, the author of Girl With A Pearl Earring returns with another work of historical ction.</p><p> It begins in Venice during the 15th century and follows the Russo family for the next 600 years.</p><p> From the young woman who goes against convention to master the craft of a glassblower (and saves them nancially) through centuries of change, Tracy Chevalier tells of the hardships they overcome, like plague, war and– most challen ging of all–an invasion of tourists.</p><p> Lisa Wingate also spans decades in her historical novel Shelterwood.</p><p> This emotional story begins in the Oklahoma of 1909, when an eleven year old child named Olive ees with a six year old Choctaw girl to escape a man of cruel intentions.</p><p> They head for a lawless refuge that might be their only hope for safety.</p><p> Eighty years later, that tale crops up when law enforcement ranger Val is determined to keep the peace and honor the wishes of Choctaw Tribal Police when they want justice done for a very cold case.</p><p> Book banning g ets a comic comeuppance with Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books.</p><p> Beverly is on the school board, crossing swords with her nemesis Lula, who loves the attention when she denounces “ lthy” books Lula hasn’t even read.</p><p> Lula’s front yard contains one of those adorable lending libraries lled with “wholes ome” books.</p><p> But someone– don’t ask me, I don’t know!–yes, someone replaced all her spotless titles with books by Judy Blume and gay romances and black history…and everyone who borrows them absolutely loves them and has their lives changed.</p><p> It’s a witty celebration of the power of reading, even naughty Judy Blume.</p><p> The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier ($32; Viking) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate ($30; Ballantine Books) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller ($30; William Morrow) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 17.</p><p> When e Sea Came Alive: An Oral History o f D-Day by Garre M .</p><p> Gr a World War II will remain a source of endless fascination for centuries, continuing to inspire movies and documentaries and plays and poems and works of ction and history.</p><p> And D-Day is the awe-inspiring, climactic moment in which the world held its breath to see if June 6 would nally spell the beginning of the end for the Nazis and fascist Italy.</p><p> Since more and more war records and documents become available every year, the great works of the past can be built upon.</p><p> So anyone who read Stephen Ambrose or watched Saving Private Ryan should welcome acclaimed author Garrett M.</p><p> Gra ’s new oral history of that remarkable day.</p><p> In When The Sea Came Alive, Gra captures the endless drama of that day, sharing the stories and insights of everyone from top generals and world- famous writers right down to the brave men storming Omaha Beach.</p><p> When The Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M.</p><p> Gra ($32.49; Avid Reader Press/S&S) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Related: Author Kate DiCamillo on the Book That Changed Her Life and Other Favorites 18.</p><p> Swan Song by Elin H ilderbrand 19. e Rom-Comme rs by Katherine Center 20.</p><p> A Happier Life by Kristy W oodson H arvey Romance is most de nitely in the air.</p><p> Hilderbabe alert! Fans of Elin Hilderbrand’s Nantucket novels surely know that after about 30 novels, she is bringing the series to a close with Swan Song.</p><p> Hilderbrand insists she is retiring, but maybe a rapturous reception from her legion of readers will convince her that maybe, someday, she’ll return.</p><p> Meanwhile, Swan Song o ers all the drama, lavish parties and heart they’ve come to expect from her.</p><p> Katherine Center o ers another source for the pleasurable charms readers of Hilderbrand will soon be desperately jonesing for.</p><p> In Center’s latest, an aspiring screenwriter gets a chance to work on a romantic comedy script with the famous Hollywood hero Charlie Yates.</p><p> But he’s a jerk! And he’s only cranking out this script to get anoth er project greenlit.</p><p> And he doesn’t believe in love! Oh, it’s on.</p><p> For her tenth novel, Kristy Woodson Harvey delivers perhaps her most ambitious one yet.</p><p> Oh it still has the small-town warmth and Southern charm you expect.</p><p> But it also contains two storylines set some 50 years apart.</p><p> In the 1970s, Becks is struggling to maintain the happy facade of North Carolina’s best hostess with a stunning historic home and perfect life.</p><p> In the present, Keaton returns to her mother’s empty childhood home to put it up for sale…but discovers a charming nextdoor neighbor, the small town’s enjoyable busybodies and a secret revolving around her grandp arents who died tragically so many years ago.</p><p> Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand ($30; Little, Brown and Company) Pre- order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center ($29; St.</p><p> Martin’s Press) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey ($28.99; Gallery Books) Pre- order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org 21.</p><p> Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky 22.</p><p> Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 23. e Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands By Sarah Brook Three sci- and fantasy books perfect for the beach.</p><p> Adrian Tchaikovsky knows how to combine humor with a science ction setting in a way few can.</p><p> Service Model shows a robot servant murdering their “owner,” realizing they can..run away ? Yes, leave! And discover a whole world of possibilities.</p><p> Don’t tell Siri about this one.</p><p> Patricia Briggs o ers the latest adventure for Mercy Thompson, shapeshifter and car mechanic, mated to a werewolf she loves and struggling to help her brother amidst a storm of immense, perhaps magical proportions.</p><p> And Sarah Brook has the steampunk debut of the year, a fantasy novel that combines Murder on the Orient Express with a cast of characters on board the Trans-Siberian Express who must trust each other if they are to have any hope of surviving the journey.</p><p> Across the board acclaim for The Cautious Traveller' s Guide to the Wastelands make this one fans of the genre should jump on.</p><p> Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky ($28.99; Tordotcom) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs ($30; Ace) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brook ($28.99; Flatiron Books) Pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org e 60+ Best Sum m er Beach Reads of 2024 Read M oreCourtesy of Various Publishers Content continues below Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company Content continues below Courtesy of Mariner Books, Scribner, Europa Editions Content continues below Courtesy of Dey Street Books, Akashic Books Content continues below Courtesy of Kids Can Press, Delacorte Press, Versify Content continues below Courtesy of Crown Content continues below Courtesy of Scribner, Mulholland Books, Atlantic Monthly Press Content continues below Courtesy of Viking,Ballantine Books, William Morrow Content continues below Courtesy of Avid Reader Press/S&S Content continues below Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company, St.</p><p> Martin’s Press,Gallery Books Content continues below Courtesy of Tordotcom, Ace, Flatiron Books Sponsored Stories Here Are 37 Of The Coolest Gifts In 2024 Tech Finds | SponsoredFresh Sourdough Starter Where else can you nd FRESH sourdough starter - not dried? 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