{"id":979,"date":"2026-06-30T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlybookshelf.com\/?p=979"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:47:49","slug":"new-book-releases-june-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlybookshelf.com\/?p=979","title":{"rendered":"New Book Releases: June 30, 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello friends! With so many books coming out every week, I am bringing you a list of 5 new releases that I want to read. Let me know which books interest you or if I am missing a new release you are excited about\u2026 We can always grow our TBR!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to pick books that I find interesting and fascinating, and at the same time were different genres, so hopefully one of these books catches your attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been in a bit of a reading slump, so hopefully we can find a new release that brings me back into the reading zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Shampoo Effect: a Novel by Jenny Jackson
LITERARY FICTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. A frothy novel of love, money, sex, and friendship, from the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author of\u00a0Pineapple Street<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The House Wife: a Novel by Natalie Barelli
THRILLER FICTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From bestselling indie thriller writer Natalie Barelli comes a new deliciously dark novel about a woman who married the man of her dreams, only for him to become her worst nightmare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep: a Novel by Paul Tremblay
SCIENCE FICTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author of\u00a0Horror Movie.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I read Horror Movie and liked a lot, so I am adding this book to by TBR for August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain
FICTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A newly registered private investigator attempts to track down Alice B. Toklas\u2019s reputed horn in this smart, hilarious, sexy, and unexpectedly poignant detective novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Most Wicked Conspiracy by Paul Starobin
NONFICTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Most Wicked Conspiracy<\/em>\u00a0recounts McKenzie’s plot to rob the gold fields. It’s a story of how America’s political and economic life was in the grip of domineering, self-dealing, seemingly-untouchable party bosses in cahoots with robber barons, Senators and even Presidents. Yet it is also the tale of a righteous resistance of working-class miners, muckraking journalists, and courageous judges who fought to expose a conspiracy and reassert the rule of law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So there you have it! This is my short list of books that caught my attention being released this week. Let me know if any of these made it to your TBR or if you pre-ordered or you are getting ready to get it!.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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