9 New Notable Books Coming in August

Alice Law has sacrificed everything to study under Joshua Grimes. He’s the greatest magician in the world. But when he dies in a magical accident—an accident that might be her fault—he takes the recommendation that might be the key to her future with him. 

Grimes might be in Hell, but that’s not going to stop Alice from getting what she needs. The only problem is that Peter Murdoch, her rival, is doing the exact same thing.

It’s going to take everything both of them have to save Grimes’ soul, including sacrificing theirs in return.

When the reclusive Lady Duxbury sends three women a mysterious invitation to afternoon tea, they can’t help but attend. After all, there aren’t many places they can go to escape their oppressive marriages or societal expectations. 

Their secret book club becomes their sanctuary. The more they learn about each other, the deeper their bonds of friendship grow.

But when the world wants to keep them silent, secrets can be deadly. And one mistake could be all of their undoing.

Janavi and Sagar never wanted to be married. But when Janavi’s sister betrays her, she finds herself in an arranged marriage to Sagar.

Even worse, Sagar has already accepted a job dismantling a dam in faraway Montana. Now, she’s alone in a strange place with a husband she doesn’t want, surrounded by people who don’t want them there. 

When Sagar’s colleague is found drowned, he becomes the scapegoat. Built on a history of blaming people of color for white arrogance, Sagar and Janavi now somehow have to navigate their way through the blame and accusations to uncover the truth.

In this pseudo-memoir that plays with structure, two Black writers struggle to find balance and meaning while facing the terrors of gun violence. One is at the top of their game on a global tour, and the other is facing a speech at a school after a shooting. 

They live two very different lives that merge as they both relentlessly pursue their dreams, struggling to survive against all odds.

Sara is an ambitious journalist determined to make her mark on the world. So, when she’s sent to cover Gaza from the four-star Beach Hotel, she thinks it’s finally her chance.

But when her fixer refuses to set up the story she knows will finally grab front page coverage, she finds someone who will. 

That someone is Fadi, the youngest member of a powerful militant family. All Sara wants is the professional recognition she thinks she deserves. And she’s willing to go after it even if it hurts everyone around her.

20-year-old Eily and 40-year-old Stephan unquestionably love each other. So where did their two-year love affair go wrong? Over the course of one rainy night, the couple delves into their past, trying to reconcile the choices they’ve made that brought them to their present. 

Sometimes you can love someone fiercely and without question. And sometimes trouble comes anyway.

Girlie Delmundo moderates the internet. Her past trauma means she’s more desensitized than most, a trait that has allowed her to outlast her fellow content moderators and finally land the promotion that means she can finally throw money at all her past problems. 

When her company purchases a global virtual reality provider, her bosses claim that she’ll be on the front lines of moderating the next evolution of human online interaction.

But when she finds herself falling in love with her former company’s co-founder, Girlie discovers that you can’t moderate the past, and you definitely can’t predict the future.

No one ever said getting old was easy. It certainly isn’t for Bo. He faces the strange irony that while he’s running out of time, time is somehow all he has. His loyal elkhound helps keep him company. 

But his son wants to take the dog away. As he faces the crisis of losing his closest companion, Bo is forced to look back on his life and come to terms with the choices he made that led to the rocky relationships he has now.

In Dominion, Mississippi, no one has a stronger hold on every aspect of society than Reverend Sabre Winfrey. In addition to running the Seven Seals Baptist Church, he also owns the local barbershop and radio station. Of all his sons, the youngest stands out the most. 

Known as Wonderboy, he turns heads, succeeds at everything he touches, and simply doesn’t seem to know how to fail. But when he has a surprising encounter with a stranger, his response shocks the small town.

It’s a story of power, privilege, and patriarchy, told from the perspective of the women who love them both.