Discounted for June 2026: Captivating Literary Books You Don’t Want to Miss!

With a mix of extensive research and thrilling narration, A Sinister Splendor offers a historical novelization of the Mexican-American War.

Told by Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely, the story shares not only the glories of a battle that would ultimately reshape the geography of North America, but also the lives lost and cities destroyed in a clash between cultures.

An “utterly compelling [story] from first to last,” Friendly Fire follows Sophie Cullen’s journey from the town orphanage to securing a sought-after place at an exclusive boarding school (Stephen Fry, multi-Tony-nominated actor). 

With the classes outnumbering twenty-five boys to one girl, Sophie quickly begins an education of another kind, harboring a crush for upperclassman Lucas Behram—until she sees him kissing a boy. 

Secrets will be unveiled, and truths unearthed, as a devastating tragedy leads Sophie to uncover her place in this world and beyond. 

Four friends—Vere, Gwen, Ginny, and Win—have all come to the Sisters of the Supreme Adoration by different avenues and heartbreaks. 

But, soon enough, the girls come to rely on one another, and from the group the Guineverses, where they quietly revolt against a faith that teaches them to wait: whether for the mail or a miracle. 

One day, they see four soldiers from the War outside the covenant, and decide this may be their only means of escape, in a story that is “suitable for a vacation, and you can describe it in one inviting line, but then it keeps unfolding and deepening, taking unexpected turns” (New York Times Book Review). 

Described by the New Yorker as “wickedly enjoyable,” Pride and Avarice begins in a clash, when nouveau riche Ross Clegg decides to buy the land adjoining Miles Starker’s Chawbury Manor. 

Quickly, Ross gets along with the town folk, all of them admiring him for his manners and success. But Miles is not having this new addition, or the fact that his country estate is blocking his view, and he declares war. 

Capturing the full breadth of the American frontier, from deadly shootouts to wagon trains, The Golden Spurs is a collection of the best Western short stories, selected by the Western Writers of America. 

Including tales from James Bellah, author of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, to Dorothy M. Johnson, author of A Man Called Horse, this is a thrilling exploration of the West as it once was. 

Ensign Grey has finally made it to the pivotal test, the one that decides if he will be a Navy SEAL: 120 sleepless hours, full of relentless physical obstacles. He thought he knew what he was in for.

That is, until Seaman Murray attempts to thwart an instructor who wants to see him fail. With an enemy on their tail, an unlikely friendship will form, taking Hell Week to a whole new level. 

Dr. Jo Banks serves as one of only a few doctors in the New Jersey fields—and therefore sees her fair share of trouble. But nothing like the strange man who managed to get his hand stuck in a printing press, and refuses to go to the hospital. 

Growing suspicious, she meets his daughter and discovers that his wife mysteriously disappeared not so long ago. 

For “those who prefer their medical mysteries on the cozy side, Sleight of Hand follows amateur sleuth Jo Banks, and she’s pulled into yet another case in the farmland (Booklist). 

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes a “barbed and richly entertaining” novel of two sociologists who join a cult, and soon find themselves unable to distinguish between farce and reality (Wall Street Journal). 

Tom McMann is looking for a new research subject when he discovers the Truth Seekers, a cult that believes in aliens and faraway planets. 

Led by the beautiful Verena, he, along with his colleague, Roger Zimmerm, decides to join—only to find that Verena’s chants are beginning to make sense. Will he shut them down, or find himself on a trip to outer space?