Thrills and chills abound in the audiobooks we’re looking forward to this month, including new titles from Daniel Silva, Deborah Harkness, Lev Grossman, Chuck Tingle, and more. Break out the icy drinks, crank up the AC or hit the beach, and settle in for summer listening.
THE GOD OF THE WOODS
by Liz Moore, read by Saskia Maarleveld
Penguin Audio
Release date: July 2
A camper at a summer camp disappears, kicking off a desperate search and uncovering family secrets.
A DEATH IN CORNWALL
by Daniel Silva, read by Edoardo Ballerini
Harper Audio
Release date: July 9
Golden Voice Edoardo Ballerini returns to narrate the latest Gabriel Allon thriller.
BURY YOUR GAYS
by Chuck Tingle, read by André Santana, Mara Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, CJ Leede, Georgia Bird, Liz Kerin, Mark Oshiro, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, T. Kingfisher, TJ Klune
Macmillan Audio
Release date: July 9
New horror from Chuck Tingle (CAMP DAMASCUS) takes on Hollywood tropes. A cast of authors joins André Santana and Mara Wilson to narrate.
TOWARD ETERNITY
by Anton Hur, read by David Lee Huynh, Nicky Endres, Zoleka Vundla, Katherine Littrell
Harper Audio
Release date: July 9
This first novel from the acclaimed translator is set in a near future where technological advancements and biology collide.
THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE: All Souls, Book 5
by Deborah Harkness, read by Jennifer Ikeda
Random House Audio
Release date: July 16
Sink back into Diana and Matthew’s lush world of magic and vampires. Narrator Jennifer Ikeda returns.
THE BRIGHT SWORD
by Lev Grossman, read by Nicholas Guy Smith
Penguin Audio
Release date: July 16
King Arthur is dead, and the remaining knights of the Round Table are not the names of legend.
I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER
by Stephen Graham Jones, read by Michael Crouch, Stephen Graham Jones [Acknowledgements]
Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: July 16
Tolly Driver recounts the events of the summer of 1989, when a peanut-infused Coke nearly kills him (he’s allergic) and ultimately triggers a gruesome revenge rampage against the bullies who forced it on him.
NICKED
by M.T. Anderson, read by Euan Morton
Random House Audio
Release date: July 23
A treasure hunter and a monk come together to steal the bones of Saint Nicholas.
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