Summer is finally here.
And while we have been steadily making our way through the ‘to read’ pile that has been sitting beside our bed through the first half to the year, the new season is bring plenty of new page-turning reads.
Whether you’re looking for a novel you can dive into while sitting poolside or simply want a brilliant book to curl up with on the weekends, don’t worry – we’ve got you covered.
Here are five books that we are absolutely adoring this June.
Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton
When is it out? June 14 – you can get it here.
What is it about?Â
Gossip Girl meets the Talented Mister Ripley, the story follows a young woman named Louise, who is struggling to survive in New York as nothing seems to be going her way.
One day, she meets Lavinia: a rich, charismatic young woman who has everything that Louise wants – and she soon finds herself caught up in her new pal’s world.
Louise is fully aware that this can’t last forever – but she may be willing to go to some desperate and extreme lengths to hold on to this life. Or, well, Laviana’s life.
How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne
When is it out? June 14 – you can get it here.
What is it about?
On the surface, Tori Bailey appears to be living her best life.
She has inspired millions of women throughout the world with her self-help memoir – and has the perfect relationship, too.
But when her best friend (and last single pal) falls in love and quickly embraces the family life, cracks begin to appear in Tori’s Instagram-perfect life – and she is forced to examine what she really wants.
The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan
When is it out? June 14 – and you can get it here.
What is it about?
In 1910, a young farm girl named Anna volunteers to help an American visitor, Harold Griffin-Krauss, translate ‘fairy stories’ from Irish to English.
It soon becomes clear that all isn’t quite as it seems, as Anna finds herself in the middle of a mystery that not only threatens her community’s future, but her very way of life.
And a hundred years later, Sarah Harper finds herself  in Ireland – and following in Harold and Anna’s footsteps. Although as she begins to uncover some well-kept secrets, she realises she may have found more than she bargained for.
A magical, page-turning tale that you won’t be able to put down.
Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knech
When is it out? June 12 – and you can get it here.
What is it about?
Vera Kelly goes from working the night shift at her local radio station in New York one day to working as a spy in Argentina the next.
But her mission – wiretapped a local congressman and infiltrating a group of student activists – leads to more than she bargained for after she gets stranded and abandoned in the middle of a coup.
She ends up having to take extreme measures to save herself, making some pretty unexpected allies along the way.
The book comes out as The Wives in Ireland on July 12, but is also currently known as…
When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger
When is it out? June 5 in North America – and you can get it here (they ship to Ireland).
What is it about?
Emily Charlton, the former first assistant to Miranda Priestly, is now an image consultant – although, admittedly, things are a bit difficult at the moment.
Her job eventually ends up taking her to Greenwich, Connecticut, where she lands the client of a lifetime.
And, naturally, plenty of over the top and page-turning drama ensues.
