24 June Books That Might Just Charm Your Pants Off

If you've been impatiently waiting for the next installment of the Outlander series, then your literary dreams are coming true this month! From historical fantasy and stories with romantic beach backdrops to young love and celebrity memoirs, these June reads will help you get your Summer started in the best way possible. Check out even more must reads for the month here!

01
Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel

Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel

The New York Times's bestselling Princess Diaries series is debuting its very first adult installment of Princess Mia's story with Royal Wedding.

Out June 2

02
Eight Hundred Grapes

Eight Hundred Grapes

Laura Dave's Eight Hundred Grapes is a story about "the messy realities of family, the strength and weaknesses of romantic love, and the importance of finding a place to call home."

Out June 2

03
Whisper Beach

Whisper Beach

Seventeen-year-old Vanessa fled her hometown years ago, and despite the desperate way she left (pregnant and in love with someone who wasn't the father), she is returning a successful businesswoman. In Shelley Noble's Whisper Beach, old flames are rekindled, and one Summer will test the bonds of friendship, trust, and true love.

Out June 16

04
Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

In her new revealing memoir, Down the Rabbit Hole, famous former Playboy bunny Holly Madison reveals what the mysterious (and sexy) world at the Playboy Mansion was really like.

Out June 23

05
Modern Romance

Modern Romance

Finding love today is way more complicated than it was for previous generations. Stand-up comedian Aziz Ansari teamed up with sociologist Eric Klinenberg for a look into the evolution of how we love in the modern age, and with a combination of humor and expert knowledge, Modern Romance is as informative as it is entertaining.

Out June 16

06
Country

Country

A woman's predictable life is altered forever when her husband dies unexpectedly on a family trip. Soon after, she meets a famous country star, who opens his world to her. She has to decide if she is willing to let go of what she knows and seize the moment. Danielle Steel's Country is a perfect Summer romance novel that will leave readers eager to seize the day.

Out June 16

07
Finding Audrey

Finding Audrey

Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic series, is back with a YA novel about friendship, first love, and overcoming personal obstacles. Finding Audrey tells the sweet story of a young girl's struggle with anxiety and the boy she meets who helps her through it.

Out June 9

08
The Status of All Things

The Status of All Things

If whatever you wrote as your Facebook status became your reality, what kind of changes to your life would you make? Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke's novel The Status of All Things follows a woman as she attempts to thwart fate and win back her ex-fiancé, only to come to the realization that maybe they weren't meant to be after all.

Out June 2

09
Charlie, Presumed Dead

Charlie, Presumed Dead

When two girls show up at a man's funeral claiming they are his girlfriend, they both realize they have been deceived. Not believing he is truly dead, the women set out on a thrilling trip in search of what really happened. Anne Heltzel's Charlie, Presumed Dead is a suspenseful mystery that twists and turns all the way to the very last page.

Out June 2

10
More Happy Than Not

More Happy Than Not

In a world where "memory relief" or memory-erasing science not unlike the kind in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind exists, a man who wants to forget his feelings for another man struggles with letting go of his newfound happiness or facing his obstacles head on. Teen Vogue says that Adam Silvera's More Happy Than Not is "poignant . . . so engrossing that once you start it, you won't be able to put it down."

Out June 2

11
Safe at Last

Safe at Last

If the person you loved disappeared without a trace, how far would you go to get them back? In Maya Banks's Safe at Last, a boy believes he has lost the girl he loves, only to find her broken and stripped of her psychic gifts. Realizing she is a target, he vows to earn her trust again and save her from her enemies once and for all.

Out June 23

12
The Good Shufu

The Good Shufu

A fiercely independent American woman finds herself unexpectedly falling in love with a Japanese businessman who doesn't speak English in Tracy Slater's thoughtful novel The Good Shufu.

Out June 30

13
Blueprints

Blueprints

Blueprints by Barbara Delinsky is a story about the complicated dynamics of a family, the novelty of love no matter when in life you find it, and the importance of a good home makeover.

Out June 9

14
Skyscraping

Skyscraping

Cordelia Jensen's novel Skyscraping is a unique take on LGBTQ fiction, one that explores the dynamics of a girl's family and friendships after finding out that her dad is gay and battling HIV.

Out June 2

15
Primates of Park Avenue

Primates of Park Avenue

The New York Daily News calls Wednesday Martin's Primates of Park Avenue — a memoir about marriage and motherhood in New York's prestigious Upper East Side — "juicy, sexy, bawdy stuff."

Out June 2

16
A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri's A Field Guide to Awkward Silences is a literary anthem for everyone out there who has ever said or done something hilariously embarrassing, cringeworthy, or just plain awkward. The author's authentic humor will teach us all to embrace the awkward in ourselves, because it definitely makes things more interesting.

Out June 2

17
Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Fans of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series will be eager to get their hands on Written in My Own Heart's Blood, the most recent installment of the riveting historical fantasy series.

Out June 10

18
The Idea of Love

The Idea of Love

When a man and woman base their new relationship on a web of white lies, they must work to untangle the mess they've made if they want even the chance at real love. In Patti Callahan Henry's romance novel that takes place in the heart of the South, The Idea of Love, two people have to rediscover their own truths for the sake of each other.

Out June 23

19
Summer Secrets

Summer Secrets

A woman struggles to fix her past mistakes while trying to also juggle present obstacles in Jane Green's Summer Secret.

Out June 23

20
The Night We Said Yes

The Night We Said Yes

Fans of Sarah Dessen will love Lauren Gibaldi's YA novel The Night We Said Yes, about a boy and girl who give their love a second shot on a night when they say "yes" to every crazy or fun thing they can think of doing.

Out June 16

21
Emmy and Oliver

Emmy and Oliver

Emmy and Oliver were best friends as children, until Oliver was kidnapped and taken away by his own dad. Robin Benway's YA novel deals with the aftermath of the crime and how both Emmy and Oliver cope with what's happened on their paths back to each other.

Out June 23

22
The New Single

The New Single

Tamsen Fadal's The New Single: Finding, Fixing, and Falling Back in Love With Yourself After a Breakup or Divorce is the empowering postbreakup survival guide readers need.

Out June 2

23
The Cherry Harvest

The Cherry Harvest

The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna is a historical fiction that weaves in the setting of the American Midwest during WWII with numerous plots exploring themes like coming of age, family, romance, and war.

Out June 2

24
It's You

It's You

After a heartbreaking tragedy, Dr. Alison McAdams goes to Napa, CA, to care for her sick dad. While she's there, she hears World War II stories from survivors and becomes determined to discover the truth about one woman's long-lost love — and in the process begins to heal herself, too. Jane Porter's It's You is the perfect poolside Summer story.

Out June 2