News  •  2 June 2026

 

June New Books

June is the perfect month for curling up with a cup of tea and a good book. You’ll have to sort the tea, but we’ve got you covered on the reading front.

What’s new in June?

Sharon Kernot’s adult fiction debut is Night Swimming, a riveting psychological thriller written in suspenseful verse. The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions is a spellbinding story collection from Women’s Prize winner Ruth Ozeki. And Sofia Montrone’s debut novel Nymph transports us to a timeworn family hotel in the Italian countryside where a young woman searches for her identity.

Nice way to spend the first month of winter...

Night Swimming Sharon Kernot

A psychological thriller in suspenseful verse that grapples with trauma, desire, jealousy and twisted memory.

 

‘Tense, addictive and masterfully written — Night Swimming takes one woman’s obsessive dream of revenge and makes it all too real and relatable.’ Vikki Wakefield

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The Typing Lady Ruth Ozeki

A new collection of short stories from beloved Women’s-Prize winning author Ruth Ozeki.

 

'If you’ve lost your way with fiction over the last year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way home.’ David Mitchell

 

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Nymph Sofia Montrone

A tale of ephemeral love set over two transformative summers at a hotel in the northern Italian countryside.

 

'This shimmering gem of a novel invites you to re-experience that gut-punch feeling of youthful summer romance.' Anelise Chen, author of Clam Down

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