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The Best July 2018 Book Covers

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Ashley Holstrom

Staff Writer

Ashley Holstrom helps make books at Sourcebooks. She lives near Chicago with her cat named after Hemingway and her bookshelves organized by color. Newsletter: Crooked Reads. Twitter: @alholstrom.

Happy July, readers! The weather is getting very, very hot by me, and I am ready for some beach days with the many gorgeous book covers coming out this month. Let’s take a dive.

July 2018 book covers

All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth. Out July 10 from William Morrow.

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America for Beginners by Leah Franqui. Out July 24 from William Morrow.

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Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage. Out July 17 from St. Martin’s Press.

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The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas. Out July 31 from Delacorte Press.

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Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Out July 31 from Doubleday.

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Ghosted by Rosie Walsh. Out July 24 from Pamela Dorman Books.

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Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott. Out July 17 from Little, Brown and Company.

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Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer. Out July 10 from Quirk Books.

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How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs. Out July 24 from Ballantine Books.

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I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux. Out July 24 from Atria/37 INK.

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If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi: Stories by Neel Patel. Out July 10 from Flatiron Books.

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The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon. Out July 31 from Riverhead Books.

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Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom. Out July 24 from Little, Brown and Company.

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Lovely, Dark, and Deep by Justina Chen. Out July 31 from Arthur A. Levine Books.

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The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley. Out July 17 from MCD.

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Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig. Out July 5 from Canongate.

I loved Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive, and I am so happy to see he’s written something that sounds and looks just as vital.

July 2018 book covers

Orchid & The Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes. Out July 10 from Hogarth.

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Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith by Mihee Kim-Kort. Out July 1 from Fortress Press.

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Pyre at the Eyreholme Trust by Lin Darrow. Out July 4 from Less Than Three Press.

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Suicide Club by Rachel Heng. Out July 10 from Henry Holt and Co.

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Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It by Kerry Winfrey. Out July 10 from Feiwel Friends.

2018 is the year of the neon light book cover, and I am SO here for it.

July 2018 book covers

When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn. Out July 17 from Swoon Reads.

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Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin. Out July 3 from HarperCollins.

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White Hot Grief Parade: A Memoir by Alexandra Silber. Out July 3 from Pegasus Books.

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Zen and Gone by Emily France. Out July 3 from Soho Teen.