August 2026 Book Releases
Book Curations · 8/17/2026
August 2026 Book Releases
1. Appraisals by Claire Boyles
To any country dweller or especially farmers, this book may hit deeply. This story tells a tale of a third-generation farmer experiencing modern day struggles. The recession has hit, the financial struggle has come, so her husband signs up to work for an oil company. This creates division between her daughter and her husband, and meanwhile trying to handle family matters, third party problems roll in. This story is one of a farmer holding strong through her everyday life struggles that are far too realistic of events to only exist in fictional stories.
Genre: Pop Fiction, Literary fiction
Release Date: August 4, 2026
Paperback, E-book
Secure your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/119874/9780393531800
2. You'll Be Sorry by Lisa Gardner
A lovely couple wind up getting married in a very short period. From doing this myself, I can say that to anyone else who has gotten married quickly, this story is very realistic in the phase after the honeymoon is over and you realize how little you know your spouse. This story plays on that time period of a quick marriage with an additional challenge that hits this couple. A dark murderous past comes back to haunt and further challenges the mystery they realize lies within their spouse, creating a sense of distrust between the two and a search for answers to what's been laid at their doorstep.
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Pop Fiction
Release Date: August 4, 2026
Hard cover, Paperback, Paperback Large Print, E-Book
Secure your copy: https://bookshop.org/a/119874/9781538765142
3. The Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang
This book is one of those stories that can have a touch of slapstick to it. A story that takes place in South Korea with a young woman who turns out she's a bit sexist and psychopathic. She runs a plant shop where she makes her main living, but it's not enough. She finds herself becoming almost like a vigilante in her own way, maybe even just in her own mind. She commits to her plants and fellow plant ladies by day, and to her favors for her friendly plant lover customers by night.
Genre: Literary Fiction, Pop Fiction
Release Date: August 4, 2026
Hard Cover, E-Book
Secure your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/119874/9798217187577
4. Work in Progress by Devon Rodriguez
New York City's famous artist Devon Rodriguez tells his biographical story of how he grew up and what inspired him to become an artist. He really opens up with telling the secrets of the home he grew up in and how it affected him. If you like biographies or are a fan of his art, then check out his biography releasing this month!
Genre: Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoires, Family & Parenting
Release Date: August 11, 2026
Hardcover, E-Book
Secure your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/119874/9780593734483
5. These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen
A couple of sisters inherit a house and the first thing on their agenda is selling all that's inside, taking the money, and moving on with their lives. Unfortunately for them, that is not how things go. The home haunts them more and more as they open more and more of the home and what's left in it. It slowly takes over the one sister that becomes absolutely obsessed with the house and decides she no longer wants to rid it. The other sister realizes it's time to break the ties before it gets any worse.
Genre: Horror, Pop- fiction
Release Date: August 18, 2026
Hardcover, E-Book
Secure your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/119874/9780593955666