Top 5 Fiction Books To Be Released On June 2025

There isn't any better way to develop empathy and put yourself in other people's shoes than to read fiction.   Multiple studies have found that visualizing tales activates the areas of the brain responsible for better comprehending people and viewing the world from a different viewpoint.

These are some fiction books that are anticipated to be published in June 2025.

1. Flashlight by Susan Choi

This book, written by the author of Trust Exercise, follows a father's absence through time, countries, and memory.  Susan Choi's Flashlight explores the shockwaves of one family's tragedy via chapters that alternate between members and again return to that night by the sea.  This book is anticipated to be published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux on June 3, 2025.

2. Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor

Zoe and Jack, Harvard students who declare they have found the antidote to aging, are thrust into the enthralling world of biotech startups in this unique and remarkable debut.  A new sort of romance in which the stakes are eternal and the desire for success consumes.  Notes on Infinity, a gripping book about youthful romance, the temptation of immortality, and the carelessness that often accompany early success, poses the question: How far would you go to fulfill your dreams?  Celadon Books is anticipated to publish this book on June 3, 2025.

3. Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh

Described as CRAZY RICH ASIANS meets SUCCESSION, Renee Ahdieh's adult first novel, the #1 NYT-bestselling YA novelist, tells the story of a young lawyer who is called upon to handle a problem with her firm's largest client, a family whose Korean beauty business is worth a billion dollars.  This book is anticipated to be published by Flatiron Books on June 3, 2025.

4. The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb

The gripping tale of a young father who, following an intolerable catastrophe, considers the prospect of atonement for the unforgivable comes from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two Oprah Book Club Picks, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, Wally Lamb.  This book is anticipated to be published by S&S/Marysue Rucci Books on June 10, 2025.

5. The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

This incredible new book, written by the author of Nightcrawling, the New York Times best-seller and Oprah's Book Club choice, explores the entanglements and pleasures of a tough group of young moms in a small Florida panhandle town.  The Girls Who Grew Big proves Leila Mottley's promise and presents a radical new take on what it means to be a young woman. It is full of heart, life, and hope, set against the changing sands of these friends' secrets and betrayals.  This book is anticipated to be published by Knopf on June 24, 2025.