{"id":6964,"date":"2022-01-11T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T12:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/the-best-new-books-to-read-in-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:48:38","slug":"the-best-new-books-to-read-in-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/the-best-new-books-to-read-in-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best New Books To Read In August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August delivers one of the year&#8217;s strongest waves of new releases, with page-turning thrillers, sweeping literary fiction, compelling history, heartfelt memoirs, and irresistible romance all arriving at once. Whether you&#8217;re looking for an atmospheric mystery, a thought-provoking novel, a powerful true story, or the perfect late-summer beach read, these standout August 2026 books offer unforgettable characters, timely themes, and stories that will stay with you long after the final page.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Best New Books To Read In August 2026<\/h1>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <em>The Unknown<\/em> by Riley Sager<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28064 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4wCWVJu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9798217044092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A struggling actress uncovers terrifying secrets when a century-old disappearance on a haunted Vermont island begins repeating itself during the filming of a movie about the original mystery.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <em>Appraisals<\/em> by Claire Boyles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28065 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4wCXenC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9780393531800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Set against the Great Recession, this poignant family drama explores farming, environmental activism, and the difficult compromises people make to protect both their loved ones and the land they call home.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <em>The People&#8217;s Historian<\/em> by Dave Zirin<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28066 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3U9Rz9W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9780593473658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dave Zirin delivers a deeply researched portrait of Howard Zinn, tracing the influential historian&#8217;s life alongside the defining social and political movements that shaped modern America.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <em>Triage<\/em> by Claudia Rankine<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28067 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fOR6RM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9781644454008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Blending memoir, criticism, narrative, and visual art, Claudia Rankine examines friendship, grief, memory, and collective trauma in a powerful meditation on living through an era of relentless loss.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <em>The Women in White<\/em> by Sarah Pekkanen<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28068 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4xhqLTJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9781250349552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A newly divorced caretaker uncovers a chilling sixty-year-old mystery tied to vanished participants in secret parapsychology experiments in this suspenseful supernatural thriller.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. <em>Sunrise<\/em> by T\u00e9a Obreht<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28069 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4g8zKAH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9781984855534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spanning more than a century, this sweeping novel intertwines survival, frontier legend, and long-buried secrets through three lives connected by a mysterious abandoned Western town.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. <em>Heart of Glass<\/em> by Jennifer Hillier<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28070 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4vZOczJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9781250763181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When a convicted serial killer withdraws his confession decades later, two former best friends are forced to revisit the murder that changed their small town forever.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. <em>How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle<\/em> by Alissa DeRogatis<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28071 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4w1KqG4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9781464223396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A romance novelist suffering from heartbreak and writer&#8217;s block stages real-life meet-cutes, only to discover love may have been beside her all along.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. <em>Empire of Ashes<\/em> by James M. Scott<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28072 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RMBW7B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9781324065487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott offers a gripping history of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, examining both their devastating human toll and enduring moral legacy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. <em>The Wound Is Where the Light Enters<\/em> by Chris Young<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28073 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bookglow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10a-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4wEo3Yw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/80764\/9780316565288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available at Bookshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chris Young&#8217;s inspiring memoir recounts how he transformed a life sentence into an extraordinary journey of self-education, resilience, and ultimately freedom.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/category\/reading-essentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Reading Essentials<\/a>\u00a0section to discover the best\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/the-best-bookshelves-for-your-home-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">bookshelves<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/15-comfy-reading-chairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">reading chairs<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/the-best-book-lights-for-reading-at-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">book lights for reading at night<\/a>, and more!<\/p>\n<p>Receive top\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookglow.net\/what-should-i-read-next\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book recommendations<\/a>\u00a0directly in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August delivers one of the year&#8217;s strongest waves of new releases, with page-turning thrillers, sweeping literary fiction, compelling history, heartfelt memoirs, and irresistible romance all arriving at once. 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