New Books for June 2026
Small, Independent, and University Press, and Author-published Books
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June 2026 Featured Books
“The Ambiguity of the Hypotheses”: four landmarks within the tangles, networks, and knots of Gadda’s Pasticciaccio, Adria Bernardi, Bordighera Press
This hybrid essay intertwines travel, family history, literary analysis, and fascism via the lens of Gadda’s complex masterpiece. See sponsored blog post here.
(Out) On the Road: The Radical Joy of Queer Travel, Lindsey Danis, Ig Publishing
This comprehensive, by-us-for-us guide blends personal insights with practical strategies to help readers step beyond their comfort zones. See Editor’s Choice blog post here.
Unwrap Your Candy: A Bloomsday Novel, Jesse Miller, LJMcD Communications
A Joycean, language-drunk novel following Thom Evans’s city odyssey through contemporary America. See sponsored blog post here.
More Notable New Books
Poetry
The Best of Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge 2014-2026, Rattle Poetry
Mega-Galaxies, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Driftwood Press
New Names for Stars, Len Lawson, Lit Fox Books
Seeing Double, Gary J. Whitehead, Terrapin Books
Soliloquy to the Night Sky, Kathleen Gregg, Accents Publishing
Zen Pessimism, Dana Stamps II, Green Stamps Books
Fiction
As I Dream of You, Jennifer Lee, illus. LeUyen Pham, First Second :01
Aurora and the Orc, Lewis Trondheim, First Second :01
The Ballroom, Abraham Boyarsky, 8th House Publishing
Dancing in Their Dead Mother’s Dresses, Doug Ramspeck, Wolfson Press
Finish Lines, Sarah Broyles, illus. Hanna Schroy, First Second :01
InvestiGators: Weather or Not, John Patrick Green, First Second :01
Journey to Tomioka, Laurent Galandon, illus. Michaël Crouzat, trans. Anne and Owen Smith, First Second :01
Plow, or In the Hollows, Saz Keukan, Syncra Press
Speak Softly Among Icebergs, R. P. Singletary, Parlyaree Press
Unicorn Boy and the Slumber Party of Doom, Dave Roman, First Second :01
Nonfiction
Fight Like a Machine: The Combat Future of the Human Body, Thomas M. Hunt, The University of Oklahoma Press
Sooner Spirit: The Rise of the Most Fanatical Fandom in College Sports, Eddie Malone, The University of Oklahoma Press
See May 2026 book titles here.
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