This week, we’ve got a list of fiction and nonfiction titles for Father’s Day—stuff that we think dads would like to read, yes, but also books that might supply readers with new topics to talk about with their dads. Speaking of connecting, we also have a fascinating feature on recent and upcoming books about personal relationships. Included there is Darby Saxbe’s Dad Brain, a research-based study on how becoming a father can change one’s mind and body. As a dad with a three-year-old, I can attest that it does, and I’m loving the book so far.
Also this week, PW contributors weigh in on whether to watch literary adaptations arriving on big and small screens this month—I say 100% yes to Cape Fear—and reviews editors recommend books hitting shelves next week.
Happy reading, happy Juneteenth, and happy Father’s Day!
Starred Reviews Releasing Next WeekCheck out all the books to receive starred PW reviews that are hitting shelves next week. more
Father's Day ReadingFrom immersive historical narratives to biographical deep dives to a novel about a father's strange mystical awakening, this list has something for every book-loving dad. more
New Books on How to Strengthen Personal ConnectionsAuthors explore how readers can support family, friends, and themselves. more
To Watch or Not to Watch: June 2026This Pride Month, the biggest book-to-screen adaptations include a sapphic coming-of-age tale and the return of Anne Rice’s pansexual vampires, plus another hit romance series from Amazon and Apple’s remake of Cape Fear. more
The Women Warrenologists: PW Talks with Kaitlyn TiffanyThe journalist’s The Housewives Underground profiles three women who were skeptical of the Warren Commission and conducted their own investigations of the JFK assassination in the 1970s. more
Burned by the Past: PW Talks with Darby BozemanA young woman reckons with grief and survivor’s guilt after a fire at her family’s summer camp in Summer’s Never Over, the author’s debut thriller. more
Shattered GodsBy Katee Robert (Bloom)
A whopping six of the 10 sizzling Greek mythology-inspired dystopian romances in Katee Robert's blockbuster Dark Olympus series have received starred reviews from PW, this red-hot grand finale among them. Charting the charged entanglement between three women with complicated pasts and disparate political agendas, it showcases Robert at the top of her game. —Phoebe Cramer, SFF, horror, and romance reviews editor
By Hallie Elizabeth Newton (Bloomsbury)
It took me a minute to pick up on this novel’s sly humor, but once I did, I was all in. Special thanks to the two smart people who recommended it: the friend who compared it to Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat (it’s about a woman with a death wish that she wants someone else to fulfill), and Newton’s editor, whose distinctive taste is always impeccable. The novel, which chronicles New York City life in the 2000s and 2010s for an unhappy privileged person, reminds me of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, except that it does an even better job at making fun of the hipster era. —David Varno, literary fiction reviews editor
By Janet Fash (Simon & Schuster)
I love few things like I love going to the beach in New York City. It’s magic! It’s summer! People are surfing! This sometimes-harrowing memoir from the city’s first female lifeguard chief, who monitored the Rockaways in the ’70s and ’80s, honors that magic while revealing the ugly sexism and bureaucracy of the city's lifeguard program. The result is a potent mix of beachy wonder and sobering social critique. —Conner Reed, mystery and memoir reviews editor
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The Deal
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
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Sing the 50 United States!
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America, I'm So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating the Country We Love
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