I must apologize for the lack of new posts on Genrify.com lately. I wish I could say that it would get better soon, but I think things will be light here for the rest of the summer. But I remain committed to highlighting awesome genre blends, and hope to get back to normal eventually. In the meantime, here are your new releases for July. Summer is typically a somewhat lighter season for publishing, but there’s still plenty to read for blend lovers. Of this month’s new titles, I would recommend Wesley Chu’s exciting new SF thriller Time Salvager, which is non-stop fun and even has a touch of romance. Everyone who loved the action and SF of ernest Cline’s Ready Player One should run out and buy or borrow Armada . There’s also a new Max Gladstone book, although this one reads more like straight fantasy than some of the previous books that combined legal thrillers, mysteries and fantasy. If I had to pick just one blend to read this month, though, it would be Natasha Pulley’s The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, which flawlessly combines fantasy, mystery and historical fiction with a bit of romance. It is so well-constructed that I immediately wanted to read it again to see how Pulley did it, especially since this is a debut novel.
WEEK OF JULY 7
- Nemesis (An FBI Thriller) by Catherine Coulter (Thriller/Romance)
- The Annihilation Score (A Laundry Files Novel) by Charles Stross (SF/Horror/Thriller)
- A Study in Death (A Lady Darby Mystery) by Anna Lee Huber (Mystery/Historical Fiction/Romance)
- The Duke Can Go to the Devil (A Prelude to a Kiss) by Erin Knightley (Romance/Historical Fiction)
- Earth Bound (A Sea Haven Novel) by Christine Feehan (Romance/Fantasy)
- Wicked Embers (Souls of Fire Novel) by Keri Arthur (Fantasy/Romance)
- Flight from Death (Fly by Night) by Yasmine Galenorn (Fantasy/Romance)
- Time Salvager by Wesley Chu (SF/Thriller)
WEEK OF JULY 14
- Armada by Ernest Cline (SF/Adventure)
- Deadly Election (Flavia Albia Series) by Lindsay Davis (Mystery/Historical Fiction)
- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Mystery)
- Last First Snow (Craft Sequence) by Max Gladstone (Fantasy/Thriller)
WEEK OF JULY 21
- The Art of Sinning (The Sinful Suitors) by Sabrina Jeffries (Romance/Historical Fiction)
- Mad About the Major by Elizabeth Boyle (Romance/Historical Fiction)
WEEK OF JULY 28
- Never Die Alone (A Bentz/Montoya Novel)
- Siren’s Call (A Rainshadow Novel) by Jayne Castle (Romance/SF/Mytery)
- Killing Pretty (Sandman Slim) by Richard Kadrey (Fantasy/Horror)