114 new eBooks and audiobooks coming out July 19 – August 8, 2022

By Kobo • July 19, 2022New Releases

There’s no excuse to have nothing to read by the beach, by the pool, on the dock, or on the couch with these new eBooks and audiobooks coming out over the next 3 weeks—we even have a few suggestions to consider…

If you want to know exactly what all this fuss about “CRT” is but you can do without the intensity around the topic, try On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care by Victor Ray. It’s short and to the point and backed by scholarship while remaining entirely accessible.

If the penultimate season of Stranger Things got you curious about the world of Dungeons & Dragons, and you love a good business story, check out Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs to learn how the company behind the classic role-playing game mismanaged its way to disaster—and was saved by its chief rival.

If you’ve never read the poetry of Dionne Brand, Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems is a great way to discover her particular genius.

If you enjoy learning from eastern religions but you’ve read all there is to read about Buddhism (though we should mention that How to Focus by Buddhist monk and bestselling author Thich Nhat Hanh has just come out) The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life by Simran Jeet Singh is a helpful guide to learning about the Sikh faith—and from it in practical ways.

If you’re wondering what it’s like to work with comedian Conan O’Brien, The World's Worst Assistant by Sona Movsesian, his longstanding (and fittingly self-deprecating) assistant will give you some idea.

If you find yourself sitting on a beach looking out at the ocean, you could discover the incredible resilience of a group of incredible ocean-going animals who could really use some help after taking a lot of abuse from humans in Shark: Why we need to save the world’s most misunderstood predator by Paul de Gelder

If you’re looking for a sexy body-positive romance, The Accidental Pinup by Danielle Jackson features a plus-size Black photographer and entrepreneur who was supposed to run the shoot for her friend’s new lingerie line—and ends up picking up posing duties on the other side of the camera for a rival photographer.

Alexander McCall Smith’s 14^th Isabel Dalhousie novel, The Sweet Remnants of Summer couldn’t be better-named as poolside entertainment. If you haven’t been following the series from the start, don’t worry: just jump on in.

If you’ve made it through the first 3 novels in Tica Morgan’s Zoë Janssen series, step through Hell's Gate.

If you think too many books are titled, “the daughter of so-and-so” we beg you not to make the mistake of overlooking The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, a retelling by the spectacularly prolific and talented Silvia Moreno-Garcia of H. G. Wells’ classic horror novel of a mad scientist creating unholy creatures on his own island. Moreno-Garcia—a master of speculative fiction who exploded onto the scene in the last few years by winning prizes and gaining legions of fans—transports the familiar story to a 19^th century Mexican setting, narrated by the madman’s daughter Carlota Moreau.

If you want to revisit an old classic, The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle has been re-released with a new introduction by epic fantasy master Patrick Rothfuss.