
June 2026 Books
Twelve books and 4,996 pages in June, including crime thrillers, memoirs and biographies—and one novel that completely caught me off guard.
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Book reviews, reading reflections and literary discoveries from Verso, spanning crime, biography, fiction and much more.

Twelve books and 4,996 pages in June, including crime thrillers, memoirs and biographies—and one novel that completely caught me off guard.

Eight books from May, ranging from crime and time travel to Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and deeply questionable workplace culture.

Nine books from April, with crime, thrillers and an assortment of memorable characters across another strong reading month.

March brought a mixed reading month of time travel, murder, doomed relationships and people making consistently poor decisions.

Six books from February, featuring small-town mysteries, suspicious influencers, dysfunctional families and plenty of fictional bodies.

Six books and 1,880 pages in January, with crime fiction, time travel, a heist and an ever-growing trail of fictional bodies.

Meet Felixstowe author Melanie Green, whose candid cancer memoir and guided journal offer honesty, humour and practical support to others.

Meet Suffolk author Julie Missen, who writes as J.D. Missen across psychological thrillers, poetry and children’s books rooted in East Anglia.

Meet Felixstowe author Iain Maitland, whose psychological thrillers and candid memoirs explore mental health, family and emotional truth.

Meet Suffolk author Jeanette Hewitt, writing as J.M. Hewitt—creator of atmospheric psychological crime thrillers filled with tension and trauma.