12 best new books you need to read in June 2025, according to GLAMOUR editors

Technology is evolving fast; can any of us keep up with it? Or regulate it? Or choose to opt out of it? In Logging Off, tenacious journalist and campaigner Adele Walton explores how, for better or worse, our lives have all been shaped by the digital world, from online forums dedicated to so-called ‘revenge porn’ to the censorship of marginalised voices. This book is an essential first step to wrestle back control.

Wake up historical fiction lovers, your prayers have been answered! When Sleeping Women Wake is a WW2 thriller like no other, following three women during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Too often, women are excluded from wartime narratives, as though their stories are not worthy or interesting enough to warrant the world's attention. Emma Pei Yin's historical fiction debut is a much-needed and moving exploration of women at war, with resistance at its core.

David Challen is a highly respected voice in the fight against male violence – and with good reason.

In 2010, Sally Challen, David's mother, killed his father after being controlled and humiliated by him for 30 years. At the time, coercive control was not considered a crime in England and Wales, and Sally was convicted of murder. David spent the next decade campaigning for her release and for the law to recognise domestic abuse and coercive control as a mitigating factor in murder trials.

David dedicated his life to sharing his mother's story – now it's time to listen to his.

She's here! If Daisy Jones and The Six irrevocably changed your life, then buckle up; your new obsession has arrived. Taylor Jenkins Reid's latest novel, Atmosphere, is a super-charged love story set in the 1980s that follows Joan, an ambitious astrophysics professor, as she navigates love, heartbreak, and, err, space. Strap in.

Whether we realise it or not, most women have been socialised to make ourselves as teeny-tiny as possible, whether that's shrinking our bodies through masochistic diets or sitting with our legs tightly crossed on public transport. Megan Jayne Crabbe, bestselling author and content creator, knows this all too well. And she's calling time. We Don't Make Ourselves Smaller Here is a life-affirming roadmap towards self-acceptance and fighting for each other.

Originally published in Spain in 2023, Irene Solà's I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness is now available in English, translated by Mara Faye Lethem. An old woman lays dying in a remote house in Catalonia. As she drifts between life and death, she is visited by all the women who have lived and died in the same house; what follows is a lyrical masterpiece, overcome with myth, folklore, and daring.

Incel. Alpha male. Beta male. High-value man. Soy boy. Cuck. Who would be a man online today? Indeed, it's becoming harder for men and boys to find belonging online without (inadvertently or not) entering the manosphere. In Lost Boys, Orwell Prize-nominated author James Bloodworth mercifully delves into the misogynistic sub-culture so you don't have to – what follows is an extraordinarily disturbing investigation into what's eating men online. A must-read.

Do you even lift, girl? If not, you may find yourself reaching for the dumbbells after reading this book. For too long, ‘gymtimidation’ has left many women associating exercise with mind-numbing hours on the treadmill, but no more. In Lift, Anne Marie Chaker explores how strength training can be so much more than just a workout, whether it's achieving fitness goals you never knew you had or – even better – learning to confident in your own skin.