Adult Fiction Coming Soon

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Boyles, Claire

General

Financial and ecological realities tear at the heart of a multigenerational farm family in this debut novel from a "deft and daring" (Los Angeles Times) Whiting Award winner.

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Sue, Natalie

General

From the bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well comes a sharply funny, surprisingly tender novel about a woman stuck in place, her nosy neighbors, and the journey to find where she belongs—with all the heart of a grown-up The Breakfast Club.

 

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Anderson, Kelly

General

For readers of Wild Dark Shore and The Time Traveler’s Wife, a fierce, haunting story of one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everything -- and the two worlds that won't let her go.

 

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Johnston, Anna

General

From the author of the beloved international bestseller The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife comes a heart-stirring novel about family, second chances, and the lengths we go for those we love, following a woman fighting to hold onto life and her older brother who's rediscovering reasons to embrace it.

 

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Thai, Thao

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From the national bestselling author of Banyan Moon, a captivating, evocative story of two estranged sisters on a quest to find a painting by a forgotten Vietnamese artist that holds the truth of their family’s fractured past.

 

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Lacour, Nina

General

From bestselling author Nina LaCour comes a sweeping family saga that wrestles with themes of self-discovery and love in all forms, inspired by the author's own Creole family.

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Moriarty, Laura

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A forbidden love blows open the world of a teenage girl, altering the trajectory of her life.
 

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Faye

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A young man journeys from Paris to Rwanda to discover the truth about his family’s past in this bestselling, prize-winning novel from internationally renowned Rwandan-French novelist and hip-hop artist Gaël Faye
 

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Arias, John Manuel

General

From the author of national bestseller, GMA Buzz Pick, and B&N Discover Pick Where There Was Fire comes a gripping tale of sibling rivalry, family secrets, and the fate of a nation.
 

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Mozley, Fiona

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Mary has started remembering things that she knows aren't real—but the events feel exactly like her actual memories. Who is she, if she can't be sure she knows her own past?
 

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Yu, Stacey

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A magnetic, stirring debut novel about an adrift young woman whose growing fascination with her boyfriend’s cat ushers her into the possibilities of her own life—but not without first threatening to unravel it.
 

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Gilmore, Lucy

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It's Beaches for the modern reader in a warmly funny yet heartrending story of female friendship from the author of The Lonely Hearts Book Club.

 

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McBride, Emily

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In this debut novel, a new mother—a scholar steeped in fairy lore—wrestles with the legacies and madness of motherhood.
 

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Charry, Brinda

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A young magician travels across the world seeking fame and fortune all the while hiding a secret, in a novel based on the renowned, real-life Indian stage magicians performing in the United States in the 1800s.
 

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Moriarty, Jaclyn

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In her dazzling new novel, award-winning author Jaclyn Moriarty asks the question, if you could revisit one moment in your life, what would it be?
 

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Dyer, Alli

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In this haunting family saga, a young woman must delve into her country star mother’s music to break a curse that has plagued the women in her family for generations—before her time runs out.
 

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Nors, Dorthe

General

In this mesmerizing novel, an astrophysicist searches for her place among her neighbors and in the universe
 

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Turner, Dawn

General

A Black couple leaves their downtown Chicago condo for a new suburban subdivision, only to find themselves at the center of a maelstrom in this gripping page-turner from the award-winning author of Three Girls from Bronzeville.
 

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Miller, Vanessa

General

Based on the real lives of Mary Church Terrell, Anna Julia Cooper, and Ida Gibbs Hunt, The Ladies Hall is a mirror into times of great change--where progress and new possibilities are met with violence and resistance . . . but hope always rises. And it rises still.

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Watkins, Latoya

General

An extraordinary new novel about family, legacy, and an inherited curse, from National Book Award-nominated author LaToya Watkins
 

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Kracht, Christian

Fantasy

A hauntingly beautiful and radically disorienting tale by the International Booker Prize-nominated author of Eurotrash.

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Weymouth, Laura E

Fantasy

The Priory of the Orange Tree meets Black Sun in the thrilling launch of a political fantasy duology following three people—a refugee, a heretic queen, and a priest—as they attempt to shape the fortunes of a continent shattered by war.
 

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Penelope, Leslye

Fantasy

For four years, Zahara Douglass has been haunted by the mystery of her sister’s disappearance—not where she went, but whether she ever existed at all.

 

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Shay, K S

Fantasy

An atmospheric, eerie debut for readers of Starling House and A Discovery of Witches, Isabella Stewart Gardner art heist aficionados, witchy girls, burnt-out former gifted kids, New England history buffs, the coven curious, ride-or-die friends, folklore fanatics, and anyone who’s ever wanted to wander through the looking glass.
 

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DeLozier, Elizabeth

Fantasy

Set in London, 1888, when Queen Victoria reigns and Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the East End, this gripping, original novel blends historical, fantasy, and mystery so well, it will have you howling at the full moon.

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Vair, C N

Horror

A hundred years ago, a witch sold her soul to save her life—but now she must stop the devil from collecting his due in this gripping and nuanced debut horror novel.
 

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Hallow, S M

Horror

A queer, gothic horror romance set in a necromancy-tinged London, sure to entrance fans of The Death of Jane Lawrence and Mexican Gothic.

 

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Doty, Max

Horror

A family moves into their dream home—only to discover that it hides an insatiable hunger—in this dread-laced and darkly outrageous domestic horror novel.
 

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Barba, Andres

Horror

In this contemporary ghost story, award-winning author Andrés Barba eerily explores how the past can hold us captive, as a woman encounters a boy with an otherworldly stare in an empty house.

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Bo-Young, Kim

Horror

Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-Young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination.
 

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Whitten, Hannah

Horror

A young woman is lured to her late fiancé's remote island estate—only to uncover eerie family secrets, a haunting past, and a monstrous hunger stirring beneath the sea in this deliciously atmospheric horror debut from New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten.
 

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Spotts, Isabelle

Horror

Delilah is dead. But her story is far from over. In this feminist supernatural suspense novel, she will find her peace—and give hell to the man who killed her.
 

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Elizabeth, De

Horror

These violent delights have violent ends.
 

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Givhan, Jennifer

Horror

A threatened mother and a relentless detective collide when a series of murders awaken something long buried in the New Mexican desert in this mesmerizing novel of literary horror, perfect for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Stephen Graham Jones. 
 

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Thayer, A P

Horror

From Dusk Till Dawn meets The Thing in this debut horror novel, where a group of friends must confront questions of identity, aging, and desire during a vampire infestation in an isolated Californian desert.
 

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Sandeen, del

Horror

When two estranged sisters inherit a home possessed by the horrors of its dark past, they must work together to survive in this viscerally chilling Southern gothic novel from the critically acclaimed author of This Cursed House.
 

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Sullivan, Archer

Mystery

Following her powerful debut in The Witch’s Orchard, private investigator Annie Gore returns in Brimstone Hollow, bringing readers back to the mountains that author Archer Sullivan, a ninth-generation Appalachian, knows so well.
 

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Osborne, Lawrence

Mystery

Never fall for your prey....

A thrilling tale of manipulation and deceit about an American private investigator who travels to Turkey to track down the daughter of a wealthy family, unwittingly setting off a sinister plot.

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Horne, Birdie

Mystery

A laugh-out-loud mystery following the indomitable hot mess Mo Ellery, whose job as a school crossing guard pulls her into an unhinged murder investigation.

 

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Montgomery, Mimi

Mystery

A city transplant in a dog-obsessed small town becomes the prime suspect when the local dog walker is murdered in this delightfully quirky and clever mystery.
 

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Hallett, Janice

Mystery

From “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) Janice Hallett, a follow-up to her blockbuster debut novel The Appeal, featuring the Fairway Players as they put on Agatha Christie’s play The Hollow and find themselves embroiled in murder, blackmail, and betrayal once again.
 

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Chinn, Laura

Romance

What begins as a near-midlife crisis transforms into a journey of love and self-acceptance in this sharp, beautifully layered, and funny debut romance that explores true love and unexpected happiness from screenwriter and director Laura Chinn.
 

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Chapman, Clay McLeod

Romance

THE EXORCIST meets THE DEAD ROMANTICS in Clay McLeod Chapman’s horror romance about a young man who think he’s met the love of his life only to find out she’s a demon, and must decide how far he's willing to go to make this relationship work.

 

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Popp, Isabelle

Romance

Nothing says romance like a recent divorcee fleeing to her family's ramshackle Appalachian cabin, only to be stuck there with her ex-husband's sexy best friend...and an angry ghost. From the author of upcoming LET'S GIVE 'EM PUMPKIN TO TALK ABOUT!

 

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Skye, Evelyn

Romance

In New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye’s warmhearted and lightly magical novel, an opportunity to turn back time gives a scientist the chance to pursue her ideal life, only to realize it might keep her from truly living. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Serle and Taylor Jenkins Reid.
 

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De La Rosa, Liana

Romance

A girl’s girl influencer gets a serious reality check when she discovers she’s fallen for her best friend’s boyfriend in this forbidden friends-to-lovers romance.
 

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Gonzalez, Nadine

Romance

Tia Williams meets Silvia Moreno-Garcia in this romance about two speculative fiction authors who discover their writing retreat is haunted by a pair of star-crossed lovers whose messages from the beyond will change everything for the two…

Old flames ignite and the past never truly dies in a haunting new romance from USA Today bestselling author Nadine Gonzalez.

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Cathrall, Sylvie

Romantasy

A cozy slice-of-life romantic fantasy set in a Regency-inspired world where humans and fairies compete for artistic supremacy, from Sylvie Cathrall, author of A Letter to the Luminous Deep. 
 

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Sharabianlou, Lexie

Romantasy

A magical witness protection program, a town in need of saving, and a sorceress-in-training . . . oh, and the human woman she’s not supposed to fall for. The Blue Moon Café has a little bit of everything (except, you know, decent coffee).
 

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Lobb, M K

Romantasy

From a critically acclaimed, UK bestselling author comes a noir romantic fantasy set in a world in which sin is a fatal disease, and the rich hire the poor to carry out their basest instincts—until the forbidden romance between a sinner and a mysterious figure threatens to destroy everything.

 

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Snow, Eli

Romantasy

A joyful science fantasy debut about love, ambition, and toxic work culture, perfect for fans of Tamsyn Muir and Rebecca Thorne.
 

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Bracken, Alexandra

Romantasy

From Alexandra Bracken, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lore, comes a stunningly original adult fantasy, the first in a duology. Set in a sumptuous world ruled by magical perfume, this achingly romantic, slow-burn love story will shatter your heart and leave you breathless.

 

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Walsh, Victoria S

Romantasy

SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME meets LEGENDS AND LATTES in this romantasy debut about a curvy potions witch who can’t remember her past and is swept along on a mission to find a lost princess by a handsome rogue knight who seems to know secrets about her that even she doesn’t recall…and believes her to be the key to finding what he seeks.

She doesn’t remember her past. But some memories come with a cost.

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Masterson, Sheila

Romantasy

The must-have, true enemies-to-lovers standalone romantasy about a woman whose lips are deadly poison . . . until she meets the one man who can survive her kiss.
 

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Robinette, Melody

Romantasy

A delightfully wicked, fizzy debut romantasy--an enemies to lovers tale about a desperate mortal woman and a cursed fae prince
 

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Swan, Richard

Science Fiction

THE EXPANSE meets 1984 in this blistering science fiction epic by international bestselling author Richard Swan, presenting a thrilling tale of survival and an eviscerating examination of totalitarianism
 

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Pulley, Natasha

Science Fiction

An apocalyptic novel about belief, religion, and the power of myth that blends the gripping, end-of-the-world storytelling of The Passage with the biting wit and epic queer romance that makes Natasha Pulley's books "delightful" (The Washington Post).

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Niewierra, Anya

Thriller

From the Netherlands’s most popular crime writer, a literary thriller following a woman who walks the Camino de Santiago, searching for answers about her husband’s death.
 

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Lourey, Jess

Thriller

A woman’s secret. A small town with a dark past. A serial killer bent on revenge. Lies kill in a shocking true crime–inspired thriller by the Edgar-nominated author of The Quarry Girls.

 

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Godfrey, S C

Thriller

Oceans Eleven meets The Amazing Race meets puzzles in this action-packed novel following an unlikely duo in a dangerously high-stakes competition across Europe.
 

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Little, Elizabeth

Thriller

A gripping, emotionally charged thriller with an unforgettable heroine from the acclaimed author of Dear Daughter . . .
 

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Pedersen, Kailee

Thriller

Drawn from the author’s own experiences as an adoptee and classical musician, The Minimalist is a harrowing examination of loss, torment, mental illness, and artistic self-destruction.
 

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Hawk, Steve

Thriller

A churning mix of literary suspense and coastal noir—where the clash between land and sea unearths Silicon Valley’s darkest secret, and three people must reckon with all that is at stake in an age shadowed by greed, totalitarianism, and nuclear terror.
 

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Minyoung, Kang

Thriller

In the heart of a quiet town, a young woman tends to her plant shop, but beneath the surface of her lush, green sanctuary lies something far darker....

Will you dare to disrespect her plants?

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Montes, Raphael

Thriller

The internationally acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller, now in English

Four childhood friends, eager for a taste of city life, swap rural Brazil for an apartment in Copacabana, Rio. But they have no idea of the fate that awaits them there. . . .

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Lloyd, Ellery

Thriller

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Club comes a gripping mystery about time travel tourism and the dangerous consequences which ensue when the privileged make the past their playground.

 

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