Adult Fiction Coming Soon

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Parmar, Priya

General

This stunning novel plunges into the tumultuous life of screen icon Katharine Hepburn, a star whose fierce independence, passionate spirit, and fluid sexuality shattered Hollywood’s rules and redefined what it meant to be a woman in film.
 

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Savitch-Lew, Abigail

General

In the vein of Happiness Falls and Family Lore, a gripping story of family history and political upheaval centered around a Chinese family-owned restaurant in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and its impact on the neighborhood’s Jewish and Black residents over the course of a century.
 

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Mackintosh, Sophie

General

From the Booker-longlisted author of speculative dreamscapes The Water Cure and Blue Ticket, comes the story of an impassioned affair and the city seemingly designed to foster it…
 

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Delecroix, Vincent

General

A singular, gut-punching parable for our times about complicity in the face of tragedy, based on the true story of a French navy officer who ignored distress calls from migrants drowning in the English Channel.

 

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Nguyen, Mai

General

A darkly humorous yet uplifting novel about a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live—from the author of the “insightful, moving” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author) Sunshine Nails.
 

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Langbein, Julia

General

A novel about a middle aged court stenographer who must reexamine an ill-advised affair she had with a professor during the summer of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

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Akinola, Tolani

General

The Longe siblings are really botching their parents' American Dream.
 

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Han, Jiyoung

General

A lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire, Honey in the Wound is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power.
 

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Radke, Cheri

Fantasy

An unlikely lord finally meets a problem he can’t flirt his way out of in this adventurous and light-hearted queer cozy fantasy featuring pirates, dragons, kidnapping, tea, and other high-fantasy delights for readers of Rebecca Thorne, TJ Klune, Sarah Beth Durst, and Travis Baldree.
 

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Francis, Max

Fantasy

Instagram sensation Max Francis makes his highly anticipated debut with this atmospheric, gothic, dark academic fantasy of two scholars racing each other to find answers to an invasion in a haunted library, perfect for fans of Katabasis and A Study in Drowning.

 

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Kauwe, Shay

Fantasy

In this spellbinding fantasy debut set in a future where language magic reigns, a young Hawaiian woman must solve a murder to clear her name.
 

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Stephens, Savannah

Fantasy

A reclusive witch who fled the burden of her bloodline rises to be the greatest among them in this lush and haunting fantasy debut.
 

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Lewis, L D

Fantasy

A dark, bloody epic fantasy reimagining of The Little Mermaid that goes far beyond the fairy tale to explore family legacy, war, and what we will sacrifice for vengeance—the perfect read for fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree and Circe.
 

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Kliewer, Marcus

Horror

Follow the Rites...

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.

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Pearce, Daisy

Horror

A chilling small-town thriller with a supernatural twist from Something in the Walls author Daisy Pearce.
 

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Baker, Kylie Lee

Horror

In this lyrical, wildly inventive horror novel interwoven with Japanese mythology, two people living centuries apart discover a door between their worlds.

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Kim, Monika

Horror

From the award-winning author of The Eyes Are the Best Part, praised by The New York Times Book Review as “violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original,” a provocative journey into a perilous world of voyeurism, scandal, female rage, and vengeance . . . pursued with a very sharp kitchen knife.
 

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Keane, Carter

Horror

Morsel is a delicious folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive.
 

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James, Holly

Mystery

In this modern blend of heisty hijinks, romantic tension, and madcap mystery for fans of Ally Carter, Catherine Mack, The White Lotus and Oceans Eleven, an undercover operative with a rookie handler who’s as hot as he is blundering must infiltrate a suburban mom smuggling ring while dodging a killer from her past…
 

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Wood, Rachel

Romance

Annie thinks she knows what’s best for everyone. But when her life goes sideways, the inner workings of her own heart become a total mystery—can she stumble her way to happily ever after?
 

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Holton, India

Romance

When two history professors and best friends are forced to fake hate to protect their reputations, chaos ensues, in the next rollicking historical-fantasy rom-com from beloved author India Holton.
 

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Allen, Danielle

Romance

USA Today bestselling author Danielle Allen balances the sweet and the spicy in this quick-witted, laugh-out-loud novel about putting yourself first--and how taking a chance on love can pay off.
 

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Pagan, Camille

Romance

In this delightfully heartwarming novel, an elderly dog is determined to help his grieving owner find a reason to go on after loss. Now, if only he’d stop getting in his way by being so very . . . human.
 

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Thurman, Adrienne

Romance

A floundering twenty-something, who’s sworn off romance finds herself roped into her meddling sister’s matchmaking business—in this sparkling debut rom-com that asks: can we protect ourselves while falling in love?
 

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Cowan, Anna

Romance

A sapphic regency romance about the duke who fears nothing... until the woman she never forgot walks through the door and brings her to her knees.
 

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West, Kasie

Romance

Can fake dating lead to real love? In Kasie West's next sexy adult romcom, two people must decide where the lie ends and the chemistry begins.
 

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Shields, Sydney J

Romantasy

From Sydney J. Shields, the breakout author of The Honey Witch, comes An Arcane Study of Stars, a historical dark academia fantasy filled with ancient secret societies, a swoon-worthy rivals-to-lovers romance, and dangerous deals made after dark. Perfect for fans of The Atlas Six and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
 

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Kova, Elise

Romantasy

Swept away to a magical kingdom, one woman’s fate is to be the Elf King’s bride . . . or watch everything she’s ever known fall to ruin.
 

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Calder, Alexis

Romantasy

The desert doesn't forgive—and neither does she.
 

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Coombe, Amy

Romantasy

A cursed princess must discover what her heart truly longs for in this charmingly cozy romantic fantasy for everyone who’s ever lost – or found – themselves in a bookshop.
 

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Corrigan, Moorea

Romantasy

An impoverished orphan, a ramshackle estate, and a beguiling Faerie all collide in this enchanted fantasy novel of revenge, ruin, and unlikely love.
 

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Dixon, Glenn

Science Fiction

In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are sentient, a young Roomba vacuum sets out to save the humans of her house from a rising technological power in this compelling, original novel.
 

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Huang, S L

Science Fiction

A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, The Language of Liars is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning author of The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang.
 

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Cleary, James

Science Fiction

“The meek shall inherit the Earth, unless the rich get there first.” That’s the reality of the post-apocalyptic world in this electrifying debut thriller.
 

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Chu, John

Science Fiction

The Subtle Art of Folding Space, the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author John Chu, channels a rich combination of Everything Everywhere All at Once and Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.
 

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Reed, Cameron

Science Fiction

From Cameron Reed, the acclaimed author of The Fortunate Fall, comes a soaring novel of queer hope and transformation, perfect for readers of Ann Leckie and Amal El-Mohtar.
 

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Alameddine, Rabih

Short Stories

The best in short fiction from around the world, from celebrated anthologist and author John Freeman and award-winning novelist Rabih Alameddine
 

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Xu, Canwen

Thriller

An addictive novel about a young woman’s all-consuming obsession with a rival of her own making and the desperate lengths she goes to in order to succeed, by debut author Canwen Xu
 

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Nolan, Sinead

Thriller

Into the woods.
Count to ten.
Only one of us comes home again.

When a teenager disappears from her small Irish town and a therapist is brought in to break the silence of the only witness, old wounds are opened in a search that becomes a race against time—perfect for fans of God of the Woods and The Witch Elm.

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Sharpe, Rebecca

Thriller

In this pacy thriller, a female con artist chooses the wrong woman as her target, and both women end up on the run for their lives.
 

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Scotch, Allison Winn

Thriller

The lives of four sleepless strangers intersect late at night as they attempt to solve not just their own anxieties but also the mysterious disappearance of one of their own, from New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch.
 

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Ahmad, Amin

Thriller

An intoxicating drama set in the world of New York City’s elite, A Killer in the Family explores the underside of the American dream and asks, what happens when you marry into a family that keeps secrets?
 

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Brown, Jennifer N

Thriller

A dual-timeline debut set in an English country manor, when an ambitious professor discovers the long-lost manuscript of a Reformation-era prophetess
 

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Jiyoung, Kang

Thriller

When a middle-aged widowed loses her job at the butcher shop, she’s at a loss as to how to provide for her family—until she’s offered a position that puts her carving skills to new uses in this darkly humorous bestselling Korean thriller.

 

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Brown, Taylor

Thriller

From the Southern Book Prize winning author of Rednecks: a thrilling novel of pursuit, survival, and redemption between two species in the American Southwest
 

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Burke, Caro Claire

Thriller

A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1805—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel.
 

Summaries provided by DPL's catalog unless otherwise noted. Click on each title to view more information.