Adult Fiction Coming Soon

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Waal, Kit De

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A beautiful portrait of a seemingly ordinary woman’s life, transformed by extraordinary love.
 

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Anam, Tahmima

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A blazing drama of resistance, female power, and collective uprising by an award-winning author who “deftly weaves the personal and the political” (The New Yorker), Uprising gives voice to the silenced through the story of a revolution no one saw coming.
 

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Kawamura, Genki

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From the award-winning film director and New York Times bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, a dark, introspective novel about a woman and a horse.
 

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Tan, Lucy

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When two young men meet during a tech internship, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege, identity, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised.
 

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Chiucarello, K

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A single, 35-year-old career nanny decides to have a baby of her own in this incandescent debut novel unsettling traditional narratives about motherhood, gender, class, domestic violence, and the politics and labor of care.

 

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Porter, Michelle

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A young Métis man searching for his missing father finds himself arguing with a dying glacier in this compelling and hopeful novel about the burdens and blessings of inheritance, from the award-winning author of A Grandmother Begins the Story.

 

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Doshi, Avni

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From the Booker Prize finalist author of Burnt Sugar comes a riveting and lyrical novel of rupture and rebirth, of one woman’s journey to understand the fault lines in her marriage, her home, and her family.
 

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Bump, Gabriel

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A deeply personal and funny novel from the winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award, about embracing one's own troubled self, demons and all. Perfect for readers of Percival Everett, Kevin Wilson, and Brandon Taylor's The Late Americans.

 

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Calnek-Sugin, Rachel

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A dazzling, kaleidoscopic debut novel about the life of a precocious girl in Philadelphia trying to figure out who—or what—she might be
 

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Okparanta, Chinelo

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A captivating story of family, betrayal, and resistance, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ADAORIE AGWU follows one woman in late 18th century Nigeria as she fights against the "pale-skinned strangers" who've just landed on her village's shores.
 

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Kennedy, Louise

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Long after he drifts out of reach, a woman is haunted by the troubled boy who befriended her as an outcast teenager, in this heart-rending novel by the internationally bestselling author of Trespasses.
 

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Hughes, Sian

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From a Booker Prize-longlisted author, a novel in which a woman tries to overcome her abusive past and find her estranged sister in a deeply moving and darkly humorous quest for redemption
 

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Stavridis, James

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From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, a magnificent historical novel about a young American naval officer’s greatest challenges in the fateful endgame of World War II in the Pacific
 

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Brelvi, Saba

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Two families collide in this provocative debut about motherhood, migration, and confronting the distance between who we are and who we want to be.
 

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Brooke, Evan

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It’s never too late to make amends in this hilarious and tender debut novel about intergenerational friendship, women’s ambition, and coming of age no matter what age you are.
 

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Natori, Sawako

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Welcome to the Friday Bookshop, a cozy little bookstore tucked inside a rustic train station north of Tokyo. Rumor has it, you’ll find the perfect book there—one that you need at that particular moment, even if you don’t know it yourself....
 

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Green, Dana Renee

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The Bucket List meets How Stella Got Her Groove Brack in this joyful, bighearted novel about permission, pleasure, and choosing yourself without apology.
 

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Sola, Irene

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The playful, metafictional first novel by the acclaimed author of I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

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Marsden, Gracie

Fantasy

A young woman makes a bargain with a shapeshifting demon who promises her power, if she will give up love—a painful price that sets her on a dark journey in this historical fantasy inspired by Taiwanese myth
 

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Africh, Maurice

Fantasy

With a wit to rival Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl, action on par with Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and the scope of Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, this is a rollicking, “must-read” (Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld) sci-fi fantasy epic about a ragtag crew of rogues on the hunt for mythic treasure. They did not, however, sign up to save the world.
 

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Jensen, Danielle L

Fantasy

When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in a gritty post-apocalyptic fantasy duology.
 

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McKee, Rebecca

Fantasy

The Midnight Library meets The Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Book of Lost Hours in this mesmerizing debut about a magical bookstore’s staff who must risk everything to stop the unraveling of the universe.
 

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Herman, Ry

Fantasy

In this raucous, tongue-in-cheek spin on the Romanian fairytale  “The Girl Who Became A Boy,” a knight attempts to thwart an invasion, save the most beautiful woman in the world, and finally get away from their sisters.
 

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Moran, Caitriona

Fantasy

Perfect for readers of Naomi Novik and Katherine Arden, The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow is a sweeping enemies-to-lovers debut with both historical depth and fantastical allure.
 

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Gwynne, John

Fantasy

King of heroic fantasy and New York Times bestselling author John Gwynne returns with a blockbuster epic fantasy inspired by Slavic mythology and packed with ancient magic, heroic sacrifice, and thrilling adventure.

 

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Henry, Christina

Horror

A tense, gripping novel about a mother whose child begins to change in ways she can’t explain, from the national bestselling author of The Place Where They Buried Your Heart.
 

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Dunn, Matt

Mystery

A hilarious and heartwarming cozy mystery ?following an octogenarian who covers a dastardly plot inside his nursing home, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Only Murders in the Building.

 

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Cole, Kennedy

Mystery

In 1970s Mississippi, a Black detective and his temporary partner are assigned to a case that shifts from murder to paranormal conspiracy with life-altering repercussions.
 

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Rosen, Ali

Romance

In a witty workplace romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ali Rosen, two coworkers meddle in an age-gap relationship, only to get caught up in an unexpected one of their own.

 

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Nava, Danica

Romance

Fed up and burnt out, a woman leaves the city to take on the challenge of owning a sunflower farm but finds that her biggest trial is facing her first love in this charming second chance romance by USA Today bestselling author Danica Nava.
 

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Jamal, Zakiya N

Romance

After a chance courtside encounter, a fake relationship between a rising influencer and a WNBA star gets a little too real in this swoony sapphic romance.
 

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Oliver, Megan

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Former lovers turned rival tour guides must join forces to overcome scandal—in this steamy second-chance romance from the author of Secret Nights and Northern Lights.
 

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Armas, Elena

Romantasy

An unsuspecting heiress with a target on her back must enlist the protection of a vampire whose wealth and secrets rival her own, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Elena Armas.
 

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Taylor, Roxy

Romantasy

ICE PLANET BARBARIANS meets Katee Robert's monster romance in this sexy contemporary fantasy debut about a powerful orc king and the woman who will bring him--and his kingdom--to their knees.
 

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Benton-Walker, Terry J

Romantasy

The forbidden royal romance of Red, White & Royal Blue meets the dragon-riding adventure of Fourth Wing, in The Drakon King by Terry J. Benton-Walker.
 

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Kennington, Alexandra

Romantasy

The spare heir must work with an enemy prince to discover who murdered her twin in this gripping slow-burn romantasy.
 

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Connolly, Lauren

Romantasy

Navigating the stacks of a sentient library, as well as their simmering attraction to each other, a librarian witch and a monster hunter team up to save a mystical world from destruction.
 

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Dylan, Kate

Romantasy

A sensual, slow-burn fantasy from internationally bestselling author Kate Dylan. Two ruthless assassins. One deadly romance. . .
 

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Mars, Tina

Romantasy

Serpent and the Wings of Night meets Gladiator in this fresh, sweeping new adult dark romantasy steeped in betrayal, monstrous power, and a love that can cut deeper than any blade.
 

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Murray, Andrew H

Science Fiction

Esme just wanted a bit of escapism. And now reality itself has gone wrong—an electrifying adventure for fans of The Midnight Library and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. 
 

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Landers, Ty

Thriller

For lovers of Ozark or Breaking Bad, a page-turning debut involving an Alabama family business, a dead body, a dogged investigator, and three generations of women who are forced to confront the secrets, betrayals, and buried crimes that haunt their family.

 

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Quinn, Cate

Thriller

From the acclaimed author of The Clinic and the November 2025 Indie Next/Library Reads pick The Bridesmaid, a frantic thriller of a criminolgist who wakes in a remote motel with a new identity and sketchy memories, surrounded by people she doesn't know with dubious intentions.

 

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Wilding, Rose

Thriller

It starts as a love song. It ends with murder.
 

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Fuentes, Gabrielle Lucille

Thriller

An atmospheric, mesmerizing novel following one woman’s return to her small town, and the secrets of its haunted past, perfect for fans of Liz Moore and Samantha Schweblin
 

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Rasche, Anna

Thriller

Inspired by the magical legend of the real Hope Diamond, The Cursed Diamond is a spellbinding dual-timeline mystery that follows two women a century apart who are connected by a cursed gemstone that is believed to provide good fortune to its owner, but at great cost. Perfect for fans of Sarah Penner and Emilia Hart.

 

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McPhillips, Fiona

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From the much-praised author Fiona McPhillips (“Excruciating suspense” — Stephen King; “Shocking” —NYTBR), a novel of murder and betrayal, pulse-pounding music, and all the lives we leave behind
 

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Seddon, Holly

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In this gripping alternate reality thriller by international bestselling author Holly Seddon, one woman must navigate a life that was never meant to be hers in order to uncover unsettling truths about her past and the man she loves—from the author of the “unreal and unforgettable” (Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author) of 59 Minutes.
 

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