Adult Bestsellers Coming Soon

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Ryan, Donal

General

A novel about small-town Ireland that explores a community on the mend and the power of love and trauma to both bring people together and divide them. First United States edition.

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Larkin, Allison

General

The acclaimed author of the “lyrical coming-of-age novel” (Good Morning America) The People We Keep returns with a luminous new story of redemption, breaking generational curses, and the power of family in its truest form.
 

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Huang, Ling Ling

General

From the author of Natural Beauty: Set in the fiercely competitive art world, a novel about an obsessive friendship upended by a cutting-edge technology purported to enhance empathy and connection
 

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St Aubyn, Edward

General

From the bestselling and award-winning author of the Patrick Melrose novels, a hilarious and moving story about a group of wildly different characters whose fates are improbably yet inextricably linked—a novel about extinction and survival, inheritance and loss, written with St. Aubyn’s trademark wit and inimitable style

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Underwood, Blair

General

Harlem Shuffle meets The Godfather in this fierce and dazzling crime family saga presented by award-winning actor and producer Blair Underwood and written by filmmaker Joe McClean, set in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit in the dark and dangerous days of the 1930s.

 

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Vuong, Ocean

General

Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive
 

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Lamb, Wally

General

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two Oprah Book Club Picks—She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True—Wally Lamb comes the propulsive story of a young father who, after an unbearable tragedy, reckons with the possibility of atonement for the unforgivable.
 

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Monroe, Mary Alice

General

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe comes her highly anticipated Where the Rivers Merge, the first of two epic and triumphant novels celebrating one intrepid woman's life across multiple generations in the American South.

 

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Moore, Christopher

Fantasy

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.

 

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Onyebuchi, Tochi

Fantasy

Fortune always left whatever room I walked into, which is why I don’t leave my place much these days...
 

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Abercrombie, Joe

Fantasy

A brand-new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie, featuring a notorious band of anti-heroes on a delightfully bloody and raucous journey

Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds.

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Tesh, Emily

Fantasy

Naomi Novik's Scholomance series meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by instant national and international bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
 

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Jenner, Natalie

Historical

Two pairs of siblings, devotees of Jane Austen, find their lives transformed by a visit to England and Sir Francis Austen, her brother and keeper of her memories and surviving artifacts.
 

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Allende, Isabel

Historical

In this spellbinding historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and The House of the Spirits, a young writer journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father—and herself.
 

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Swift, Graham

Historical

An exquisite new collection of stories from the Booker Prize–winning author, about lives shaped and haunted by war
 

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King, Stephen

Horror

From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.
 

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Grant, Mira

Horror

Day of the Triffids meets Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo. 

What happens when you know what’s coming, and just refuse to listen?


 

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Golden, Christopher

Horror

The next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden, set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX.
 

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Horowitz, Anthony

Mystery

Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz featuring detective Atticus Pünd and editor Susan Ryeland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.

 

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Flowers, Ashley

Mystery

Two women haunted by their sisters' unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie.
 

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Johnson, Craig

Mystery

Walt Longmire is back after the escapades of First Frost and encounters one of his most baffling cases in Wyoming’s brutal and unforgiving Red Desert.
 

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Ryan, Kennedy

Romance

"Can't Get Enough balances brutal emotion, whip-smart humor, and delicious spice. Moving, romantic, and thrumming with life, this is Ryan's best work yet." ―Talia Hibbert
 

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Herring Blake, Ashley

Romance

A new small-town romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date.
 

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Monaghan, Annabel

Romance

From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV actress-turned-Hollywood producer whose “fake it till you make it” mantra sets her on a crash course with her past, forcing her to spend a week on Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.
 

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Keeland, VI

Romance

From #1 New York Times bestseller Vi Keeland comes a brand new slow burn, swooning romance where 27 Dresses meets The Hating Game.
 

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DeWitt, Tarah

Romance

Will they make the most of what’s left of forever? Or will they let each other go for good?

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Fortune, Carley

Romance

A radiant escape to the lake from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune

I never anticipated Charlie Florek.

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Center, Katherine

Romance

It’s a thin line between love and love hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center.
 

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Hiaasen, Carl

Thriller

Another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen—laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful Hiaasen heroes
 

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Koontz, Dean

Thriller

When hometown horrors come back to haunt, friendship is salvation in a novel about childhood fears and buried secrets by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.

 

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Roberts, Nora

Thriller

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents a new novel about an injured cop who must fight to bring down a pair of twisted killers…
 

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Connelly, Michael

Thriller

Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.
 

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Finlay, Alex

Thriller

From Alex Finlay, the author of If Something Happens to Me, comes an action-packed new thriller, Parents Weekend.
 

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Deaver, Jeffery

Thriller

The New York Times bestselling master of suspense returns to his beloved series, adapted for TV (CBS's Tracker, starring Justin Hartley) as reward seeker Colter Shaw races against the clock to save a flooding town from a full-fledged disaster, where the culprit lurks in the plain sight.
 

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Connolly, John

Thriller

The “consistently high-quality” (Booklist) Charlie Parker series continues with a white-knuckled new thriller from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.
 

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Pavone, Chris

Thriller

In the new novel from the bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon, a New York City doorman is drawn into a web of intrigue, robbery, and murder.
 

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North, Alex

Thriller

The latest gripping serial killer thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Alex North.
 

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Pinborough, Sarah

Thriller

Award-winning author of New York Times bestselling breakout novel (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes returns with a haunting Gothic novel about a house—and a marriage—gone terribly wrong.
 

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