New Adult Fiction

Updated September 8, 2025
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The Anatomy of Magic
Cervantes, J. C.
Paper Book
A young woman learns to embrace all the messy imperfections of life and love with some help from her magical family Lilian Estrada seemingly has it all: an ob-gyn star on the rise, a master at balancing work with whirlwind romances and part of a family of fiercely loyal...
Archive of unknown universes : a novel
Reyes, Ruben, Jr.
Paper Book
From the critically acclaimed author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, a piercing debut novel following two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war--a stunning exploration of the mechanisms of fate, the gravity of the past, and the endurance of love. "Beautiful...
The Baby Dragon Bakery (Baby Dragon, 2)
Qureshi, Aamna
Paper Book
"Sweet as a pastry and as charming as a baby dragon! A delicious friends-to-lovers story that will leave you smiling!" Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop 🧁🐉🔥💖🧁🐉🔥💖🧁&...
The Baby Dragon Cafe
Qureshi, A. T.
Paper Book
"IF I COULD GIVE 6 STARS I WOULD" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🐉🔥☕❤️🐉🔥☕❤️🐉🔥☕❤️🐉🔥☕❤️🐉🔥☕❤&...
Back after this : a novel
Holmes, Linda
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over and Flying Solo, a podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating--but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love? "Romantic, smart, and exactly the book...
The Banned Books of Berlin
Wood, Daisy.
Paper Book
An unforgettable story, tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris and The Royal Librarian Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number and...
The battle of the bookshops : a novel
Alexander, Poppy
Paper Book
A charming literary-themed novel about a young woman determined to save her great-aunt's beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competition--which also happens to be run by the handsome son of her family's rivals. The cute, seaside town of Portneath has been the...
Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, 1)
Mas, Jasmine.
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'This was damn fun. Alexis was original, full of personality, and I loved being with her on this fun (unhinged) ride. You won't be able to stop yourself from binge-reading this' RAVEN KENNEDY, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GILD ...
The book of Ile-Rien
Wells, Martha
Ebook
A USA-Today Bestseller! Collecting Martha Wells' Element of Fire and Death of the Necromancer for the first time in one place, in a new and revised edition! From the author of Witch King and the Murderbot Diaries:
The boxcar librarian : a novel
Labuskes, Brianna
Paper Book
Inspired by true events, a thrilling Depression-era novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books about a woman's quest to uncover a mystery surrounding a local librarian and the Boxcar Library--a converted mining train that brought books to isolated rural towns...
The Busybody Book Club
Sampson, Freya
Paper Book
LibraryReads Pick They can't even agree on what to read, so how are they going to solve a murder? Having recently moved from London to a small Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies started a book club at...
The Cat Who Saved the Library
Natsukawa, Sosuke/ Kawai, Louise Heal (TRN)
Paper Book
"Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!" --Kirkus Reviews "Whimsical and wise."--Shelf Awareness The long-awaited sequel to the #1 international bestseller The Cat Who Saved Books--an uplifting tale from Japan about a talking cat, a book-loving...
The creation of half-broken people : a novel
Ndlovu, Siphiwe Gloria
Paper Book
Stupendous African Gothic, by the winner of Yale University's Windham-Campbell Prize Showcasing African Gothic at its finest, The Creation of Half-Broken People is the extraordinary tale of a nameless woman plagued by visions. She works for the Good Foundation and its museum filled with...
The dark maestro : a novel
Slocumb, Brendan
Paper Book
His cello made him famous. His father made him a target. "In this perfectly crafted thriller, Slocumb acts as the master conductor, bringing together a twisty plot and gorgeously wrought characters." -The Boston Globe Curtis Wilson is a cello prodigy, growing...
Deep Cuts
Brickley, Holly.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * TODAY SHOW SPRING PICK "Tender as a ballad and pleasurable as a pop song, Deep Cuts is both a romp into the indie sleaze era of the early aughts and a timeless love story."--Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters<...
Dengue boy : a novel
Nieva, Michel
Paper Book
"I can't remember the last book that pushed science fiction's potential for weirdness as far as Dengue Boy."--The Washington Post "A wildly original anti-capitalist satire."--The Guardian "A psychedelic fever dream."--Esquire "An...
Don't want you like a best friend : a novel
Alban, Emma R.
Paper Book
A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other--the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed! Gwen has a brilliant...
The dream hotel : a novel
Lalami, Laila
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ● READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ● From Laila Lalami--the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a "maestra of literary fiction" (NPR)--comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in...
Dream state
Puchner, Eric
Paper Book
The dressmakers of London
Kelly, Julia
Ebook
The author of the "enthralling" (Woman's World) The Lost English Girl returns with a heartfelt new novel about estranged sisters who inherit their late mother's dress shop in World War II London. Isabelle Shelton has always found comfort in the predictable world of...
A drop of corruption : an Ana and Din mystery
Bennett, Robert Jackson
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup. "Wonderfully clever and compulsively readable . . . another winning blend of fantasy and...
The Emilie Adventures : Emilie and the Hollow World and Emilie and the Sky World
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
Two novel-length steampunk adventures from the author of the wildly successful Murderbot Diaries. Together in one volume for the first time: Emilie and the Hollow World Running away from home and stowing away on the wrong ship, Emilie...
The emperor and the endless palace
Huang, Justinian
Paper Book
Stonewall Book Award Winner, 2025 "A sweeping triumph in queer romance." -Booklist "What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?"
The Entanglement of Rival Wizards
Raasch, Sara
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--featuring turquoise sprayed edges! Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing--or falling for--each other.
First wife's shadow
Parks, Adele
Ebook
'Had me in a chokehold from beginning to end... A true five star read' Lisa Jewell 'Devious and dizzying, with twist after twist after twist - I loved it' Louise Candlish 'Wonderfully dark and sinister' The Sun 'Skilfully written and gripping' Lynda La Plante *****<...
Flirting lessons
Guillory, Jasmine
Paper Book
"The banter zings. The steam rises off the pages and the chemistry is sapphic rom-com perfection. These two not only steal each other's hearts. They'll steal yours too! Jasmine Guillory delivers one of your favorite books of the year!"--Kennedy Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of...
Galaphile
Brooks, Terry
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks makes his triumphant return to the world of Shannara, delving deep into the origin story of the druid order and its enigmatic creator that will change the face of the Four Lands forever. One of the most iconic structures in...
The Gingerbread Bakery
Gilmore, Laurie
Paper Book
The highly anticipated new Dream Harbor romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café! 'All the makings of a top tier Hallmark movie that happens to include a nice dash of spice'--People on the Dream Harbor series Every book in the Dream Harbor...
Goddess complex : a novel
Sathian, Sanjena
Paper Book
Jezebel's May Book Club Pick * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Named a Most-Anticipated Book of 2025 by TIME and The Millions "Inventive . . . astute . . . sharp and unexpected . . . Haunting and hilarious, Goddess Complex is at once...
Gothikana
RuNyx (Novelist)
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--featuring beautiful purple sprayed edges, a foil case stamp, gorgeously detailed endpapers, an updated map and deliciously moody art throughout. Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! The eternal romance of Beauty and...
Happy land
Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
Paper Book
A woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom--and her family's ties to it--in this enthralling novel from the New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of Take My Hand. As featured in The Washington Post ∙ People...
The haunting of Paynes Hollow
Armstrong, Kelley
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a nail-biting supernatural horror about a haunted lakeside property and twisted family secrets. When Samantha Payne's grandfather dies, she figures she won't even get a mention in the will. After all, she hasn...
Heart, Be At Peace
Ryan, Donal.
Paper Book
The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-listed, bestselling author of Strange Flowers and The Queen of Dirt Island 'Beautiful...a book full of love and hope, more needed in these days than ever' Kit de Waal 'I am blown away by the...
Heartwood : a novel
Gaige, Amity
Paper Book
"The best thriller of 2025." --The Boston Globe * "Genius." --The Washington Post "A literary thriller of the highest order" (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Couple), Heartwood takes you on a gripping journey as a...
Human Rites
Dawson, Juno.
Paper Book
THE COVEN IS BACK in HUMAN RITES, the spectacular, hotly anticipated conclusion to Juno Dawson's SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE bestselling HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN series. PRE ORDER NOW! The Coven is reunited but broken... Niamh is back from the dead ... but she...
In the Land of Simplicity
Lubchansky, Mattie.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . From the acclaimed author of horror sensation Boys Weekend, a vibrant new graphic novel about a timid academic sent out from the walled dystopian security territory of New York City to investigate a cult in the wilds of the Catskill Mountains "Mattie...
The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed)
Knightley, Brigitte.
Paper Book
Mate: From The Bestselling Author Of Bride And The Love Hypothesis
Hazelwood, Ali.
Paper Book
A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Bride. Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human...
Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Bowen, Rhys
Paper Book
Blindsided by betrayal in pre-WWII England, a woman charts a daring new course in this captivating tale of resilience, friendship, and new love by the bestselling author of The Rose Arbor and The Venice Sketchbook. Surrey, England, 1938. After thirty devoted years of...
The names : a novel
Knapp, Florence
Paper Book
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY | AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Dazzling. . . The Names is startlingly joyful. . . Knapp tirelessly and beautifully replicates not just loss and grief but endless rebirth and delight." --The...
Necessary fiction : a novel
Osunde, Eloghosa
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of Vagabonds!: an audacious and eye-opening exploration of cross-generational queer life in Nigeria. What makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone? In Necessary Fiction, Eloghosa Osunde...
Of monsters and mainframes
Truelove, Barbara
Ebook
Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge--but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying--and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system,...
Paladin's faith
Kingfisher, T.
Ebook
Parasol against the axe
Oyeyemi, Helen
Paper Book
ONE OF BIBLIOLIFESTYLE'S "BEST LITERARY FICTION OF 2024" "A shape-shifting novel about the power of stories...Helen Oyeyemi is a literary pied piper -- her voice is the kind that readers gamely follow into the most bewildering and unnerving of situations." - The New York Times...
PASSENGERS ON THE HANKYU LINE
ARIKAWA, HIRO.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLER DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FEELGOOD JAPANESE NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES Over 1.4 million copies sold in Japan 'You will be wrapped in laughter and tears' Reader review*****
Pitcher Perfect
Bailey, Tessa
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey is back with an all-new enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating sports romance about a playboy hockey rookie and the disciplined softball pitcher completely immune to his charms. Boston Bearcats rookie Robbie Corrigan is...
Playworld : a novel
Ross, Adam
Paper Book
"Starting off 2025 with a novel this terrific gives me hope for the whole year." -Ron Charles, The Washington Post "A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp."...
Problematic Summer Romance
Hazelwood, Ali.
Paper Book
What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. ...
Queen Demon
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we...
Queen Esther
Irving, John
Paper Book
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud's, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther--a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism....
A rare find
Lowell, Joanna
Ebook
When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing.   Elfreda Marsden has finally made a major discovery-...
Rewitched
Wood, Lucy Jane
Paper Book
In this spellbinding warm and cozy debut novel, a burned-out witch will need to turn to her friends and trust in herself to find the magic in her own life again. Belladonna Blackthorn hasn't lost her magical spark, precisely . . . but she hasn't seen it in a while either....
The river is waiting : a novel
Lamb, Wally
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick, a...
The road to tender hearts : a novel
Hartnett, Annie
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush--bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death--by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely...
Roll for Romance
Woods, Lenora.
Paper Book
The Secret, Book & Scone Society
Adams, Ellery
Ebook
A shore thing
Lowell, Joanna
Ebook
"Glorious.... Every scene in this book is a treasure."--The New York Times "A Victorian queer love story that will have you giggling and blushing... This book is full of charm and low-stakes adventure, just the warm and soft romance many of us are looking for."--NPR...
Stone & sky
Aaronovitch, Ben
Paper Book
THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES 'This isn't London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.' Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he'll need one...
The sunlit man
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson--creator of The Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn Saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy--comes this standalone novel showing a rare glimpse of a future Cosmere universe. Running....
Sweet obsession
Robert, Katee
Ebook
System collapse
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
A New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today bestseller. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Am I making it worse? I...
The tainted cup
Bennett, Robert Jackson
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett "Like an endearing fantasy version of Knives Out . . . A great murder mystery is hard to...
The Teacher of Auschwitz
Holden, Wendy.
Paper Book
This is a powerful and moving story about a gay teacher in Auschwitz, who saved hundreds of children from death by providing hope under the darkest conditions imaginable . . .
The Teller of Small Fortunes
Leong, Julie.
Paper Book
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us : A Constellation Novel
Ma, Yiming
Paper Book
For fans of Cloud Atlas and The Power, a hauntingly beautiful and prescient debut set in a future where a renamed China is the sole global superpower. When I was a boy, my mother used to tell me stories of a world before memories could be shared between strangers... ...
Vera Wong's guide to snooping (on a dead man)
Sutanto, Jesse Q.
Paper Book
Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.... Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She's surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best...
We Love You, Bunny
Awad, Mona.
Paper Book
Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle, The Boston Globe, Goodreads, Women's Wear Daily, and more "Dark academia clan, rise up! We Love You, Bunny feels...
We'll Prescribe You Another Cat
Syou, Ishida.
Paper Book
The highly anticipated new novel - The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul reopens in this delightful follow-up to the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel We'll Prescribe You a Cat for fans of The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Cat Who Saved Books It's...
The weavers of Alamaxa
Elsbai, Hadeer
Paper Book
Following up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai concludes her Alamaxa Duology--inspired by Egyptian history and myth--with a tale of magic, war, betrayal, sisterhood, and love. The world is on fire...but some women can control it. The...
Who cries for the lost
Harris, C. S.
Paper Book
A gripping new historical mystery featuring Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin from the bestselling author of When Blood Lies.
Who will remember
Harris, C. S.
Paper Book
The macabre murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today bestselling author of What Cannot Be Said. August 1816. England is in the grip of what will become known as...
Words of radiance
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began. Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave,...

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