May 2026 New Releases

Here are just some of the titles hitting the shelves at SCLS in May. Place a request today!

Updated April 17, 2026
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Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
Averick, Brooke
Paper Book
Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she's about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she's determined to finally lose it . . . if her own anxiety doesn't slow her down. The can't-miss debut novel from podcaster and comedian Brooke...
Death's Daughter
Barnes, S A.
Paper Book
The Shippers
Center, Katherine.
Paper Book
'The wedding romance you need' People She thought she'd charted her course ... until love came on board. After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her commitment issues once and for all at her sister's destination...
The Parisian Chapter
Charles, Janet Skeslien.
Paper Book
Homebound
Elan, Portia.
Paper Book
'A work of joyous and serious invention' KALIANE BRADLEY 'Gripping... hauntingly beautiful' MADELINE MILLER 'A big, bold, ecstatic world - full of heart and wonder' RUTH OZEKI Six hundred years. Five interlocking lives. An immersive, open-hearted...
Our Perfect Storm
Fortune, Carley.
Paper Book
Pre-order the breathtaking new novel from #1 New York Times and international bestseller Carley Fortune. 'Our Perfect Storm is a dream of a love story: breathtakingly romantic, sizzling with chemistry and set in a stunningly...
Broken Dove
Francis, Dani.
Paper Book
Discover the heart-pounding new dystopian romance and sequel to the sizzling Sunday Times bestseller, Silver Elite, available to pre-order now! 'The adult dystopian romance I've been wanting to read for the longest time' Ali Hazelwood, bestselling...
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
Gilmore, Laurie
Paper Book
The brand new summer romance set in Dream Harbor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Strawberry Patch Pancake House! "Another gentle small-town romance with Hallmark movie vibes... Dream Harbor remains a cozy spot to linger" Publisher's Weekly<...
The Midnight Train
Haig, Matt.
Paper Book
When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?
Before I Knew I Loved You
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu.
Paper Book
The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible - not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time...
Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement
Clancy, Tom.
Paper Book
Caller Unknown
McAllister, Gillian.
Paper Book
They Took Her Daughter. Now She'll Break Every Rule to Get Her Back. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Famous Last Words and Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an unmissable new thriller - available for pre-order now! 'Unputdownable'...
The Summer Share
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
When two misfits discover they've inherited the same beach house, sparks fly in the most unexpected ways, in this hilarious and heartfelt rom-com from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading. Free-spirited travel influencer Hannah Spencer has spent...
The Wish
Morris, Heather.
Paper Book
From the author of global number 1 bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz, comes a powerful and heartfelt contemporary novel about courage, family, resilience and finding hope in the darkest of places.
Ghalen: A Romance in Black
Mosley, Walter
Paper Book
A stellar addition to the Amistad list: a beautiful coming-of-age novel from MWA Grand Master and PEN and Edgar Award-winner Walter Mosley that explores love in all forms--romantic, familial, and platonic, centered on one Black family, including a neurodivergent man, and the found...
The Last Mandarin
Penny, Louise.
Paper Book
The Final Target
Roberts, Nora.
Paper Book
Seek the Traitor's Son
Roth, Veronica.
Paper Book
AN EPIC ROMANTIC DYSTOPIAN FANTASY BEGINSA world at war. A prophecy that will shake the stars. A love that transcends it all.Elegy Ahn did not ask for destiny to find her.She is happy with her life as a soldier, defending her small country from the Talusar, a powerful nation that worships a...
The Land and its People
Sedaris, David.
Paper Book
Fever Dream
Silver, Elsie.
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Elsie Silver comes a small-town, forbidden, rivals-to-lovers romance, the first book in the brand-new Western romance series Emerald Lake. Professional bull rider Emmett Bush is not looking for love. He's looking...
The Calamity Club
Stockett, Kathryn.
Paper Book
'Smart, funny, and driven by unforgettable characters ... a must-read' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry 'With exquisite storytelling and unforgettable characters, The Calamity Club is a joyful, heartbreaking, heartwarming read. I loved it so much'...
John of John
Stuart, Douglas.
Paper Book
The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a...
Platform Decay
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot...

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