*New & Notable Adult Fiction - May Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated May 11, 2026
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Our Perfect Storm
Fortune, Carley.
Paper Book
THE BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM #1 BESTSELLER CARLEY FORTUNE 'A dream of a love story: breathtakingly romantic, sizzling with chemistry and set in a stunningly beautiful location.' ROSIE WALSH 'Charged with chemistry and rippling with atmosphere'...
The valley of vengeful ghosts : a novel
Fu, Kim
Paper Book
A Belletrist Book Club Pick Named a Best Book by The New York Times, Chicago Review of Books, Ms., Atla Journal and more A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 from TIME, Book Riot, and Chicago Review of Books From the...
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<...
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...
The Last Contract of Isako
Lee, Fonda.
Paper Book
Babylon, South Dakota
Lin, Tom
Paper Book
From the author of the Carnegie Medal in Fiction winner The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu comes a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious military secret shapes their lives.
And the corpse wore tartan
MacBride, Stuart
Paper Book
When a woman's body is found lying in the grass, DS Roberta Steel must put her own problems aside and uncover the truth . . .
Palaces of the Crow
Nayler, Ray.
Paper Book
The Last Mandarin
Penny, Louise.
Paper Book
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. Oprah's Book Club Book of the Month.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it...
Villain: A Novel
Walschots, Natalie Zina
Paper Book
The Boys meets Assistant to the Villain in the electrifying, sharp, violent, and hilarious sequel to the highly acclaimed novel, Hench. Filled with a queer and neurodiverse cast, Villain asks the question: what happens when a diabolically brilliant henchperson looks back at their...
Platform Decay
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.Including human children. Ugh.This may well call for... eye contact!...

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