*New & Notable Adult Fiction - April Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated April 17, 2026
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Invasive Species (Original)
Adams, Ellery
Paper Book
"Dark and delectable. I gobbled this book up and enjoyed every last bite." --Kirsten Miller, author of The Change and The Women of Wild Hill The women in Cold Harbor all have something to prove, and they'll have to do it in a world full of monsters.
Japanese Gothic: A Gothic Dual-Timeline Novel of Ghosts, Hauntings and Redemption (Original)
Baker, Kylie Lee
Paper Book
New York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026 USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Book Riot "Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026" In this lyrical, wildly inventive horror...
The Ending Writes Itself
Clarke, Evelyn
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V.E. SCHWAB Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that...
The Faith of Beasts
Corey, James S A
Paper Book
James S. A. Corey's Expanse series has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 23 languages, establishing itself as a modern masterwork of science fiction.   Now, the Hugo-award winning author returns with the second...
Anxietyland
Correll, Gemma
Paper Book
"A deeply felt and surprisingly funny book" (Roz Chast, #1 New York Times bestselling author) "equal parts hysterical, heartbreaking, and hopeful" (Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Anxietyland is award-winning popular cartoonist...
Thistlemarsh
Corrigan, Moorea
Paper Book
"The perfect escape for A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue fans.... Thistlemarsh is perfect for all genre lovers."--Parade Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the...
The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne
England, Summer N
Paper Book
Love grows in the most unimaginable of places in Summer N. England's sweet and spicy cozy romantasy debut, for fans of The Spellshop and For Whom the Belle Tolls!    Most stories end with a happily ever after. But mine? Well, it begins...
Honor & Heresy: A Gothic Academia Novel
Francis, Max
Paper Book
Instagram sensation Max Francis makes his highly anticipated debut with this atmospheric, gothic, dark academic fantasy of two scholars racing each other to find answers to an invasion in a haunted library, perfect for fans of Katabasis and A Study in Drowning. Roy Dawnseve, the...
Last Night in Brooklyn
Gonzalez, Xochitl
Paper Book
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY TIME, OPRAH DAILY, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, ELECTRIC LIT, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VULTURE, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, THE BOSTON GLOBE, TOWN & COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AND...
Dreamt I Found You
Han, Jimin
Paper Book
From the critically acclaimed author of The Apology comes a contemporary retelling of Korea's Romeo & Juliet, as the cousin of the star-crossed lovers helps them avoid a tragic fate.  When Dahee Shin was nine years old, she made a promise to protect her...
A Violent Masterpiece
Harper, Jordan
Paper Book
This epic crime novel tells a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge--and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down.  Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein's...
A River from the Sky: Natural Engines
Jiang, Ai
Paper Book
From the Nebula and Bram Stoker Award®-winning author comes the lyrical and moving science-fantasy follow-up to A Palace Near the Wind, as Lufeng and her sister Sangshu fight to protect their culture and their world. For readers of Nghi Vo, Amal El-Mohtar and Kritika H. Rao. ...
The Caretaker
Kliewer, Marcus
Paper Book
Follow the Rites... Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new "titan of the macabre and unsettling" (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a...
Dear Monica Lewinsky
Langbein, Julia
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of American Mermaid ("Sublime"--NYTBR) comes a wise, funny, and wildly original examination of female desire and the price women pay for giving in to their appetites. A LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR "A wild,...
This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone
Mack, Catherine
Paper Book
The third in the witty and captivating series following bestselling author Eleanor Dash, who once again has to swap her sun hat for her detective hat, when a body is found at a murder mystery writing conference in the Bahamas. Eleanor Dash can never catch a break. Not only has...
Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead
Nguyen, Mai.
Paper Book
A darkly humorous yet uplifting novel about a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live--from the author of the "insightful, moving" (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author) Sunshine Nails....
The Name Game
O'Leary, Beth
A man and a woman with the same name are looking for a fresh start only to discover they have landed the same job in this charming new romance by bestselling author Beth O'Leary. Charlie couldn't be happier to take the job of farm-shop manager on the remote, wild Isle of Ormer....
Dog Person
Pagan, Camille
"Not since A Dog's Purpose have I been so besotted by a novel's canine. Just like a good dog, Harold and this beautiful book will break your heart open and mend it all at once."--Colleen Oakley, USA Today bestselling author of Jane & Dan at the End of the World
Death Meets Cute (Standard Edition)
Penner, J
"Filled with so much love, heart, and delicious baked goods." --Rebecca Thorne, USA Today bestselling author of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea I am more than capable of being evil today. I think... Iris Weyward wants to be bad. Truly bad. Terrifyingly, gloriously...
Enemies to Lovers
Rai, Alisha
Paper Book
From the author of Partners in Crime, comes a sparkling new adventure rom-com where a con woman and a lawman team up on an epic cross-country road trip to save their families...and each other.  Sejal Chaudhary inherited her mama's calculating brain, her daddy's quick fingers, and the...
Cherry Baby
Rowell, Rainbow
Paper Book
"Sexy, messy, funny and raw." --The New York Times #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell returns with a breathtakingly honest novel about a woman who lost everything -- and isn't sure she wants it back. Everybody knows that Cherry's husband,...
Go Gentle
Semple, Maria
Oprah's Book Club "Maria Semple is a treasure." --Los Angeles Times The New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette returns to form in her most exuberant and life-affirming novel yet with the story of one woman's cheerful...
Odessa
Sher, Gabrielle
Paper Book
In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave.  "A triumph."―Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home
American Fantasy
Straub, Emma
"American Fantasy has everything we need right now: '90s nostalgia, humor, and it is a great escape." --Jenna Bush Hager on NBC Today Show "I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy." --Ann Patchett "American...
The Take
Yang, Kelly
Paper Book
A provocative, fast-paced novel about two creative women--a young writer fighting to be heard and an older producer clinging to relevancy--and the age reversal treatment that intertwines both of their lives...from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Front Desk...

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