New Adult Literature

Our new Curated Collection - New Adult Literature - is for readers aged 18+ to late twenties. This collection is an emerging sub-genre of literature for young readers who are all often missing from the pages of both Young Adult and Adult books. New Adult books explore many themes, including the transition from late adolescence to adulthood.

Updated January 22, 2026
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20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
Guo, Xiaolu.
Paper Book
From the author of the 2007 Orange Prize finalist A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers comes a wholly original and thoroughly captivating coming-of-age story that follows a bright, impassioned young woman as she rushes headlong into the maelstrom of a rapidly changing Beijing to chase her...
Anxious hearts
Sigley, Guy.
If crushing anxiety and an all-consuming drive to succeed rule your life, can there still be room for love?
Better Left Unsent
Louis, Lia
Paper Book
So many ways to torpedo your career and your love life... So little time. A woman accidentally reveals all her secrets in this witty and charming novel from the author of Eight Perfect Hours. Two years ago, thirty-year-old receptionist Millie Chandler...
The book of George
Greathead, Kate
Paper Book
"An extraordinary artistic achievement." --Gabe Hudson Prize committee citation From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. for our times: Kate Greathead's razor-sharp but big-hearted...
Boy parts
Clark, Eliza
Paper Book
One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023 An incendiary debut novel from a brash new talent--a pitch-black comedy, both shocking and hilarious, which fearlessly explores sexuality and gender roles in the twenty-first century. "Hallucinogenic, electric...
The Build-A-Boyfriend Project : A Novel
Deaver, Mason
Bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver's adult romance debut follows a journalist in a dead-end job who agrees to teach his disastrous blind date how to be a better boyfriend. Readers will delight in this sweet and steamy queer romance with trans representation! Eli Francis is...
Catalina
Villavicencio, Karla Cornejo
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the...
Codename Charming A Novel
Parker, Lucy.
Paper Book
A New York Times Books Review Best Romances of 2023 pick Following Battle Royal, beloved author Lucy Parker pens another delicious romantic comedy about a fake relationship between a grumpy royal bodyguard and the charming, sunny assistant who melts his cold, hard...
Confessions of a Grammar Queen : A Novel
Knight, Eliza
Paper Book
There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960's New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change. Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Thompson, Hunter S.
Ebook
'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive ..."' Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to find...
Final cut
Burns, Charles
Paper Book
The beloved and award-winning author of BLACK HOLE's haunting and visually arresting story of an artist's obsessions, and the value and cost of pushing the boundaries of creativity As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, convincing their...
Finna
Cipri, Nino
Paper Book
"A magical anti-capitalist adventure." --Annalee Newitz Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the multiverse has to offer with the everyday awfulness of low-wage work. It explores queer relationships and queer feelings, capitalism...
For the record
Lord, Emma
Paper Book
An electrifying rom com of rivalry and redemption, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Daisy Jones and the Six, from New York Times bestselling author Emma Lord. Once the most notorious rivals in the music scene, pop princess Mackenzie Waters and punk rockstar...
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : 30th Anniversary Edition. Now with Incriminating Footnotes!
Birmingham, John
Paper Book
These are the memoirs of 29 year old John Birmingham, who has shared houses and apartments with 89 people and kept notes on all of them.
Homesick
Saunders, Sylvia.
Paper Book
A story of falling out of love for fans of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton 'A thoughtful and tender take on the concept of "home"' Pandora Sykes 'There's a snap and crackle in Saunders's dialogue' The Times 'Saunders makes funny and heartbreaking seem...
Instructions for heartbreak
Handyside, Sarah
Paper Book
'Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable 'Funny, practical and moving' - Daily Mail * * * * A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah Handyside, Instructions for Heartbreak<...
Ishmael A Novel
Quinn, Daniel.
Paper Book
One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author. "A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel...
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED One of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025 2025's...
Life of Pi
Martel, Yann
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE The international bestseller and modern classic of adventure, survival, and the power of storytelling is now an award-winning play.  "A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction."--Los Angeles Times Book...
Margo's got money troubles
Thorpe, Rufi
Paper Book
Mistakes and other lovers
Lovat, Amy
Paper Book
El O'Reilly is exceptionally good at making mistakes. Mistakes like:-falling in love with the charismatic youth pastor, Mace, while engaged to her high school boyfriend -breaking up with her fiancé the night before Valentine's Day -walking out on her family -dropping out of uni with no plan B...
Notes on Infinity
Taylor, Austin.
Paper Book
A Zibby Owens "Summer Read" * A Jordy's Book Club "Most Anticipated Book of 2025" * An Oprah Daily "Best Summer Reads" "It stole my breath and my heart. It's a grand story of science and startups, and a simple story of first love and belonging." ―Chris Whitaker,...
On the road
Kerouac, Jack
Audiobook
Playworld
Ross, Adam.
Paper Book
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, PEOPLE, AND TOWN & COUNTRY * NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST * GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * MULANEY READS BOOK CLUB PICK * A big and big-hearted novel--one enthralling,...
Rejection
Tulathimutte, Tony.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book . . . an incandescent satire." --Giles Harvey,...
A River of Golden Bones
Mulford, A. K.
Audiobook
The Sorrows of Love
Life, The School of.
Paper Book
A thoughtful meditation on the true and sometimes dark nature of love. We often associate love with being happy. This tendency is misleading, however, as love can also cause the deepest heartbreak imaginable. We tend to treat our sadness individually, as if it were unique and shameful....
Summer at the Santorini Bookshop ePub edition
Raisin, Rebecca
Paper Book
Don't miss Secrets at Maple Syrup Farm, the coziest novel to curl up this fall 2025, from bestselling author Rebecca Raisin! *** ☀️A Greek island holiday. A fake-dating pact. A chance at true love?☀️ After losing her job as a book...
Sweetbitter
Danler, Stephanie
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER  *  A thrilling novel of the senses and a coming-of-age tale, following a small-town girl into the electrifying world of New York City and the education of a lifetime at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Manhattan.  Perfect for readers of...
There's no such thing as an easy job
Tsumura, Kikuko
Paper Book
"[A] 21st-century response to Herman Melville's 'Bartleby, the Scrivener.'" -NPR "A thought-provoking, drily funny critique of capitalism and the systems of self-worth that are built around it." -TIME, "Must-Read Books of the Year" A...
Timequake
Vonnegut, Kurt
Paper Book
After the universe decides to back up ten years and all humans must live through the 1990s again, author Kurt Vonnegut finds himself trying to write a book called Timequake, which he knows he will never finish since he already did not finish it.
U Want It Darker
Middleton, Murray.
A true artist transforms suffering into beauty. But sometimes, all you've got is the suffering. . . U Want It Darker is a bold and darkly humorous short story collection about artists struggling with their egos, facing their failures and redeeming their bad behaviour. With each exhilarating tale,...
Up Close and Personal
Holguin, Ana
Paper Book
In this "charming, witty, and tender" rom-com, a celebrity fitness instructor faces off against a jaded journalist (Abby Jimenez, #1 New York Times bestselling author). This sizzling, slow burn romance is for fans of 27 Dresses and Jessica Joyce! 
Vinegar girl : the taming of the Shrew retold
Tyler, Anne.
Audiobook
The vulnerables
Nunez, Sigrid
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER  NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS REVIEWS The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend and...
The Work
Lee, Bri
Paper Book
A stunning debut novel about art, power, love and money from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Eggshell Skull.

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