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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Wombat Waiting
Applegate, Katherine.
Paper Book
From the Newbery Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan and Odder comes a stunning new middle grade standalone novel about compassion, resilience, and surprising friendships, following a dog named Wombat in the aftermath of a catastrophic fire.
Death's Daughter
Barnes, S.A.
Paper Book
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...
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
Larsen, Ward
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 divorce
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
The wish
Morris, Heather (Screenwriter)
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.
26 Beauties
Patterson, James.
Paper Book
The twenty-sixth thrilling novel in the globally bestselling Women's Murder Club series. ______________________________________________________ Beautiful young women are disappearing by the dozen. A celebration is cut short when a...
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 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'...
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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