*New & Notable Adult Fiction - May Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated May 11, 2026
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*New & Notable Adult Fiction - May Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

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A Very Vexing Murder: Harriet Smith Investigates
Andrew, Lucy
Paper Book
Harriet Smith investigates...A murder most Austen. A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen's Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury.<...
Our perfect storm
Fortune, Carley
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and One Golden Summer. ...
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 Before the Coffee Gets Cold series about a cozy 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...
The Last Contract of Isako
Lee, Fonda
Paper Book
A battle-worn corporate samurai undertakes one last mission on a merciless planet where death is always a mere breath away, in this standalone dystopian epic from the author of the modern fantasy classic Jade City.  LIVE BY THE CODE. DIE BY THE...
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.
The Last Mandarin
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
A gripping thriller about family and power co-written by Louise Penny, #1 bestselling author of the Gamache novels, and Mellissa Fung, an award-winning journalist. A mother and a daughter race against time in this all-too-real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all...
Sisters of a Halved Heart A Novel.
Roy, Nayantara.
Paper Book
The electric story of two sisters and an unthinkable betrayal.  Mira Guhathakurta is a poetry editor at a distinguished literary magazine in New York, a dream job that has given her nearly everything she's always wanted. And then she reconnects with Jack from...
The Things We Never Say
Strout, Elizabeth
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this "profound, resplendent novel"* from Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout, a chance incident sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life "Strout's capacious empathy and...
John of John : a novel
Stuart, Douglas
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Oprah Daily, and Vogue "Douglas Stuart brilliantly weaved a layered, compelling and yet so intimate a story...
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 already storied...
Platform Decay
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
PLATFORM DECAY is a New York Times, USA Today, and National Indie Bestseller! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Having someone else support your bad...
Treat Them as Buffalo
Yoxall, Blair Palmer
Paper Book
An electrifying anti-Western from an exciting new Indigenous writer. As teenage boys begin to disappear from a great plains Métis community, a young man attempts to uncover the evil force lurking out of sight. In 1885, Nikosis "Niko" Eriksen spends his days playing...
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