*New & Notable Adult Fiction - June Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated June 9, 2026
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*New & Notable Adult Fiction - June Highlights*

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The Children
Albert, Melissa
Paper Book
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK "An extraordinary book. It's a page-turner, full of mystery, but that's the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. The Children reminded me of Ray Bradbury at his best." --Stephen King The haunting...
The Unicorn Hunters
Arden, Katherine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest--and unknowingly alters the fate of her world--in this dazzling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the...
Names Have Been Changed
Balasingamchow, Yu-Mei
Paper Book
Ophir's tale begins in Singapore, where a petty crime spins out of control, estranging her from home and family. Resorting to false identities and forged passports (being mixed-race helps), she criss-crosses the globe from a Paris-themed hostess bar in Tokyo, to a bustling Chinese restaurant in...
A pair of aces
Benedict, Marie
Paper Book
Eunice Carter, assistant district attorney for the City of New York and Manhattan's first Black female prosecutor, has her sights set on the one and only Lucky Luciano, head of New York City's five largest organized crime families. Other prosecutors have tried to bring down Lucky, but they've all...
To Ride a Rising Storm: The Second Book of Nampeshiweisit
Blackgoose, Moniquill
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A young indigenous woman and her dragon fight for the independence of their homeland in this epic sequel to the bestselling and multi-award-winning To Shape a Dragon's Breath, "a remarkable novel that is bound to be a staple of fantasy shelves for years to come" (...
Pool House
Choi, Mary H K
Paper Book
AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK * NAMED A MUST READ BOOK FOR SUMMER BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, W MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORK POST, LITHUB, BOOKRIOT, AND MORE! "A sharp, hilarious, unsparing mother-daughter story."--Rachel Khong...
Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
This summer, escape to the Seaside Cottages in the Scottish isles with this delightful mother-daughter story about second chances in love, life, and home renovations, by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THEIR PERFECT HOUSE. BUT HOME IS...
We Are Gathered Here Today
Finger, Bobby
Paper Book
At 36, Finlay Hightower has attended countless incredible, cringe-worthy, and disastrous wedding celebrations with his best friends. Their secret to surviving wedding chaos? The Hour of Disrespect - a pact to reserve judgement to one hour after the couple's Big Day, protecting the wedding glow and...
Rasputin Swims the Potomac
Fountain, Ben
Paper Book
ONE OF LITHUB'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2026 * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER BY THE L.A. TIMES & KIRKUS "A comic masterpiece. The current administration is finally getting the book it deserves."--Kirkus (Starred Review) From...
Wild People Quiet : A Novel
Gereaux, Tara.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A taut, exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman's decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s, for readers of The Berry Pickers, Tommy Orange, and The...
Ghost-Eye
Ghosh, Amitav
Paper Book
Named a most anticipated book of 2026 by Esquire | Literary Hub "Ghost-Eye is a marvel that will ignite a reader's sense of wonder--a masterful novel, at once simple and capacious." --Rabih Alameddine, National Book Award-winning author of The True...
Villa Coco
Greer, Andrew Sean
Paper Book
Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills. A MOST...
It Could Have Been Her
Jewell, Lisa.
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women's lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this "deliciously dark, devilishly addictive" (Alice Feeney, bestselling author of My Husband...
Murder at the Spirit Lounge
Kidd, Jess
Paper Book
In the second installment of the Nora Breen Investigates series--"perfect for cozy mystery lovers" (Book Riot)--beloved former nun Nora Breen returns, this time to track down a ghostly killer before it's too late. When Dolores Chimes, a famous medium, arrives in Gore-on...
Bump, Set, Sparks
Moffatt, Jennifer
Paper Book
Two rival volleyball players compete for the championship in this summer romp full of community, crushes, and courting from the author of Flirty Dancing. Jess loves volleyball--she really does. Playing in Southern California Beach Volleyball League with her best friend...
There's Only One Sin in Hollywood
Newson, Rasheed
Paper Book
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Electric Literature, CrimeReads, The Nerd Daily, Queerty, She Reads, and more! A cinematic, razor-sharp novel following a backlot fixer's daring investigation into the suspicious death of a closeted Black actor within the glamorous...
Land
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. "A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural...
Whistler
Patchett, Ann
Paper Book
The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time. When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan...
Daughters of the Sun and Moon
See, Lisa
Paper Book
From beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty,...
Moss'd in Space
Thorne, Rebecca
Paper Book
USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne delights in a brand new cozy sci-fi romance series for fans of Martha Wells. This beautiful trade paper edition features French flaps with exquisite original art on the inside front and back cover! ...
Paper Book
Unspoken tensions simmer between two women under the heat of a Catalan summer in this internationally bestselling, erotic, and quietly radical portrait of queer desire. In a sun-drenched house on the Catalan coast, a young, queer photographer arrives to capture the portrait of a...
Earth 7
Unferth, Deb Olin
Paper Book
An end-of-the-world love story, an epic full of pathos and humor, asking what can be saved of our planet Well, that's about it for the story of planet Earth, poor Earth, reduced to not much more than a piece of burnt coal. But, as Deb Olin Unferth shows in her latest...
A Murder in Springtime: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel
Walker, Martin
Paper Book
In the next installment of the Bruno, Chief of Police series, a newcomer to St. Denis is found dead at the home of one of Bruno's best friends--and for once, Bruno feels as though he is too close to the case to investigate, until it becomes clear that he's the only person who can solve the crime....
Everybody's Perfect
Walton, Jo
Paper Book
Piranesi meets Swordspoint in an elegant relay race through fantasy Venice from Hugo award-winning author Jo Walton The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds. When a laborer...
The Missed Connection
Williams, Tia
Paper Book
"Tia Williams is one of the very best romance writers we have. A forever auto-buy for me." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author A New York Times, USA Today, Boston Globe,...
A Year of Marvelous Ways
Winman, Sarah
Paper Book
The remarkably life-affirming novel from the highly acclaimed author of Still Life, set in 1940s Cornwall following the unlikely friendship between an eighty-nine-year-old woman at the end of her story and a young soldier, reeling from World War II, at the start of his own.
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