*New & Notable Adult Fiction - February Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

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

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After the Fall
Ashton, Edward
Paper Book
Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, After The Fall by Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey 17), asks an important question: would humans really make great pets? Humans must...
Worse Than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel
Crump, Ben
Paper Book
In this gripping thriller, truth and justice are called into question when a Black man is gunned down in cold blood--the first novel in a riveting series from renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. "A sensationally good crime and legal thriller . . . This is exactly what a book...
The Exes
Darlington, Leodora
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Who hasn't wanted to murder an ex--figuratively, at least? In this explosive debut thriller, a woman's seemingly perfect romantic life is on the verge of collapse as she uncovers a hidden history surfacing dark secrets that have deadly...
Operation Bounce House
Dinniman, Matt
Paper Book
A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to...
Cleopatra
El-Arifi, Saara
Paper Book
Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife. "Enchanting, smart, and subversive--this is El-Arifi's masterpiece."--R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times...
One & Only
Goo, Maurene
Paper Book
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK * "A wildly good time . . . a swoony, funny, romantic novel" (Rebecca Serle, New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years) about a woman thrown a curveball by fate, and the family secret that makes her question everything...
Two Can Play
Hazelwood, Ali
Paper Book
An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the New York Times bestselling author of Problematic Summer Romance--now in print and ebook! Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book...
Crown City
Hirahara, Naomi
Paper Book
Two Japanese American men hired to investigate an art theft discover something much more sinister in turn-of-the-century California-from the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of Clark and Division. Pasadena, 1903- Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke "Ryui" Wada staggers off...
Keeper of Lost Children
Johnson, Sadeqa
Paper Book
In this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, one American woman's vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way. Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied...
The Forest on the Edge of Time
Kirkbride, Jasmin
Paper Book
The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction. Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to...
I Hope You Find What You're Looking for
Mezghebe, Bsrat
Paper Book
The year is 1991. Eritrea is on the verge of liberation from Ethiopian rule and in Washington, D.C.'s tight-knit Eritrean community, change is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Lydia and her family are grappling with what peace after decades of war might mean for their future, just as they welcome...
Wolf Hour
Nesbo, Jo
Paper Book
From "one of today's most interesting thriller writers" (Lee Child) comes an immersive, propulsive novel in which a detective and a crime writer conduct parallel investigations, six years apart, into a series of puzzling murders. "[Nesbo] can heighten suspense with a single word and...
The Daughter Who Remains
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
Set in the universe Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor first introduced in the World Fantasy Award-winning Who Fears Death, The Daughter Who Remains is the breathtaking conclusion to the She Who Knows trilogy Featuring Najeeba, now older and wiser than readers have...
More Than Enough
Quindlen, Anna
Paper Book
A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with life--from the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of After Annie No one knows you like your...
The Astral Library (Standard Edition)
Quinn, Kate
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures...
Good People
Sabit, Patmeena
Paper Book
"Good People is the year's first great novel."--The Minnesota Star Tribune "Good People is a stunning read. I could not recommend it more enthusiastically. . . . What a spectacular triumph this book is. This is the Afghan novel I have been eagerly waiting for."-...
Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a legendary standalone novel that navigates the seas and the stars of a far-future Cosmere. Illustrated by Esther Hi'ilani Candari. All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a...
Where the Wildflowers Grow
Shelton Harris, Terah
Paper Book
From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living. Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die. Grief never truly fades and even as the...
The Iron Garden Sutra
Sui, A D
Paper Book
Klara and the Sun meets S. A. Barnes's Dead Silence with a touch of Becky Chambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built in Nebula Award-winning author A.D. Sui's darkly philosophical, locked room murder mystery, as a death monk and a team of researchers trapped onboard a spaceship of...
The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen: The Heartwarming Japanese Cat Novel about Fate and the Healing Power of Food
Takahashi, Yuta
Paper Book
Follow the seashell path along Tokyo Bay until you get to the Chibineko Kitchen, where a traditional Japanese meal can summon anyone you choose from your past, but only for as long as it continues to steam . . . --for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, The Midnight Library, and...
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