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 July 25, 2025
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The book of George : a novel
Greathead, Kate
Paper Book
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 excavation of millennial masculinity, The Book of George. If you haven't had the misfortune of...
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 exterior. ...
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American dream
Thompson, Hunter S.
Paper Book
A fiftieth-anniversary edition of the cult classic of gonzo journalism, hailed as "the best book on the dope decade" (The New York Times Book Review), featuring Ralph Steadman's original drawings and an introduction by Caity Weaver The inspiration for the major motion...
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...
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...
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 Review  ...
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Thorpe, Rufi.
Paper Book
Soon to be a series from A24 & Apple TV+ starring Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer, & Nick Offerman! "Margo's Got Money Troubles is the feel-good novel we need right now." --The Washington Post  "[An] enormously entertaining and lovable book." --Nick Hornby, ...
On the road
Kerouac, Jack
Paper Book
The legendary novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generation, now in a striking new Pengiun Classics Deluxe Edition  Inspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country...
Playworld
Ross, Adam.
"Starting off 2025 with a novel this terrific gives me hope for the whole year." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post "A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp." -...
Rejection
Tulathimutte, Tony.
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...
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.
Vinegar girl : the taming of the Shrew retold
Tyler, Anne.
Paper Book
Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies   Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity,...

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