NEW FICTION & YA FIC for April/May

Updated May 4, 2026
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The Astral Library
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...
The buffalo hunter hunter
Jones, Stephen Graham
Paper Book
" A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor...
Culpability
Holsinger, Bruce W.
Paper Book
Oprah's Book Club Pick * New Yorker Best Books of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * Kirkus Best Books of 2025 * Real Simple Best Books of 2025 * Washington Post Notable Fiction 2025 * NPR's 2025 "Books We Love" * "I was...
The Danger of Small Things
Lewis, Caryl
Paper Book
A teen uses her art to protest injustice and galvanize others to resist in this "suspenseful...lyrical" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) near-future dystopian novel about girls finding their voices in the darkest of...
The dark we know
Lee, Wen-Yi
Paper Book
A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2024, A Reactor Notable YA Horror Book of 2024, A Parade Best Horror Book of 2024. From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that's perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King's IT, and The Haunting of...
The Escape Game
Meyer, Marissa.
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer and rising star Tamara Moss comes a twisty thrill-ride, filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for. It's all fun and games until someone ends up dead. Six months ago, season four...
The experiment
Stead, Rebecca
Paper Book
Nathan never understood what was 'fun' about secrets, probably because he's always had to keep a very big one, even from his best friend, Victor. Although he appears to be a typical grade-six kid, Nathan learned at an early age that his family is from another planet, and he's part of an experiment...
The fetishist
Min, Katherine
Paper Book
'Incandescent, astonishing, a miracle' R. O. KWON 'With The Fetishist, Min has left the world something original and highly potent' INDEPENDENT 'Savage, horrible and very funny' i-D MAGAZINE In this...
A Forgery of Fate
Lim, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! 'An alluring and captivating story' ISABEL IBAÑEZ 'Devastatingly romantic, with heart-stopping action and twists' AXIE OH 'Everything I love in a story' MARY E. PEARSON From the New York and...
Fox : a novel
Oates, Joyce Carol
Paper Book
'Chilling' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Tom Ripley, eat your heart out' NPR 'Eerie, shocking, provoking' GILLIAN FLYNN A chilling, captivating novel about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charming, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school.
The glass girl
Glasgow, Kathleen
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a raw, heart-wrenching novel about a teenager facing down her struggles with alcohol -- and the journey she must take to heal Everyone in Bella's life needs something from her. Her mom needs her to help...
Heiress of Nowhere
Lee, Stacey
Paper Book
Four starred reviews! An orphaned teen races to uncover a killer--who may have come from the sea--when she and her beloved orcas fall under suspicion in this "dark, vibrant, and thrilling adventure" (BookPage, starred review) and historical gothic mystery from the...
The house with no keys
Currie, Lindsay
Paper Book
This sequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Mystery of Locked Rooms follows the beloved Deltas as they race to complete the most challenging escape room they've ever faced...and confront their fears in order to save their friendship. When a strange...
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates
Thompson, Shailee
Paper Book
A hilarious, swoony and downright terrifying horror romance in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of the rom-com and horror genres to make it as a real-life Final Girl. When cinephile...
In Your Dreams
Adams, Sarah.
Paper Book
💖 The new rom-com by Sarah Adams, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensations, The Cheat Sheet and The Rule Book. 💖 🥕 Chef x Farmer 🥕 Brother's Best Friend 🥕 He Fell First ...
Isle of ever
Calonita, Jen
Paper Book
Winner of a 2025 Good Housekeeping Best Kids' Books Award! A New York Times Bestseller Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick! "[An] atmospheric fantasy ride."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW "Fast-paced and satisfying."--School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW...
Isola : a novel
Goodman, Allegra
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history."--Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name "A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a...
Judge Stone
Patterson, James
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller! Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson's Judge Stone "delivers first-class courtroom drama, small-town excitement, and strong characters all wrapped...
Kin
Jones, Tayari
Paper Book
Kin is the kind of all-encompassing reading experience I'm always hoping to find- smart and funny. ANN PATCHETT A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage-a novel that sparkles with wit, intelligence...
Margo's got money troubles : a novel
Thorpe, Rufi
Paper Book
Now 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." -...
Meet the Newmans
Niven, Jennifer.
Paper Book
From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven, a novel about America's favorite TV family, whose perfect façade starts to crack, for fans of Lessons in Chemistry and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.* * *For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons, Guy...
One of us knows : a thriller
Cole, Alyssa
Paper Book
From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer--and the ghosts of her past.  Years...
The People's Library
Henry, Veronica G.
Paper Book
From critically acclaimed author Veronica G. Henry comes a thought-provoking science fiction fantasy set in near-future Cleveland that follows a reluctant curator of digital human consciousness who must uncover twisted secrets and navigate ethical quandaries and dangers when anti-technology...
Piper at the gates of dusk
Ness, Patrick
Paper Book
The poisoned king
Rundell, Katherine
Paper Book
'Katherine Rundell returns with a perfect fantasy' Telegraph ** BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER ** The unmissable new story in the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Impossible Creatures series, for fans of Philip Pullman, Percy Jackson and...
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister...
Queen of faces
Lord, Petra
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. An epic and unforgettable fantasy adventure from a phenomenal new voice, QUEEN OF FACES is like nothing you've ever read before. 'A work of wild imagination, this is an outstanding debut' Juno Dawson, Sunday Times bestselling...
The shark and the scar
Fitzgerald, Sarah Moore
Paper Book
If you can't trust your family, who can you trust? A compelling mystery about family secrets, identity and the father-son relationship for readers aged 10+. For fans of Jenny Valentine, Siobhan Dowd and Lara Williamson.   Thirteen-year-old Jay survived a shark...
So far gone : a novel
Walter, Jess
Paper Book
National Bestseller Finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize "A warm, funny, loving novel. . . . It's an American original."--Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake "Searing and sublime ... Walter is a slyly adept...
Spy school blackout
Gibbs, Stuart
Paper Book
In the thirteenth book in Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley goes off the grid to eliminate a cybersecurity threat. After a devious computer hacker pulls off the CIA's worst-case scenario, shutting...
Theo of golden : a novel
Levi, Allen
Paper Book
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'A word-of-mouth smash hit' New York Times 'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.' One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows...
This is not about us
Goodman, Allegra
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family--steadfast, complicated, begrudging, and loving--from the bestselling author of Isola "Wise, witty . . . a deliciously readable book [about] the delicate minutiae of family life, played beautifully,...
Trad Wife
Schaefer, Saratoga.
Paper Book
'Absolutely unputdownable' The Mirror 'A riveting, raw and savage story' Ghouls Magazine 'An intense, gory and brutally honest tale' CrimeReads 'Timely, terrifying, and touched with humour, this book will chew you up and spit you out'...
The true true story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother)
Alameddine, Rabih
Paper Book
What boys learn
Romano-Lax, Andromeda
Paper Book
A twisty, jaw-dropping psychological thriller that unravels a mother's worst nightmare-that her child is capable of terrible violence-when her teenage son becomes a suspect in the murder of two classmates, from the author of The Deepest Lake. "Timely and terrifyingly real,...
Wolf hour
Nesbø, Jo
Paper Book
This killer has a story. When a small-time crook is shot down in the streets of Minneapolis, all signs point to a lone wolf, a sniper who has vanished into thin air. To tell it, he needs to get caught. When the shooter strikes again, it's...
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