*New & Notable Adult Fiction - February Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated February 9, 2026
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Worse Than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel
Crump, Ben
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
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
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...
One & Only
Goo, Maurene
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
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
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
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
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...
Wolf Hour : A Novel
Nesbo, Jo.
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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...

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