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 16, 2025
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Better left unsent : a novel
Louis, Lia.
Paper Book
So many ways to torpedo your career and your love life... So little time. A woman accidentally reveals all her secrets in this witty and charming novel from the author of Eight Perfect Hours. Two years ago, thirty-year-old receptionist Millie Chandler...
Codename Charming A Novel
Parker, Lucy.
Ebook
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. ...
Confessions of a Grammar Queen : A Novel
Knight, Eliza
Paper Book
There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960's New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change. Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs...
Margo's got money troubles : a novel
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
Jack Kerouac's classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation "An authentic work of art."--The New York Times   Inspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story...
Playworld
Ross, Adam.
Paper Book
"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 : fiction
Tulathimutte, Tony.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book . . . an incandescent satire." --Giles Harvey, The New York Times Magazine ...
Summer at the Santorini Bookshop
Raisin, Rebecca.
Paper Book
Don't miss the new novel from the Kindle bestselling author of The Little Venice Bookshop! *** ☀️A Greek island holiday. A fake-dating pact. A chance at true love?☀️ After losing her job as a book scout, hopeless romantic Evie<...
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...
Vinegar girl : The taming of the shrew retold
Tyler, Anne
Paper Book
Could the taming of Shakespeare's shrew, Katherina, happen today? Find out in this funny, off-beat version from one of our most beloved novelists. "You can't get around Kate Battista as easily as all that."     Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How...

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