New Adult Fiction

The latest adult fiction books in print. (Please note that New NL/Local Books are covered in a separate list.)

Updated February 24, 2026
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries NLPL Selections Team
This is your list in printable form. Simply print this page using your browser's print command.

New Adult Fiction

The latest adult fiction books in print. (Please note that New NL/Local Books are covered in a separate list.)

Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
The amberglow candy store
Kurisu, Hiyoko
Paper Book
"Sweet and delicious!" --Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop "Delightful." --Samantha Sotto Yambao, New York Times bestselling author of Water Moon In this charming, fable-like book from Japan, a fox spirit...
Backslide
Dahlia, Nora
Paper Book
The author of the "sexy, smart, and sweetly satisfying" (Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Pick-Up returns with a second chance romance perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez! Exes are thrown together at their best friends' wine country un-wedding and forced...
The book club for troublesome women : a novel
Bostwick, Marie
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER · SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER · A BRENDA NOVAK BOOK GROUP PICK · GLOSS BOOK CLUB PICK · THE GIRLFRIEND BOOK CLUB PICK · A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 (SheReads) · Margaret never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution, for that matter in...
The Book of Blood and Roses
Summerlee, Annie
Paper Book
A vampire hunter goes undercover at a mysterious university--and finds herself falling in love with her roommate, an alluring vampire, in book one of a seductive sapphic paranormal fantasy. This hardcover edition includes a gorgeous illustrated book case beneath the jacket and...
The Bookshop Below
Summers, Georgia
Paper Book
Below the streets of London, a secret network of magical bookshops has existed for millennia. But they're slowly disappearing, and no one knows why. Only one dishonored bookseller can uncover the truth and rewrite her story--in this spellbinding standalone fantasy novel from the ...
The break-in : a novel
Faulkner, Katherine
Paper Book
After killing an intruder in self-defense, a wealthy London mother must unravel a terrifying mystery filled with twists and turns, from the author of the "deliciously twisted thriller" (People) The Other Mothers. Alice, a professional mother of one, is hosting a...
The build-a-boyfriend project : a novel
Deaver, Mason
Paper Book
Bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver's adult romance debut follows a journalist in a dead-end job who agrees to teach his disastrous blind date how to be a better boyfriend. Readers will delight in this sweet and steamy queer romance with trans representation! ...
The elopement : a novel of the Austen family
Hornby, Gill
Paper Book
A richly imagined novel of the Austen family by the #1 International bestselling-author of Miss Austen. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. 1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is...
The fake mate
Ferguson, Lana
Paper Book
Mackenzie Carter has had some very bad dates lately. Model train experts, mansplainers, guys weirdly obsessed with her tail - she hasn't had a successful date in months. Only a year out of residency, her grandmother's obsession with Mackenzie finding the perfect mate to settle down with...
The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu
Hung, Mindy
Paper Book
Leeann Wu's hands have started glowing at the most inconvenient times, and the single mother and midwife doesn't know why. Could it be perimenopause? A hallucination brought on by a lack of sleep? On top of that concerning development, her daughter is off to university in a few months, her tenuous...
Hamnet
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Now a major motion picture starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by ACADEMY AWARD® winner Chloé Zhao. The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait...
The incredible kindness of paper : a novel
Skye, Evelyn
Paper Book
"A sweet confection of a story, filled with heart." --Nikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author Can one random act of kindness change the trajectory of a life? Serendipity has the power to fold two fates together and reunite a pair of lost loves in this enchanting...
It's a love story
Monaghan, Annabel
Paper Book
The Instant New York Times bestseller "Poignant, funny, and bingeable, Annabel Monaghan writes five star reads." --Abby Jimenez From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV actress-turned...
Mona's eyes
Schlesser, Thomas
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller * Barnes & Noble 2025 Book of the Year * Boston Globe Best Book of the Year * National Indie Bestseller * Top Ten Indie Next Pick * Indigo Heather's Pick Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only fifty-two Wednesdays to visit fifty-two...
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
Chapman, Amanda
Paper Book
Tory Van Dyne is the most down-to-earth member of a decidedly eccentric old-money New York family. For one thing, as book conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, she actually has a job. Plus, she's left up-town society behind for a quiet life downtown. So she's not thrilled when she...
The names
Knapp, Florence
Paper Book
THE YEAR'S BREAKOUT NOVEL AND WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT--A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND READ WITH JENNA PICK "Dazzling. . . Knapp tirelessly and beautifully replicates not just loss and grief but endless rebirth and delight." --The Washington Post "Elegant. . ....
The original daughter : a novel
Wei, Jemimah
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD * ONE OF ELLE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR In this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the...
The page turner
Shipman, Viola
Paper Book
"A tasty, dishy inside look at the world of publishing. Readers will be begging for a sequel!"--Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of Summers at the Saint A young romance writer makes a discovery that throws her elitist family into chaos in this sharp,...
Promise me sunshine : a novel
Bastone, Cara
Paper Book
How do you find yourself after you lose the one you loved the most? NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman's life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming, slow-burn...
The Rarest Fruit
Belem, Gaelle
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025・BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - Washington Independent Review of Books  "A gorgeous novel."--New York Times Based on a true story, The Rarest Fruit is a captivating tale of resilience, discovery, and the...
Serial killer games
Posey, Kate
Paper Book
What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder--literally? Dolores dela Cruz has been dying to spot one in the wild, and he fits the mold perfectly: strangler gloves, calculated charm, dashing good looks that give a leg up in any field . . . including...
Sisters of Fortune : a novel
Chehebar, Esther Levy
Paper Book
"Syrian Jewish culture gets the Jane Austen treatment, with sisters Nina, Fortune and Lucy--the rebel, the good girl and the baby of the family, respectively--all on the marriage market. What's Mama Cohen to do? Chehebar's witty debut dives deep into Brooklyn's Syrian Jewish community."--...
Solitaria
Cruz, Eliana Alves
Paper Book
"Solitaria is a gem." --Saidiya Hartman, author of Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments For fans of Fernanda Melchor and Tove Ditlevsen, a raw, propulsive novel by an award-winning Afro-Brazillian novelist about a Black mother and daughter who work as live-in maids for...
A special interest in murder
Harrison, Mette Ivie
Paper Book
A brilliant neurodivergent female sleuth colliding with an FBI agent with a secret. A crime that is not all it seems. A page-turning, red-herring-filled murder mystery, perfect for fans of Nita Prose, Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz."A clever series kickoff featuring a sleuth who opens the often...
The staircase in the woods
Wendig, Chuck
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. "Chuck Wendig weaves his magic once more, turning a lonely...
The strange case of Jane O. : a novel
Walker, Karen Thompson
Paper Book
In this spellbinding and provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Miracles, a young mother is struck by sudden and puzzling psychological symptoms that illuminate the mysterious dimensions of the human mind--and of love. A...
Summer in the city : a novel
Aster, Alex
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "This was a fun, stay-up-late-to-finish read! Elle and Parker have chemistry from the jump, but a combination of forced proximity and her hatred of him is fuel for witty banter, a long, slow burn and plenty of steam! I loved how Elle's...
This Gilded Abyss
Thorne, Rebecca
Paper Book
From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Thorne comes This Gilded Abyss, a thrilling lesbian fantasy where Arcane meets Titanic Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but she's desperate to leave her haunted past in the bioluminescent ocean,...
This is not a game : a novel
Mullen, Kelly
Paper Book
Golden Girls meets Only Murders in the Building MURDER MARTINIS A GRANDMOTHER-GRANDDAUGHTER SLEUTHING DUO DACHSHUNDS (x2) A GLAMOROUS ISLAND MANOR Widow Mimi lives on idyllic Mackinac Island, where...
Tilt : a novel
Pattee, Emma
Paper Book
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A USA TODAY Bestseller A Best Book of 2025 for Vogue Named one of Time...
Wayseeker
Ireland, Justina
Paper Book
Decades before Star Wars: The Acolyte, Vernestra Rwoh must rediscover her place within the Jedi Order. Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh has spent years exploring the Outer Rim as a Wayseeker, answering to no authority but the Force itself. When the Jedi Council orders her to...
When we were real : a novel
Gregory, Daryl
Paper Book
From multiple award-winning author Daryl Gregory comes a madcap adventure following two friends on a cross-country bus tour through the mind-boggling glitches in their simulated world as they grapple with love, family, secrets, and the very nature of reality in a simulation. JP...
Where the axe is buried : a novel
Nayler, Ray
Paper Book
All systems fail. All societies crumble. All worlds end. In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Meanwhile, on the fringes of a...
The witch of Whispervale
Salvatore, R. A.
Paper Book
From the legendary author and creator of Drizzt Do'Urden comes the next installment in the New York Times bestselling DemonWars fantasy series, about the traitorous invasion by the Xoconai of the eastern realms of Corona. However, the heroes of the last war against their demon god may be...
The women on platform two
Anthony, Laura
Paper Book
In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this "heartbreaking, powerful, and ultimately uplifting" (Amanda Geard, author of The Midnight House) novel inspired by a little-known true story....
The year of the wind : a novel
Pacheco, Karina
Paper Book
A lyrical novel depicting the devastating effects of political violence in Peru on three women's lives Nina, a Peruvian writer in Spain on the eve of the pandemic, is pulled back into her nation's fraught history after a fleeting encounter with a woman who is a doppelgänger of...
Find this list online

https://librarian.syndetics.com/syndeticsunbound/lp/603.961/list/7330

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.