New Adult Fiction

The latest adult fiction books ordered in print. (Please note that new local books and Indigenous books are covered in separate lists.)

Updated May 25, 2026
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200 Monas
Saenz, Jan
Paper Book
For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July comes a whip-smart, irresistible novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the consequences.   Arvy Keening is just trying to...
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Fawcett, Heather
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montréal turns to a grouchy but charming magician to help save her shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Wilde series. "Absolutely magnificent!...
And the Crowd Went Wild: A Chicago Stars Novel
Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Paper Book
"The queen of the football romance is not Taylor Swift. It's Susan Elizabeth Phillips."--Wall Street Journal From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips, a romance between a star quarterback and one of the country's most beautiful--and...
Antihero
Hurwitz, Gregg
Paper Book
An Instant National Bestseller! Once a black ops assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn. A young woman is kidnapped off...
The Antique Hunter's murder at the castle : a novel
Miller, C. L.
Paper Book
The third novel in the "delightful, page-turning" (Tom Ryan, USA TODAY bestselling author) Antique Hunter Series finds Freya, Aunt Carole, and friends searching for a missing colleague in picturesque Scotland. Hot on the heels of an art forger, a member of...
The beheading game : a novel
Lehmann, Rebecca
Paper Book
Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . . We all know what happened to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice? "Fabulous! A marvelously inventive and...
A Better Life
Shriver, Lionel
Paper Book
In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant--who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. Gloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her 26-year-old son...
Blade
Walker, Wendy
Paper Book
From USA Today bestselling author--and former competitive skater--Wendy Walker comes a chilling psychological thriller set in the cutthroat world of elite figure skating. Ana Robbins was an Olympic star in the making--until tragedy forced her to leave that world behind. At...
The Body
Morrow, Bethany C
Paper Book
"Hellish, sinister, and utterly unputdownable."--Alexis Henderson, author of An Academy for Liars The Body is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating attacks on her...
Book of Forbidden Words
Fein, Louise
Paper Book
"Devotees of rich historical fiction and contemporary social discourse alike will be enthralled." --Booklist, starred review From bestselling author Louise Fein comes a new historical novel set in a world of banned books and censorship, in which an encrypted...
The book tour : a novel
Ohanjanians, Emily
Paper Book
Sparks fly between a lively debut author and her grumpy publicist on book tour in this sizzling rom-com from a fresh new voice in contemporary romance. Despite her popular podcast and sold-out speaking events, Ana Movilian still feels like she has to prove herself. To her family,...
The Book Witch
Shaffer, Meg
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * She can hop into any novel, but she just can't stay there. Come along with the Book Witch in this magical and inspiring love letter to reading from the USA Today bestselling author of The Wishing Game. This hardcover edition...
Brawler: Stories
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Groff is one of this country's most successful and versatile literary figures."--New York Times "Required reading."--Los Angeles Times "A knockout."--Minnesota Star Tribune A stunning,...
Crown City
Hirahara, Naomi
Paper Book
Pasadena, 1903: Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke 'Ryui' Wada staggers off the boat from Yokohama, Japan, ready to reinvent himself after the untimely deaths of his parents. Though battling loneliness and culture shock, Ryui does his best to settle into his work as an antique dealer's apprentice while...
The Fox and the Devil
White, Kiersten
Paper Book
An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunter's daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying. "Grisly and electrifying, innovating and moving . . . Kiersten...
The Girls Before
Marshall, Kate Alice
Paper Book
A search & rescue expert. A kidnapped woman. The lost girls who haunt them both. "A haunting, dual-narrative thriller that traps you in the dark." --The Seattle Times "A superb mystery. . . Readers will be thinking about this long after they turn...
Green & Deadly Things
Lyons, Jenn
Paper Book
For fans of S.A. Chakraborty, Robin Hobb, and Martha Wells's Witch King, a page-turning standalone fantasy of necromancy and magical mayhem from Jenn Lyons, the acclaimed author of The Ruin of Kings. Centuries ago, necromancy almost destroyed the world....
Gunk
Sams, Saba
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * An electrifying first novel from "a fresh new voice in fiction" (Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest), the story of two women circling one another--working side-by-side, sleeping with the same...
Her Last Breath
Adams, Taylor
Paper Book
"What Stephen King did for an empty hotel in The Shining, Taylor Adams does for a treacherous cave in his bracing, breathtaking Her Last Breath." --BookPage From the bestselling author of No Exit and The Last Word...
How to write a love story : a novel
Walsh, Catherine (Romance fiction writer)
Paper Book
One writer, one editor, one hot summer . . . Will this be a romance for the books? Ciara Sheridan's father has left her with three things: a sprawling and distinctly ramshackle estate on the Irish coast, the outline for the finale to his bestselling epic fantasy series...
Murder bimbo : a novel
Novack, Rebecca
Paper Book
"Deviously intelligent...Irresistible." --The New York Times Book Review * "Murder Bimbo is Gone Girl for the Luigi Mangione era." --Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X The exhilaratingly twisty story of a sex worker...
One & only
Goo, Maurene
Paper Book
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...
Saoirse
Hurtubise, Charleen
Paper Book
For readers of Colm Tóibín and Claire Keegan, Saoirse is a powerful novel set between the United States and Ireland about a woman who runs from her traumatic past and the secrets she carries to survive. In Michigan, Sarah's childhood was defined by fear and silence. As...
Strangers in the Villa
Harding, Robyn
Paper Book
From the international bestselling author of The Drowning Woman, a psychological thriller about a couple rocked by infidelity who moves to a villa in Spain's Costa Brava to rebuild their relationship, only to welcome a pair of visitors who have no intention of leaving.  
That's What Friends Are for: A Hilarious, Tender Story Based on the Golden Girls (Original)
Rouse, Wade
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! USA TODAY bestseller * Today Show Best Feel Good Read * Bookbub Best New Fiction * A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Zibby Media * US Weekly Best Romance * Featured on People.com, Newsweek.com and CBS-NY/Club Calvi Book Club
Thistlemarsh
Corrigan, Moorea
Paper Book
An Instant USA Today Bestseller! "Perfect for reading in the garden...and readers who've loved the fairy-adjacent historical romances of Robin McKinley or Mercedes Lackey will find themselves right at home."--The New York Times "The perfect escape for A...
Too Close to Home (Original)
Nova Glass, Seraphina
Paper Book
From the two-time Edgar Award-nominated author of ON A QUIET STREET and THE VACANCY IN ROOM 10... DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES meets FINLAY DONOVAN in this darkly humorous thriller about three women's lives colliding around an explosive murder, a bizarre cover-up,...
The tree of light and flowers
Perry, Thomas
Paper Book
Two Kinds of Stranger
Cavanagh, Steve
Paper Book
Elly Parker helped a perfect stranger. She didn't know he was the perfect killer...in another "unguessable and unputdownable" (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) psychological thriller from the author of Witness 8. One offers a helping hand....
Warning signs
Sierra, Tracy
Paper Book
The heart-stopping second novel from the author of Nightwatching, in which a father-son ski weekend becomes a desperate fight for survival At twelve years old, Zach admires his father almost as much as he fears him. When Bram takes him on a father-son ski trip in the...
We Call Them Witches
Bower, India-Rose
Paper Book
For fans of The Watchers and T. Kingfisher comes a queer, post-apocalyptic horror following one woman's journey across a merciless wasteland to save her brother and confront the dark truth behind the monsters that ravaged the world - with the help of a woman she's not sure she can trust but can't...
West of Wicked
Crowe, Nikki St
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--featuring gorgeous stenciled edges, a map, endpapers, and a case stamp. No one is safe on the Yellow Brick Road. Dorothy Gale doesn't know where she came from. At the age of five, she was dropped on Em and Henry's doorstep while a...
What happened to the McCrays? : a novel
Lange, Tracey
Paper Book
"Lange has proved herself to be a deft spinner of shamrock-tinged family yarns.... Her portrait of complicated, deeply rooted relationships is a sight to behold." --The New York Times "The novel's emotional range is impressive, particularly the slow-burn...
Whidbey
Madden, T Kira
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Audacious and instantly gripping . . . hums with cinematic tension, echoing classic thrillers without tipping into pastiche. . . . In Madden's vision, justice is partial at best and closure rare--and yet Whidbey is deeply satisfying." --...
You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom: A Modern Gothic Horror
Tirado, Vincent
Paper Book
Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family. When Papi Ramon, the patriarch of the wealthy Abreu family dies, he gives the family one last message in...

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