*New & Notable Adult Fiction - July Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated July 11, 2025
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Birth of a Dynasty
Bado, Chinaza
Paper Book
Combining the political intrigue of She Who Became the Sun with the gorgeous world-building of Children of Blood and Bone, Birth of a Dynasty is the start of a thrilling epic fantasy trilogy centered around three families' fight for power in Ahkebulin, a land where magic...
Typewriter beach : a novel
Clayton, Meg Waite
Paper Book
Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hollywood, Typewriter Beach is an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock's new star.  1957. Isabella Giori is ten months into a standard seven-year...
Party of liars : a novel
Cox, Kelsey
Paper Book
THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER AN INDIE NEXT PICK A LIBRARY READS PICK Most Anticipated by Goodreads, People, Glamour, BookRiot, Fresh Fiction and more! "This is the thriller of the summer." - Bestselling author...
My ex, the antichrist
DiLouie, Craig
Paper Book
From rising star of horror Craig DiLouie comes a twisted tale of love, heartbreak, and the apocalypse. We all have bad exes. Lily Lawlor's just happens to be the Antichrist. "DiLouie brings his sharp mix of heart and horror to the end of the world with this clever story...
Culpability
Holsinger, Bruce
* OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!"--Oprah Winfrey "The most of-the-moment novel I've read all year, and it's the book of the summer."--Real Simple
These summer storms : a novel
MacLean, Sarah
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean, a razor-sharp, wildly sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning . . . and the one week that threatens to tear them apart. "Deliciously impossible to put down."--Jodi Picoult ...
The bewitching
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. "In Silvia Moreno-Garcia's sure hands, every uncovered secret is fraught with intrigue...
The Baby Dragon Cafe
Qureshi, A. T.
Paper Book
"IF I COULD GIVE 6 STARS I WOULD" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Qureshi's gentle, Hallmark Channel-esque storytelling hits the spot. Readers seeking a soft and sweet love story will be pleased.' Publishers Weekly 🐉🔥☕❤️&...
Vera, or faith : a novel
Shteyngart, Gary
A poignant, sharp-eyed, and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter, by the bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Our Country Friends "Pull...
Terror at the Gates
St. Clair, Scarlett
Paper Book
The first in a seductive new romantasy series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair. Banished and betrayed, Lilith rises from the shadows of her past to claim forbidden power--and a destiny written in blood and desire. She is the beginning and the end. She is...
The view from Lake Como : a novel
Trigiani, Adriana
Paper Book
PEOPLE: BEST NEW BOOKS An Elle Best Book of Summer 2025 USA Today Most Anticipated Read of Summer 2025 Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2025 From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a...
An enemy in the village
Walker, Martin
Paper Book
A real estate agent's death sends shockwaves through the idyllic town of St. Denis, leading Bruno, Chief of Police, to suspect that there's more to this tragedy than meets the eye. When Bruno stumbles upon a motionless figure in a car parked at a scenic overpass on the ridge of...
The Satisfaction Cafe
Wang, Kathy
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Summer by People, Oprah Daily, and Today.com How do we live so that we are satisfied? How can people connect during moments of loneliness? This is the story of Joan Liang, a woman who moves across the world to America, and in trying to...
The Woman in Suite 11 : A Novel
Ware, Ruth.
Paper Book
In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware's multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe. When the invitation to...
Roll for romance : a novel
Woods, Lenora
Paper Book
Two fledgling tabletop gamers find themselves falling for each other--both in and out of their weekly D&D sessions--in this charming, fantasy-tinged romance. "Sweet, charming, and wonderful!"--Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop When Sadie Brooks...
Maggie Or, a Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar
Yee, Katie
Paper Book
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