*New & Notable Adult Fiction - October Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated October 21, 2025
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*New & Notable Adult Fiction - October Highlights*

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Venetian vespers
Banville, John
Paper Book
A masterful, enthralling new novel from the Booker Prize winner Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . . 1899. As the new century approaches, struggling English writer Evelyn Dolman--a hack, by his own description--marries...
The devil she knows
Bellefleur, Alexandria
Paper Book
One of People's Must-Read Books of Fall 2025 | LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick | IndieNext Pick "A fantasy-tinged sapphic romance with perfect banter."--People A down-on-her-luck woman makes a deal with a crafty demon to win back her ex-girlfriend after a...
If the dead belong here
Faust, Carson
"Fierce, lyrical, and unrelentingly intimate . . . This is a story about hauntings both literal and inherited, a child gone missing, and the women who carry everything that came before. Faust doesn't just bend form--he breaks it open. --Morgan Talty, national bestselling author of Night of the...
Keep this for me
Fawcett, Jennifer
Paper Book
The acclaimed author of the "chilling, mesmerizing debut" (Rachel Harrison, author of The Return) Beneath the Stairs returns with a gripping, atmospheric suspense novel about a woman investigating a serial killer's connection to her mother's disappearance--for fans of I Have Some...
The Widow
Grisham, John
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he's back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name.
Final Orbit
Hadfield, Chris.
An edge-of-your-seat thriller about China's secret role in the space race--written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Apollo Murders and one of the most experienced astronauts alive.   Houston, 1975. A new...
King Sorrow
Hill, Joe
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill, a chilling tale of modern-world dangers, dark academia, and the unexpected consequences of revenge as six friends dabble in the occult and are tragically, horrifyingly successful... calling forth an evil entity that demands regular human...
Bad bad girl : a novel
Jen, Gish
The award-winning author of The Resisters returns with an engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship. My mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . . Gish's mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is...
The Wayfinder
Johnson, Adam
Paper Book
A Most Anticipated Book of the Fall: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune "An epic of extraordinary abundance . . . modern and mythological. . . wondrous enough to endure." --The Wall Street Journal ...
An unlikely coven
Kvita, AM
The outcast daughter of a powerful family of witches returns home to New York City and is immediately embroiled in a supernatural power struggle in this wickedly funny fantasy debut from AM Kvita.   After seven long years Joan Greenwood is finally returning home...
Cover Story
McFarlane, Mhairi
Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets The Hating Game in this heartfelt, witty, and utterly unputdownable enemies-to-lovers romance from international bestseller Mhairi McFarlane, about two journalists who must fake a relationship in order to land a huge story. Bel has just landed a job at...
The Women of Wild Hill
Miller, Kirsten
A witty, spectacular, and timely tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy, from fan favorite Kirsten Miller, the author of The Change and Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books. There are places on earth where nature's powers gather. Girls raised there are...
Ripeness : a novel
Moss, Sarah
Paper Book
A story of sisterhood, forbidden desire, lost connection, and what it means to find a home among strangers. Edith, just out of school, has been sent from her quiet English life to rural Italy. It is the 1960s, and her mother has issued strict instructions: tend to her ballerina...
The black wolf
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
The 20th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a...
Shadow Ticket
Pynchon, Thomas
The new novel from Thomas Pynchon, bestselling and award-winning author of Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49, Vineland, and Inherent Vice. "A masterpiece." --The Telegraph "Bonkers and brilliant fun." --The Washington Post...
The hitchhikers
Stevens, Chevy
Paper Book
Chevy Stevens, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Still Missing and Those Girls, returns with her most breathtaking thriller yet. With its relentless pace and unforgettable twists, The Hitchhikers delivers what bestselling author Karin...
COLIN GETS PROMOTED AND DOOMS THE WORLD
Waddell, Mark
Colin is a low-level employee at Dark Enterprises, a hell-like multinational corporation solving the world's most difficult problems in deeply questionable ways. After years of toiling away in a cubicle, he's ready to climb the corporate ladder and claim the power he's never had. The only problem is...
Queen demon
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we...
Hole in the sky : a novel
Wilson, Daniel H.
A Native American first contact story and gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse "Thrilling and personal... an important addition to the landscape of science fiction."--Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...
Gone before goodbye
Witherspoon, Reese
Paper Book
An unforgettable suspense novel that combines the storytelling talents of Academy Award-winning actor Reese Witherspoon and internationally bestselling author Harlan Coben. Gone Before Goodbye is the story of a woman trapped in a deadly conspiracy--where uncovering the truth could cost her...
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