May 2026 New Releases

Here are just some of the titles hitting the shelves at SCLS in May. Place a request today!

Updated April 17, 2026
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May 2026 New Releases

Here are just some of the titles hitting the shelves at SCLS in May. Place a request today!

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2084: A Novel of Future War
Ackerman, Elliot
Paper Book
"Gripping...Ackerman and Stavridis stage a harrowing global conflict that pits military might against an appetite for justice... equal parts haunting and entertaining." --Publishers Weekly, starred review A gripping drama and chilling prophecy about the possible path to war...
Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
Averick, Brooke
Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she's about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she's determined to finally lose it . . . if her own anxiety doesn't slow her down. The can't-miss debut novel from podcaster and comedian Brooke...
Five
Bannister, Ilona
Five lives. Five stories. Four will live--one will die. Who it will be? In this slow-burn masterpiece of psychological fiction, the choice is all yours. "Five is a gripping, chilling story that asks difficult questions about judgement, forgiveness, and the notion of...
Death's Daughter
Barnes, S a
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--a beautiful hardcover featuring sprayed edges, a foil case stamp and designed endpapers. "Action-packed and scorching, Death's Daughter is a rollicking good time from start to finish. Paranormal lovers rejoice, your new obsession has arrived!"--Hannah...
GOOD JOY, BAD JOY
BRAMMER, MIKKI.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Collected Regrets of Clover comes a vibrant, heartfelt novel about friendship over the decades, self-discovery, and what it means to have a life well-lived. Break the rules. Find your joy. For over eighty years...
The Fourth Option
Carr, Jack
Paper Book
When law enforcement, the courts, and the prison system fail, there is a fourth and final option. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a new thriller series cowritten with New York Times bestselling author M.P. Woodward. Disillusioned by the...
The Shippers
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
NO ONE DOES SUMMER ROMANCE LIKE KATHERINE CENTER. She wants him to help her woo someone else. Genius. Foolproof. Can't go wrong. DELUXE EDITION―a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful sky blue sprayed edges! After a...
The Parisian Chapter
Charles, Janet Skeslien
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library and Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, a charming and "richly populated" (New York Journal of Books) novel about two small-town girls with big dreams who move to Paris to become artists. But dreams don't just...
Vengeance: the last stands of Custer, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull
Clavin, Tom
Paper Book
A dramatic new look at Custer's Last Stand in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, by the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Heart of Everything That Is. On June 25-27, 1876, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly...
Red Verdict
Comey, James
Paper Book
Federal prosecutor Nora Carleton is drawn into international intrigue as she investigates the assassination of a weapons manufacturer in this latest thriller from the former director of the FBI. Nora Carleton is hitting her stride as Deputy US Attorney for the Southern District...
Ironwood: A Catalina Novel
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully...
IRONWOOD: A CATALINA NOVEL
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully...
Verity Guild
Corland, Mai
Paper Book
STARRED Kirkus Review STARRED Library Journal Review "A breath of romantasy fresh air! Mai Corland is such a skilled storyteller, weaving together layered world-building, tense political intrigue, an engrossing mystery, and, of course, steamy romance...
True Crime: A Memoir
Cornwell, Patricia
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell finally tells the story that rivals all of the works that precede it: her own. "Let's start, and end, with this: Patricia Cornwell's autobiography, TRUE CRIME, could be the best book she's ever...
A Murder in Hollywood
Crichton, Michael
From Michael CrichtonCreator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, Rising Sun, and Disclosure Writing as John Lange Comes a new Hollywood mystery thriller, originally written in 1973 by Crichton but never before published, that will keep you guessing until the very end. In the glitz...
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
Dean, Sunyi
Paper Book
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Book Eaters comes The Girl with a Thousand Faces, a stunning Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong that meshes ancient myths and local legends into a haunting story of ghosts, grief, and women who will not forgive. ...
A Parade of Horribles
Dinniman, Matt
It's off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series--featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition. As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor,...
A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
Dray, Stephanie
Paper Book
In time for the 250th Anniversary of the birth of the United States comes a sweeping, intimate portrayal of Abigail Adams--wife of one president and mother to another--whose wit, willpower, and wisdom helped shape the fledgling republic. A stunning historical novel with modern-day...
Homebound
Elan, Portia
Paper Book
Five lives are entangled across time by one story of survival and hope, uploaded to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across the centuries... "A joy--at once a gripping mystery that confidently spans centuries, and a hauntingly beautiful exploration of what...
The Anniversary: A Thriller
Finlay, Alex
Paper Book
From the national bestselling author of Parents Weekend, comes one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year. "Everything I want in a thriller!"―Ashley Elston "I could not put it down!"―Angie Kim "Nonstop twists!"--Jason Rekulak "A master...
American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
Fitzgerald, Isaac
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald sets off into the heart of America, following the path of the legendary Johnny Appleseed on an epic journey that both takes him far from home and brings him closer to it. "Rollicking, heartfelt. . . . Made me feel the kind of...
Our Perfect Storm
Fortune, Carley
Paper Book
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, TODAY, WOMAN'S WORLD, TOWN & COUNTRY, BRITT & CO., AND MORE! Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New...
Broken Dove
Francis, Dani
Paper Book
In the heart-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling dystopian romance Silver Elite, lines will be crossed, loyalties will be tested, and the fight for the Continent is only just beginning as Wren Darlington finds herself caught in the middle of two wars: one for the fate...
Enormous Wings
Frankel, Laurie
Paper Book
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Laurie Frankel, an exuberant and timely new novel At seventy-seven, Pepper Mills is too old to be a stranger in a strange land. She didn't choose the Vista View Retirement Community of Austin, Texas--that would be...
Robert B. Parker's Booked
Gaylin, Alison
Paper Book
Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's bestselling series. World famous author Melanie Joan Hall asks for Sunny's help in tracking down Book Babe, the screen...
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
Gilmore, Laurie
Paper Book
The brand new summer romance set in Dream Harbor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Strawberry Patch Pancake House! "Another gentle small-town romance with Hallmark movie vibes... Dream Harbor remains a cozy spot to linger" Publisher's Weekly<...
Karen's Surprise: a Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #12)
Grant, Shauna J.
Paper Book
Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, adapted and illustrated by bestselling author and Mimi series creator Shauna J. Grant! Karen and her classmates are putting on a play about a grand Thanksgiving feast. She wants the starring role, of course,...
The Midnight Train
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days...
Birth Vibes: Stories and Strategies for an Empowered Birth
Hamilton, Jen
Paper Book
"A refreshingly compassionate roadmap built on boundaries, clarity, and real communication, because growing a family shouldn't mean losing yourself." ―Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play Childbirth is one of...
To All the Boys I've Loved Before the Graphic Novel
Han, Jenny
Paper Book
To All the Boys I've Loved Before is now a major motion picture on Netflix and the inspiration for the spin-off series XO, Kitty--now streaming on Netflix! In this sparkling graphic novel adaptation of the Time Best YA Book of All Time selection and...
SUMMER STATE OF MIND
Harvey, Kristy Woodson
Paper Book
"Queen of the beach read," (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina. After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, North...
The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One
Ishiguro, Naomi
Paper Book
Featuring stenciled edges and original art for the front and back endpapers. The first novel in a dazzling fantasy trilogy inspired by Japanese folklore and Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away, set within a mythical archipelago brimming with dragons and Sun Spirits,...
The Brothers McKay: A Longmire Mystery
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
A masterful new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series When Pepper McKay, one of the most hated men in Absaroka County, is found murdered on his ranch in Crazy Woman Canyon, suspects aren't in short supply. But Sheriff Walt Longmire's attention is...
Before I Knew I Loved You (Original)
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Paper Book
The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series about a cozy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible - not just a...
The Foursome
Kline, Christina Baker
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina -- Kline's own distant relatives -- who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam. ...
Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement
Larsen, Ward
Paper Book
When a member of his Cabinet is killed in a plane President Jack Ryan suspects that the "accident" is anything but in this latest shocking entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. The White House is stunned when the Secretary of Commerce is killed in a plane...
Caller Unknown
McAllister, Gillian
Paper Book
"An unputdownable adventure that was both heartwarming and thrilling! Everything I've come to expect from Gillian McAllister!" --Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author  "Only a Gillian McAllister thriller can make your heart race and then your heart melt from one...
The Divorce
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
A brand-new, gripping thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid! What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a...
Dolly All the Time
Monaghan, Annabel
A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script. "This book is like a spicy margarita...sweet and a little salty,...
The Wish
Morris, Heather
From the #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel full of the author's characteristic empathy and understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the...
Ghalen: A Romance in Black
Mosley, Walter
Paper Book
A stellar addition to the Amistad list: a beautiful coming-of-age novel from MWA Grand Master and PEN and Edgar Award-winner Walter Mosley that explores love in all forms--romantic, familial, and platonic, centered on one Black family, including a neurodivergent man, and the found...
First and Forever
Painter, Lynn
Paper Book
This deluxe, first-edition trade paperback of First and Forever will feature gorgeous stenciled edges. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter comes an utterly irresistible romantic comedy about a football star and his team's die-hard fan who find...
26 Beauties: A Women's Murder Club Thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
From the world's #1 bestselling author, the Women's Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties--young women missing in San Francisco.   SFPD's Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest...
The Last Mandarin
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
A gripping thriller about family and power co-written by Louise Penny, #1 bestselling author of the Gamache novels, and Mellissa Fung, an award-winning journalist. A mother and a daughter race against time in this all-too-real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all...
Five Weeks in the Country
Prose, Francine
Paper Book
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Reading Like a Writer and Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris, 1932 comes an utterly original novel inspired by the strange friendship between Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen and set during the summer when Dickens's family life exploded...
Rules for the Summer (Deluxe Edition)
Quinn, Meghan
Paper Book
*This limited deluxe edition features gorgeous printed edges* From New York Times bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new laugh-out-loud summer rom-com. He clicked "yes" on a dare. She bought a failing candy shop. Now they're neighbors for the summer--and neither is ready for...
Rules for the Summer (Standard Edition)
Quinn, Meghan
From New York Times bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new laugh-out-loud summer rom-com. He clicked "yes" on a dare. She bought a failing candy shop. Now they're neighbors for the summer--and neither is ready for what comes next. Renley Gossage has one shot to prove she's more...
The Final Target
Roberts, Nora
Paper Book
A young author becomes the object of a fan's desire--and rage--in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature. He showed up at Arden Bowie's debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her...
Seek the Traitor's Son
Roth, Veronica
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--a beautiful hardcover edition featuring a map, designed endpapers and black sprayed edges. An epic, romantic dystopian fantasy begins in Seek the Traitor's Son, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth Elegy Ahn...
Take Me with You
Rowley, Steven
Paper Book
"Only national treasure Steven Rowley could blur the otherworldly with the everyday and turn all of it into heartache-flavored comedy." --Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and Wreck We are all alien, even to the people who know us...
The Land and Its People: Essays
Sedaris, David
Paper Book
In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). "A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much...
A Fortune of Sand
Sepetys, Ruta
The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists' retreat--where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await--in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. "Enthralling . . . While...
Fever Dream
Silver, Elsie
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Elsie Silver comes a small-town, forbidden, rivals-to-lovers romance, the first book in the brand-new Western romance series Emerald Lake. Professional bull rider Emmett Bush is not looking for love. He's looking for a paycheck to...
The Calamity Club
Stockett, Kathryn
Paper Book
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, GOODREADS, TOWN & COUNTRY, MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE, GARDEN & GUN, AARP, WOMAN'S WORLD, COUNTRY LIVING, AND OPRAH DAILY "So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never...
The Things We Never Say
Strout, Elizabeth
Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout's new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life--a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a...
John of John
Stuart, Douglas
Paper Book
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, LOS ANGELES TIMES, TIME, OPRAH DAILY, AND VOGUE "So immersive, so all-encompassing, that I felt like I was living in it."--Ann Patchett From the...
Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Tyson, Neil DeGrasse
America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials. ...
A Perfect Hand
Waldman, Ayelet
Paper Book
A richly drawn, captivating, and endlessly amusing novel of love and subterfuge between a lady's maid and her clandestine lover, set in the country estates of nineteenth-century England. "Ayelet Waldman's clever, fast-paced historical romp turned out to be not only great fun but also...
The One Day You Were My Husband
Walsh, Rosie
"A love story for true believers. . . Perfection." --Annabel Monaghan From the New York Times-bestselling author of Ghosted and The Love of My Life comes an unmissable emotional thriller: an up-all-night, page-turning love story with a very dark secret at...
Platform Decay
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot...
Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being
Zomorodi, Manoush
Paper Book
From the award-winning journalist and NPR TED Radio Hour host comes a timely investigation into how screens and sitting are reshaping our bodies--and how a simple shift can change everything. In today's world, a normal day means sitting in front of a screen for eight to ten...
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