*New & Notable Adult Fiction - May Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated May 11, 2026
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*New & Notable Adult Fiction - May Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

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A Very Vexing Murder: Harriet Smith Investigates
Andrew, Lucy
Paper Book
Harriet Smith investigates...A murder most Austen. A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen's Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury.<...
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...
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<...
Before I Knew I Loved You.
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 Last Contract of Isako
Lee, Fonda
Paper Book
A battle-worn corporate samurai undertakes one last mission on a merciless planet where death is always a mere breath away, in this standalone dystopian epic from the author of the modern fantasy classic Jade City.  LIVE BY THE CODE. DIE BY THE...
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...
The Things We Never Say
Strout, Elizabeth
In this "profound, resplendent novel"* from Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout, a chance incident sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life "Strout's capacious empathy and rigorous attention to the nuances of...
John of John
Stuart, Douglas.
Paper Book
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Oprah Daily, and Vogue "Douglas Stuart brilliantly weaved a layered, compelling and yet so intimate a story...
Platform Decay
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.Including human children. Ugh.This may well call for... eye contact!...
Seek Immediate Shelter
Yu, Vincent
Paper Book
A BREATHTAKING DEBUT novel about survival, hope, and second chances in an Asian American community in Massachusetts, when a false missile throws the residents' lives into chaos. "Propulsive and poetic...A MASTERFUL debut." --Jenny Tinghui Zhang "A PROFOUND work about...
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