*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...
The Solitary Friend : A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery
Bowen, Gail.
Amateur sleuth Joanne Shreve finds herself caught in the middle when her friend Vera Wang, the owner of a discreet escort service, The Right Woman, calls in a favour. Howard Dowhanuik, another long-time friend of Joanne's and the former premier of Saskatchewan, has been a loyal client for years....
Patchwork : A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen
Evans, Kate
A bold reimagining of the life of much-loved English Regency writer, Jane Austen, from the author of RED ROSA and THREADS In her later years, Jane Austen made a patch­work quilt. She folded thousands of tiny scraps of fabric over diamond-shaped slips of paper and...
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.
A #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. From the #1 bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield, an edge-of-your-seat thriller set about China's secret role in the 1970s Space Race between the US and the USSR. Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit...
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
BEST OF FALL: Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, People, Oprah Daily, Writer's Digest, W Magazine * RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK * An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship. "A transcendent work of art." --Boston...
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...
A Guardian and a Thief : A Novel
Majumdar, Megha.
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE Megha Majumdar's electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller A Burning--longlisted for the National Book Award--is set in a near-future Kolkata ravaged by...
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...
Remain : A Novel
Sparks, Nicholas.
A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death and human connection--an unprecedented collaboration between the globally acclaimed author of bestselling love stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like...
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 : A Novel
Waddell, Mark.
WARNING! Under no circumstances must employees strike a deal with unauthorized personnel on Dark Enterprises property. Such behavior could result in death...or the end of the world. Colin is a low-level employee at Dark Enterprises, a Hell-like multinational corporation solving...
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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