New Adult Books September 2025

Updated August 27, 2025
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Kraus, Daniel
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This novel leaves you breathless." --Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author "A thunderous gallop of a war novel, a new classic, a best-in-class example of speculative fiction." --The New York Times Book...
Automatic noodle
Newitz, Annalee
Paper Book
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz. An instant USA Today and indie bestseller! Indie Next pick | Library Reads pick | Best of the Year at...
Baldwin : a love story
Boggs, Nicholas
Paper Book
A TIME TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 AN ATLANTIC TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE ...
The beast in the clouds : the Roosevelt brothers' deadly quest to find the mythical giant panda
Holt, Nathalia
Paper Book
A New York Public Library Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 · A New York Times Book Review Critics' Pick · A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 · Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature "A thrilling work of history that's wilder than...
Dominion : a novel
Citchens, Addie E.
Paper Book
Long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize A Best Book of the Year: Elle, Garden & Gun, Electric Literature, Debutiful A...
The Good Liar
Mina, Denise
Paper Book
**Named a Best Thriller of the Year by the New York Times and the Guardian** In this "riveting" (New York Times) and "morally complex" (The Washington Post) mystery from beloved crime writer Denise Mina, new evidence in an old murder case...
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
Dante's Inferno meets Susanna Clarke's Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save...
The Martians : The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-of-the-century America
Baron, David
Paper Book
"There is Life on the Planet Mars" --New York Times, December 9, 1906 This New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed we had discovered intelligent life on Mars, as best-selling science writer David...
Songs for Other People's Weddings
Levithan, David
Paper Book
From award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman comes a charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship J is an accidental wedding singer. Unlike...
Tonight in Jungleland : the making of Born to Run
Carlin, Peter Ames
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Bruce Springsteen's ground-breaking album, Born to Run, one of the most iconic records in rock history * "A lovely book about the making of Born to Run. It goes into great...
Typewriter beach : a novel
Clayton, Meg Waite
Paper Book
Instant USA Today Bestseller · Washington Post 5 Works of Historical Fiction to Read This Summer · Top 10 Library Read · Los Angeles Times 10 Reads for a Beach Day · Publishers Weekly Summer Read · Woman's World Book Club Pick · Zibby Books That'll Make You...
The white crow
Robotham, Michael
Paper Book
"No one does suspense better." --Stephen King Ambitious young London police officer Philomena McCarthy returns in this propulsive thriller by the author of When You Are Mine. Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds to become a young officer with the...

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