*New & Notable Adult Fiction - April Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated April 17, 2026
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*New & Notable Adult Fiction - April Highlights*

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Japanese Gothic: A Gothic Dual-Timeline Novel of Ghosts, Hauntings and Redemption (Original)
Baker, Kylie Lee
Paper Book
New York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026 USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Book Riot "Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026" In this lyrical, wildly inventive horror...
The Ending Writes Itself
Clarke, Evelyn
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V.E. SCHWAB Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that...
Anxietyland
Correll, Gemma
Paper Book
"A deeply felt and surprisingly funny book" (Roz Chast, #1 New York Times bestselling author) "equal parts hysterical, heartbreaking, and hopeful" (Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Anxietyland is award-winning popular cartoonist...
Thistlemarsh
Corrigan, Moorea
Paper Book
"The perfect escape for A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue fans.... Thistlemarsh is perfect for all genre lovers."--Parade Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the...
Last Night in Brooklyn
Gonzalez, Xochitl
Paper Book
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY TIME, OPRAH DAILY, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, ELECTRIC LIT, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VULTURE, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, THE BOSTON GLOBE, TOWN & COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AND...
The Caretaker
Kliewer, Marcus
Paper Book
Follow the Rites... Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new "titan of the macabre and unsettling" (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a...
Dear Monica Lewinsky
Langbein, Julia
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of American Mermaid ("Sublime"--NYTBR) comes a wise, funny, and wildly original examination of female desire and the price women pay for giving in to their appetites. A LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR "A wild,...
This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone
Mack, Catherine
Paper Book
The third in the witty and captivating series following bestselling author Eleanor Dash, who once again has to swap her sun hat for her detective hat, when a body is found at a murder mystery writing conference in the Bahamas. Eleanor Dash can never catch a break. Not only has...
Enemies to Lovers
Rai, Alisha
Paper Book
From the author of Partners in Crime, comes a sparkling new adventure rom-com where a con woman and a lawman team up on an epic cross-country road trip to save their families...and each other.  Sejal Chaudhary inherited her mama's calculating brain, her daddy's quick fingers, and the...
Cherry Baby
Rowell, Rainbow
Paper Book
"Sexy, messy, funny and raw." --The New York Times #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell returns with a breathtakingly honest novel about a woman who lost everything -- and isn't sure she wants it back. Everybody knows that Cherry's husband,...
Go Gentle
Semple, Maria
Oprah's Book Club "Maria Semple is a treasure." --Los Angeles Times The New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette returns to form in her most exuberant and life-affirming novel yet with the story of one woman's cheerful...
Odessa
Sher, Gabrielle
Paper Book
In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave.  "A triumph."―Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home
American Fantasy
Straub, Emma
"American Fantasy has everything we need right now: '90s nostalgia, humor, and it is a great escape." --Jenna Bush Hager on NBC Today Show "I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy." --Ann Patchett "American...
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