New Adult Literature

Our new Curated Collection - New Adult Literature - is for readers aged 18+ to late twenties. This collection is an emerging sub-genre of literature for young readers who are all often missing from the pages of both Young Adult and Adult books. New Adult books explore many themes, including the transition from late adolescence to adulthood.

Updated May 14, 2026
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I make my own fun
Beer, Hannah
Paper Book
'Darkly humorous and outrageous, this is your next obsession' LUCY ROSE 'A riotous dissection of celebrity culture' INDEPENDENT 'An absolute banger of the highest order' ALICE SLATER 'I adored this book' KATY BRENT 'Savagely witty -...
Boy parts
Clark, Eliza
Paper Book
Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for her, scouted from the streets of Newcastle. Placed on sabbatical from her dead-end bar job, she is offered an exhibition at a fashionable London gallery, promising to revive her career in the art world...
Gatsby
Crowther, Jane
Paper Book
Everyone knows Gatsby. New money. Murky past. Huge online following. 'A clever, gender-flipped modern-day retelling of the classic' Grazia 'Stylish and beautifully written, with a case of the most decadently unhinged characters' JAMES GOODHAND 'Unputdownable' ROSIE...
The book of George
Greathead, Kate
Paper Book
'A smart, funny and surprisingly moving read for fans of Dolly Alderton' THE I PAPER 'A commercial-literary gem for fans of Kiley Reid, Curtis Sittenfeld and Alison Espach' PANDORA SYKES 'If you're honest, you'll admit that you've raised George or dated George or, worse,...
Instructions for heartbreak
Handyside, Sarah
Paper Book
'Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable 'Funny, practical and moving' - Daily Mail * * * * A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah Handyside, Instructions for Heartbreak<...
On the road
Kerouac, Jack
Paper Book
'What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow.' Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States....
KATABASIS
KUANG, R.F.
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED One of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025 2025's...
Bad fiction
Ley, Rebecca
A stylish, seductive new novel from Rebecca Sarah Ley, winner of a Betty Trask Prize and the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize 'A stylish and gripping take on the campus novel - witty, incredibly sharp, and compulsively readable' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure<...
Will there ever be another you
Lockwood, Patricia
Paper Book
'I'm always happy to go into her zany vortex' Lorde 'This was my most anticipated book of the year, and it did not disappoint!' R. F. Kuang, author of Katabasis and Yellowface **A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE OBSERVER, GQ...
Life of Pi
Martel, Yann
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee Winner of the Booker Prize
Half his age
McCurdy, Jennette
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Half His Age is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power - and the (often misguided) lengths we'll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom...
A River of Golden Bones
Mulford, A. K.
Paper Book
From bestselling author and TikTok sensation A.K. Mulford comes the first riveting, enchanting book in the all-new Golden Court trilogy. A young heir begins a journey of self-discovery, romance, and adventure as she comes out of hiding to save her sister from a malicious, powerful...
Wreck
Newman, Catherine
Paper Book
The NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. A wonderful novel full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family and what happens when life doesn't go as planned... 'The kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep... like spending hours with the friend...
The vulnerables
Nunez, Sigrid
Paper Book
***A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE INDEPENDENT, IRISH TIMES, PROSPECT, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS*** 'A sharp-eyed and tender novel about human connection' (PAULA HAWKINS) from the...
Homesick
Saunders, Sylvia.
Paper Book
A story of falling out of love for fans of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton 'A thoughtful and tender take on the concept of "home"' Pandora Sykes 'There's a snap and crackle in Saunders's dialogue' The Times 'Saunders makes funny and heartbreaking seem...
Margo's got money troubles
Thorpe, Rufi
Paper Book
There's no such thing as an easy job
Tsumura, Kikuko
Paper Book
_______________ 'Surreal and unsettling' - Observer Cultural Highlight 'Wise, comical and exceptionally relatable' - Zeba Talkhani 'Quietly hilarious and deeply attuned to the uncanny rhythms and deadpan absurdity of the daily...
One minute away
Watson, Mark
Paper Book
*The deliciously entertaining new novel from the award-winning writer and comedian, MARK WATSON* 'Funny and thought-provoking' ADAM HILLS 'A heartwarming story of happenstance' iPAPER --------------- That's three sashimi rolls. Two vegetable dumplings....

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