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 July 25, 2025
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The book of George
Greathead, Kate
'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,...
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...
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<...
Life of Pi
Martel, Yann
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee Winner of the Booker Prize
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Thorpe, Rufi.
Paper Book
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....
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...
Sweetbitter
Danler, Stephanie
Paper Book
  'A fantastic read - think Girls meets Kitchen Confidential' Stylist 'An adrenalised love song' Mail on Sunday 'A stunning debut novel' Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City *AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A USA TODAY...
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...
Vinegar girl : the taming of the Shrew retold
Tyler, Anne.
Paper Book
'A thoroughly modern love story' Guardian Kate Battista is stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young...

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