New & Notable Adult Fiction - August Highlights

Selected new additions published this month

Updated September 5, 2024
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The Volcano Daughters
Balibrera, Gina Maria
Paper Book
  A searingly original novel about sisterhood, art, and a community of women who refuse to be silenced. 'A gripping and spellbinding novel about a sisterhood ripped apart by violence, narrated by a ghostly chorus. An unforgettable debut.' 
And so I roar : a novel
Daré, Abi
Paper Book
Adunni and Ms Tia are back, now forced to confront their pasts and find the courage to roar for themselves ''Fresh, funny and fiercely feminist, Dare's empowering sequel to The Girl With The Louding Voice is a gut punch of a book' MAIL ON SUNDAY<...
The Chamber
Dean, Will
Paper Book
'The tension is almost unbearable. A masterclass in suspense - I absolutely loved it!' SHARI LAPENA 'A tour-de-force. Chilling, intriguing and most entertaining' LIZ NUGENT 'A superb read' SARAH PEARSE The master of intense suspense, Will Dean, is...
Peggy : A Novel
Godfrey, Rebecca.
Paper Book
'Intimate and urgent' Financial Times 'A vivid portrait of a tumultuous 20th century life' Mail on Sunday 'A rich and rewarding read' Daily Telegraph 'I was a liberated woman long before there was a name for it' PEGGY GUGGENHEIM ...
The divorce : a novel
Herngren, Moa
Paper Book
The irresistible international bestseller you will not be able to stop talking about
A sorceress comes to call
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher comes a dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic. Cordelia knows her mother is unusual. Their house doesn't have any doors between...
Hum
Phillips, Helen
Paper Book
From critically acclaimed, prize-winning author Helen Phillips comes an urgent, compelling and deeply human novel that asks: how do we raise our children for a future that is unknown, that we can't see ourselves?
By Any Other Name : A Novel
Picoult, Jodi
Paper Book
The Number 1 New York Times bestseller from the author of My Sister's Keeper and Mad Honey 'Her best one yet' JOJO MOYES 'A timeless classic' CHRIS WHITAKER Student playwright Melina Green finds that even in New...
There Are Rivers in the Sky : A Novel
Shafak, Elif.
Paper Book
THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water. ***** In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia,...
Lady Macbeth : a novel
Reid, Ava
Paper Book
'Channelling the dark magic at the heart of one of Shakespeare's most intriguing anti-heroes, this reimagining of Lady Macbeth is full of witchcraft, deadly power games, dark schemes, supernatural elements, and a touch of romance.' Cosmopolitan 'A...

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