New Adult Fiction

Updated February 12, 2025
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The Book of Witching
Cooke, C. J.
Paper Book
?A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick? 'Chilling and beautifully written ... C.J. Cooke's finest novel yet' Emilia Hart 'A spellbinding thriller' Scots Magazine Four hundred years separate them. One book binds them. Glasgow 2024: Clem waits by her...
Caledonian Road : A Novel
O'Hagan, Andrew.
Paper Book
From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel - the story of one man's epic fall from grace.
Call of the penguins
Prior, Hazel
Paper Book
Meet the heroine everyone's talking about . . . Fiercely resilient and impeccably dressed, Veronica McCreedy has lived an incredible 87 years. Most of them alone, in her huge house by the sea. But Veronica has recently discovered a late-life love for family and...
The children of Jocasta : a novel
Haynes, Natalie
Paper Book
When you have grown up as I have, there is no security in not knowing things, in avoiding the ugliest truths because they can't be faced . . . Because that is what happened the last time, and that is why my siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . . Jocasta is...
The cracked mirror
Brookmyre, Chris
Paper Book
FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Penny Coyne. The little old lady who has solved multiple murders in her otherwise sleepy village, despite bumbling local police. A razor-sharp mind in a twinset and tweed. You know...
Eddie Winston is looking for love : a novel
Cronin, Marianne
Gabriel's moon : a novel
Boyd, William
Paper Book
Gabriel Dax is a young man haunted by the memories of a tragedy- every night, when sleep finally comes, he dreams about his childhood home in flames. His days are spent on the move as an acclaimed travel writer, capturing changing landscapes in the grip of the Cold War. When he's offered the chance...
The gilded crown
Gordon, Marianne
Paper Book
The Witch's Heart meets The Foxglove King in this debut dark fantasy about a woman who can bring people back from the dead, and the princess she must protect, no matter the cost 'Has the feel of an ancient fairy tale freshly told' Freya Marske, Sunday Times bestselling author of A...
The good liars
Frank, Anita
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestselling new historical fiction novel: an atmospheric tale of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s... 'Ingenious' Sunday Times 'The Good Liars is not only a superb book, it's a clever book... claustrophobic, addictive and utterly...
Guillotine
Dawson, Delilah S.
Paper Book
The Menu meets Ready or Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom. Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in...
The haunting of Moscow house
Gilmore, Olesya Salnikova
Paper Book
In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous - and deadly - to remember. It is the summer of 1921, and a group of Bolsheviks...
The Honeymoon Affair
O'Flanagan, Sheila.
Paper Book
THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'A glitzy, glamorous rollercoaster of a romance - hugely entertaining and so satisfying . . . Sheila O'Flanagan at her sparkling best' Veronica Henry The irresistible, utterly satisfying new contemporary novel from No. 1...
How It Works Out
Lacroix, Myriam
What if you could rewrite your relationship, again and again, until it works out? 'A stunner of a debut' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH 'A cause for celebration' GEORGE SAUNDERS 'Exhilaratingly good' KELLY LINK When Myriam and...
How the Penguins Saved Veronica
Prior, Hazel
Paper Book
A truly feel-good book club read - a #1 bestseller in ebook and audio! 'This year's Eleanor Oliphant . . . Funny, bittersweet and wholly original.' Daily Express Veronica McCreedy is about to have the journey of a lifetime . . .
How to Age Disgracefully : A Novel
Pooley, Clare.
Paper Book
The hypocrite
Hamya, Jo
Paper Book
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, THE DAILY MAIL, THE INDEPENDENT, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND THE ATLANTIC 'Like Edward St Aubyn and Anne Enright, Hamya is so good on generational conflict, the friction of family, and the damage done by charming but...
Ink Ribbon Red
Pavesi, Alex
Paper Book
A group of friends gather in a country house for a birthday party. At their host's request, they each write a short mystery. They draw names from a hat- in each story, one of the group is the killer, and another the victim. Of course, when given such a task, it's only...
Jimi Hendrix live in Lviv : a novel
Kurkov, AndreÄ­
Paper Book
"Both a pleasure and a testament to life in Ukraine, before" Sunday Times "Ukraine's greatest living novelist" New European "A Ukrainian Murakami" Guardian A love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by...
Lola in the mirror
Dalton, Trent
Paper Book
'A boisterous romp that spotlights serious social issues' DAILY MAIL 'A Down Under Demon Copperhead... it's more than feel-good, it's feel-everything. What a triumph' A. J. FINN Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, this is the irresistible new novel from the internationally...
Love Story
Kelk, Lindsey
Paper Book
The new enemies-to-lovers romcom from Lindsey Kelk She's a small-town schoolteacher, he's a hotshot creative director. Together, it's hate at first sight. Sophie Taylor has a secret and Joe Walsh is the last person she'd tell. He's devilishly handsome, incredibly hot -...
The man in black and other stories
Griffiths, Elly
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Criminally clever' Daily Mail 'The perfect holiday treat' Guardian This collection of tales by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved characters: Dr...
The Outsider
Casey, Jane.
Paper Book
A gripping new crime thriller with a ticking clock! 'Thrums along at a breakneck pace' Irish Times 'Fast-paced and action-packed' Woman & Home December Book of the Month 'Pacy, gripping and tightly plotted' Guardian A notorious family... The...
Precipice
Harris, Robert
Paper Book
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley - aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless - is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than...
Reunion : a novel
Juska, Elise
Paper Book
A New York Times Editors' Choice * A People Best Book "Masterful storytelling and memorable characters. . . . Elise Juska's best book yet."--Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River and The God of the Woods "I loved this story about the importance...
The scandalous life of Ruby Devereaux
Robotham, Mandy
Paper Book
'This is just a delight! The lovable characters and Ruby's charming and thrilling stories make this a book truly enjoyable and heartwarming read.' - Amazon reviewer, 5* *** Everyone knows Ruby Devereaux's books. But no one knows her story... until now.<...
The Secret History of Audrey James
Marshall, Heather.
Paper Book
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'This book is absolutely brilliant and my favourite book of the year so far! I couldn't put it down!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of the best books I've read in a long time!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The shadow key : a novel in four branches
Stokes-Chapman, Susan
Paper Book
There's something devilish going on in the quiet Welsh village of Penhelyg. Will the shadow key unlock its dark secrets? After a grave mistake, Henry Talbot has been forced to take an unappealing position as a village doctor in remote Wales where he can't speak the language...
Shy creatures : a novel
Chambers, Clare
Paper Book
From the Women's Prize longlisted, British Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Small Pleasures, a new novel about love, family and the joy of freedom. 'I was worried this wouldn't be as good as the brilliant Small Pleasures, but it might be even better....
The silence factory : a novel
Collins, Bridget
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of The Binding 'Utterly original... ensnared me from the very first page' EMILIA HART 'Storytelling at its most immersive' ERIN KELLY The whole world disappears when you enter THE SILENCE FACTORY A...
Three Burials
Lustgarten, Anders.
Paper Book
A THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOK OF 2024 'Extraordinary . . . both a madcap crime caper and a savage state-of-the-nation novel . . . Anders Lustgarten writes like a man possessed: bursting with energy' The Times An electrifying wild ride of a debut novel from...
The unforgettable Loretta Darling : a novel
Blake, Katherine
Paper Book
You're Loretta Darling now, welcome to your brand-new flipping life. Dreams don't come true for girls like Loretta but she won't let that stop her. With her sights set on becoming a make-up artist to the stars, Loretta wangles her way from Lancashire to the bright lights of...
Heavenly bodies
Erriu, Imani
Paper Book
Discover the gripping, Sunday Times bestselling enemies-to-lovers romantasy that is taking BookTok by storm, perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas, Jennifer L Armentrout and Stephanie Garber. 'A scorching romance' Olivia Rose Darling, Fear the Flames ...

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