New & Notable Adult Fiction - February Highlights

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated March 5, 2026
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After the Fall
Ashton, Edward
Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, After The Fall by Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey 17), asks an important question: would humans really make great pets? Humans must...
Worse Than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel
Crump, Ben
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this gripping thriller, truth and justice are called into question when a Black man is gunned down in cold blood--the first novel in a riveting series from renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. "A sensationally good crime and legal thriller ....
The Exes
Darlington, Leodora
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Who hasn't wanted to murder an ex--figuratively, at least? In this explosive debut thriller, a woman's seemingly perfect romantic life is on the verge of collapse as she uncovers a hidden history surfacing dark secrets that have deadly...
Operation Bounce House
Dinniman, Matt
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. ...
Cleopatra
El-Arifi, Saara
Paper Book
Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife. "Enchanting, smart, and subversive--this is El-Arifi's masterpiece."--R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times...
One & Only
Goo, Maurene
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK * "A wildly good time . . . a swoony, funny, romantic novel" (Rebecca Serle, New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years) about a woman thrown a curveball by fate, and the family secret that makes her question everything...
Two Can Play
Hazelwood, Ali
The Instant New York Times Bestseller! An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the New York Times bestselling author of Problematic Summer Romance--now in print and ebook! Includes an all-new bonus chapter!...
Crown City
Hirahara, Naomi
Paper Book
Two Japanese American men hired to investigate an art theft discover something much more sinister in turn-of-the-century California--from the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of Clark and Division. Pasadena, 1903: Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke "Ryui" Wada staggers off...
Keeper of Lost Children
Johnson, Sadeqa
Paper Book
In this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, one American woman's vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way. Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied...
Wolf Hour : A Novel
Nesbo, Jo.
From the modern master of Nordic noir comes a shocking new thriller set in contemporary Minneapolis, in which a detective and a crime writer conduct parallel investigations, six years apart, into a series of puzzling murders "Jo Nesbø is one of today's most interesting thriller...
More Than Enough
Quindlen, Anna
Paper Book
"Quindlen is as observant and as wonderfully readable as ever, attuned to women's lives and the nuances of their voices."--Jennifer Weiner, The New York Times Book Review A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family...
The Astral Library (Standard Edition)
Quinn, Kate
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures...
Good People
Sabit, Patmeena
Paper Book
"Good People is the year's first great novel."--The Minnesota Star Tribune "Good People is a stunning read. I could not recommend it more enthusiastically. . . . What a spectacular triumph this book is. This is the Afghan novel I have been eagerly waiting for."-...
Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel
Sanderson, Brandon
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a legendary standalone novel that navigates the seas and the stars of a far-future Cosmere. Illustrated by Esther Hi'ilani Candari. All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a...
Where the Wildflowers Grow
Shelton Harris, Terah
From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living. Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die. Grief never truly fades and even as the...
Dawn of the North: The Ashen Series; Book Three
Winters, Demi
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A new age begins in the Kingdom of Íseldur in this sizzling third installment of the Viking-inspired Ashen romantasy the series. The lost Volsik heir has finally returned to the people of Íseldur, and even with the warrior who's captured her...

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