New & Notable Adult Fiction - August Highlights

Selected new additions published this month

Updated September 5, 2024
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The Rose Arbor
Bowen, Rhys
Paper Book
An investigation into a girl's disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment. London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a...
Burn
Heller, Peter
Paper Book
From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men-friends since boyhood-who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage...
A sorceress comes to call
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee! From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress Comes to Call--a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm's "The Goose Girl,"...
The Madness
Kurtagich, Dawn
Paper Book
Order now to get a limited special hardcover edition- available only on the first printing! This hardcover features beautifully designed end papers and a spectacular foil finish... perfect for collectors and book-lovers! Award-winning author Dawn...
The mercy of gods
Corey, James S. A.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. ...
Hum
Phillips, Helen
Paper Book
A Most Anticipated Book for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Goodreads, LitHub, and Book Riot A Best Book of the Summer for Esquire, Electric Lit, and Town & Country A People Book of the...
By Any Other Name : A Novel
Picoult, Jodi
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an "inspiring" (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart--one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare's plays--who are both forced to hide behind another name. ...
There Are Rivers in the Sky : A Novel
Shafak, Elif.
Paper Book
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, hidden in the sand, lie the fragments of a long-forgotten poem: the Epic of Gilgamesh. ...
In Winter I Get up at Night: A Novel
Urquhart, Jane
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTELLER * Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize * A Heather's Pick * One of Indigo's Most Anticipated Books * One of the CBC's Canadian Fiction Books to Read in Fall 2024 From one of the greatest writers of our time comes a profound and moving novel...
Waiting for the Long Night Moon : Stories
Peters, Amanda.
Paper Book
National Bestseller An intimate and personal debut collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers. The stories in Waiting for the Long Night Moon explore the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and place--from contact with...
Glass houses
Ashby, Madeline
Paper Book
A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, fully-stocked private palace, with all the latest technological...
Lady Macbeth : a novel
Reid, Ava
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a "masterful reimagining" (Publishers Weekly) of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her...

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