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 10, 2025
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Thompson, Hunter S.
Paper Book
'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive ..."' Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the...
Final cut
Burns, Charles
Paper Book
'An instant classic from a master of the form' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Unsettling and beautifully executed' GUARDIAN An arresting story of an artist's obsessions, from the beloved and award-winning author of Black Hole. As...
On the road
Kerouac, Jack
Paper Book
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman...

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