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The Only One Left

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Secret Keeper

Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

What Makes Sammy Run?

Budd Schulberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

A Tale of Three Kings: A Study of Brokenness

Gene Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Carnegie's Maid

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wrong Family

Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Keeper of Happy Endings

Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Northern Spy

Flynn Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Fraud

Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Hacienda

Isabel Cañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Neon Gods

Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Woman on Fire

Lisa Barr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Gerald's Game

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Idea of You

Robinne Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

One of Us Is Dead

Jeneva Rose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

All the Sinners Bleed

S. A. Cosby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

In My Dreams I Hold A Knife

Ashley Winstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

None of This Is True: A Novel

Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

All the Broken Places

John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Day of Fallen Night

Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Stillhouse Lake

Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The People in the Trees

Hanya Yanagihara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Holly

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hang the Moon

Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

River Sing Me Home

Eleanor Shearer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Conjure Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem

Rudolph Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

What Lies in the Woods

Kate Alice Marshall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hour of the Witch

Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Portrait of a Thief

Grace D. Li

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Age of Vice

Deepti Kapoor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Ham on Rye

Charles Bukowski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Maame

Jessica George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Bullet That Missed

Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Ultimate Gift

Jim Stovall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami, Transl. Sam Bett, Transl. David Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Villa

Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hooked: A Dark, Contemporary Romance

Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ghost Story

Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

No Exit

Taylor Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Odds Against Tomorrow

Nathaniel Rich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

How Late It Was, How Late

James Kelman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wonder

Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Wenjack

Joseph Boyden

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last to Vanish

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Fever Dream

Samanta Schweblin, Transl. Megan McDowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Britt-Marie Was Here

Fredrik Backman, Transl. Henning Koch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Never Lie

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Small Mercies

Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Never

Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Shadows of Self

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Finding Dorothy

Elizabeth Letts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Beyond That, the Sea

Laura Spence-Ash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

Annie Lyons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Book of Life

Deborah Harkness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Running Man

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

We All Want Impossible Things

Catherine Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wind Knows My Name

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sweetbitter

Stephanie Danler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Hell Bent

Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Celebrants

Steven Rowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Truth and Bright Water

Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hester

Laurie Lico Albanese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Pucking Around

Emily Rath

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Zero Days

Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Partner

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Just the Nicest Couple

Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Wishing Game

Meg Shaffer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The House Is on Fire

Rachel Beanland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Stationery Shop of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Gun Island

Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel

Quentin Tarantino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ward D

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sanctuary

William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

Survive the Night: A Novel

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The House at the End of the World

Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Light Pirate

Lily Brooks-Dalton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

All We Ever Wanted

Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Dark Forest

Liu Cixin, Transl. Joel Martinsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Quiet Tenant

Clémence Michallon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Foster

Claire Keegan

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2010

Island Beneath the Sea

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Tobacco Wives

Adele Myers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Authority: A Novel

Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Banyan Moon

Thao Thai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023