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The Embassy of Cambodia
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Lock Every Door: A Novel
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Collapse of Western Civilization
Naomi Oreskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Only If You're Lucky
Stacy Willingham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Dust Child
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

These Silent Woods
Kimi Cunningham Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Storm We Made: A Novel
Vanessa Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Hunter
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Listen for the Lie
Amy Tintera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

When All Is Said
Anne Griffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Soul of Ash and Blood
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
Tia Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Nonexistent Knight
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Book of Night Women
Marlon James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Witching Hour
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Adelaide: A Novel
Genevieve Wheeler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Scattered All Over the Earth
Yoko Tawada, Transl. Margaret Mitsutani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Evil Eye: A Novel
Etaf Rum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Waters
Bonnie Jo Campbell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Don't Let Her Stay
Nicola Sanders

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Alone with You in the Ether: A Love Story
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Atlas Complex
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Long Call
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

After Annie: A Novel
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Graham Effect
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Keeper of Hidden Books
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Absolution
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Long Long Time Ago And Essentially True
Brigid Pasulka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Swans of Fifth Avenue
Melanie Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Magic Hour: A Novel
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mockingbird Summer
Lynda Rutledge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Story of Zahra
Hanan al-Shaykh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

James: A Novel
Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Perfumist of Paris
Alka Joshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Little Secrets
Jennifer Hillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Girl in His Shadow
Audrey Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

By Her Own Design
Piper Huguley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Expiration Dates
Rebecca Serle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Nightfall
Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sweetness of Forgetting
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Xóchitl González

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Funny Story
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel
Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Keep It in the Family
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Runaway
Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Good Bad Girl: A Novel
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Kantika
Elizabeth Graver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

King of Wrath: An Arranged Marriage Romance
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Midwife of Auschwitz
Anna Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Witches of New York
Ami McKay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Nightwatching
Tracy Sierra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Perfect Peace
Daniel Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Does It Hurt?
H. D. Carlton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Wildfire
Hannah Grace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Magnolia Parks
Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Stay With Me
Ayobami Adebayo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Blind Your Ponies
Stanley Gordon West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Novel
Jayne Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Good Daughter
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Bye, Baby
Carola Lovering

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Good Lie
A. R. Torre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Old God's Time
Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Great Divide
Cristina Henríquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

She's Not Sorry
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Memoir in Verse | Adult | Published in 2024

The Truth According to Us
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Blind Owl
Sadegh Hedayat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Iron Lake
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Boy from the Woods
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky
Margaret Verble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Curious Beginning
Deanna Raybourn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Cheat Sheet
Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Sloan Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The True Love Experiment
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Miko Kings
LeAnne Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

A Dowry of Blood
S. T. Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Heat of the Day
Elizabeth Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Husbands: A Novel
Chandler Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Velvet Was the Night
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Reformatory: A Novel
Tananarive Due

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Phoenix Crown: A Novel
Kate Quinn, Janie Chang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Book of Doors
Gareth Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Will of the Many
James Islington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Summer Island: A Novel
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Changeling: A Novel
Victor Lavalle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

It's Not All Downhill From Here
Terry McMillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski

Fiction | Memoir in Verse | Adult | Published in 2020

The Night Shift
Alex Finlay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Husbands
Holly Gramazio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The House of Wolves
James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

How Does It Feel?
Jeneane O'Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Family Family
Laurie Frankel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2022

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Lorna Landvik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003