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From Lukov with Love

Mariana Zapata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Gravel Heart

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

How To Be Eaten

Maria Adelmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Isles of the Emberdark

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Just Like Home

Sarah Gailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kill Me Quick

Meja Mwangi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Love Forms

Claire Adam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Maid for Each Other

Lynn Painter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Mine Boy

Peter Abrahams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Moon Over Soho

Ben Aaronovitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Mr. Sammler's Planet

Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Elizabeth Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

My Murder: A Novel

Katie Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Next to Heaven

James Frey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Notes on Infinity

Austin Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

On the Way to the Wedding

Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Open Season

Jonathan Kellerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Paladin's Faith

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Paladin's Hope

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Paladin's Strength

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Pitcher Perfect

Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Power of Persuasion

Stacey Abrams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Red Country

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Rogue Justice

Stacey Abrams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787

Winston Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Shards of Earth

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Silver Bay

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Since We Fell

Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Terminal Velocity

M. P. Woodward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Accidental Favorite

Fran Littlewood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Dark Maestro

Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Devil's Bed

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dressmaker

Rosalie Ham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Fortress of Solitude

Jonathan Lethem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Future Saints

Ashley Winstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Living

Annie Dillard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Neighbor Favor

Kristina Forest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Peacock Emporium

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Poet

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Queen's Fortune

Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Rules of Attraction

Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Undomestic Goddess

Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Wingman

Stephanie Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2023

To Sir Phillip, With Love

Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Two Thousand Seasons

Ayi Kwei Armah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Very Valentine

Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty

Lauren Weisberger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Why Didn't They Ask Evans

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Worth Fighting For

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Given Day

Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Starlight

Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Time in Between

María Dueñas, Transl. Daniel Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Desperation

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Tommyknockers

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Best Served Cold

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

House of Suns

Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Nemesis Games

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Best Man

Malcolm D. Lee, Jayne Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Chemist

Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Against the Day

Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Abundance

Jakob Guanzon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Slight Trick of the Mind

Mitch Cullin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Blaze

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Cards on the Table

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Cradle and All

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Crow Talk

Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Focus

Arthur Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Gardens in the Dunes

Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Glory

NoViolet Bulawayo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Little, Big

John Crowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Planet of the Apes

Pierre Boulle, Transl. Xan Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

River Thieves

Michael Crummey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Roadwork

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Beautiful Ones

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Sword at Sunset

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Abaddon's Gate

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Europe Central

William T. Vollmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Little Hatred

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Sleeping Beauties

Owen King, Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dreamcatcher

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

10:04

Ben Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Apt Pupil

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

As for Me and My House

Sinclair Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Family

J. California Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Farewell My Concubine

Lilian Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Flight to Canada

Ishmael Reed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Four Souls

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Gwendy's Final Task

Richard Chizmar, Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Half a Life

V. S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

My Uncle Oswald

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Book Club Hotel

Sarah Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Colorado Kid

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Deep Dark Descending

Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Morning Star

Karl Ove Knausgård

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Other Typist

Suzanne Rindell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Ship of Fools

Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Spellbound

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2005

The Barracks Thief

Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1986