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The Charlie Method
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Hunger
Alma Katsu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Pale Blue Eye
Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Breathe In, Bleed Out
Brian Mcauley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Closed and Common Orbit
Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Texas Murders
James Patterson, Andrew Bourelle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Clergyman's Daughter
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Certain Dark Things
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Dear Mrs. Bird
AJ Pearce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Final Offer
Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

My Not So Perfect Life
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Pestilence
Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Plus Size Player
Danielle Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Polostan
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Post Captain
Patrick O'Brian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Ravensong
T. J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sweet Heat
Bolu Babalola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Days I Loved You Most
Amy Neff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Merge
Grace Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Other Emily
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Switch: A Novel
Beth O'Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Thief of Night
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Tusk Love
Thea Guanzon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Unlikely Story
Ali Rosen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Boom Town
Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

London Fields
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Lover Awakened
J. R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Kill Switch
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Changes
Ama Ata Aidoo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Pearl in the Sand
Tessa Afshar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Continental Drift
Russell Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Aztec
Gary Jennings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Twelve Dates of Christmas
Jenny Bayliss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Printed Letter Bookshop
Katherine Reay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last Town
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Prediction
Faith Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

L. A. Women
Ella Berman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Behind These Four Walls
Yasmin Angoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Return of the Spider
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
Celeste Fletcher McHale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Consequence of Anna
Kate Birkin, Mark Bornz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Baker's Secret
Stephen P. Kiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lover Forbidden
J. R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rules for Ruin
Mimi Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Last Year of the War
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Home to Holly Springs
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Swift and Saddled
Lyla Sage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Counting Backwards
Binnie Kirshenbaum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dead Mountain
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Scorpion's Tail
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sunny Side Up
Katie Sturino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Billion-Dollar Ransom
James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Night Watcher
Daphne Woolsoncroft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Joanne Fluke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

After Ever Happy
Anna Todd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Baptism of Fire
Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Well, Actually
Mazey Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Librarians
Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bridge to Haven
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The White Hot
Quiara Alegría Hudes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Tribulation Force
Tim LaHaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Austen Affair
Madeline Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Pretender
Jo Harkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cross and Sampson
James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Juniper & Thorn
Ava Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

12 Months to Live
James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A History of Burning
Janika Oza

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Speaking in Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Wanderers
Meg Howrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Will There Ever Be Another You
Patricia Lockwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Coin
Yasmin Zaher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Unbroken
C. L. Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Quicksilver
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Krampus
Brom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Twisted Pride
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Danger in the Shadows
Dee Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Those We Thought We Knew
David Joy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Twisted Emotions
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Winter Warriors
Olivier Norek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Twisted Loyalties
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bloodsucking Fiends
Christopher Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Shattering Peace
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

An Academic Affair
Jodi Mcalister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Crafting for Sinners
Jenny Kiefer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dear and Glorious Physician
Taylor Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
Ron Currie Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Paradais
Fernanda Melchor, Transl. Sophie Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

City on Fire
Don Winslow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Women of the Copper Country
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Among the Burning Flowers
Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Island
Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Kingdom
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done
Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Anthropologists
Aysegül Savas

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2024

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
Django Wexler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Comfort Me With Apples
Catherynne M. Valente

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Blood Hollow
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004