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Throne of Secrets
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Tom's Crossing
Mark Z. Danielewski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Box Full of Darkness
Simone St. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

God of War
Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Regulators
Richard Bachman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Hawksmoor
Peter Ackroyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The White Book
Han Kang, Transl. Deborah Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

System Collapse
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Desertion
Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Sunlight on a Broken Column
Attia Hosain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Tale of the Body Thief
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Love Arranged
Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Au Pair Affair
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Casanova
T. L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
Lilian Jackson Braun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Doorman
Chris Pavone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Forget-Me-Not Library
Heather Webber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Last One
Rachel Howzell Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Summer Children
Dot Hutchison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Viper
Brad Meltzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Visitor
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Wild Card
Stephanie Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wolf Den
Elodie Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Woom
Duncan Ralston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Poison Daughter
Sheila Masterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Straight Man
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2016

The Nightshade God
Hannah Whitten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

In America
Susan Sontag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Possession of Alba Díaz
Isabel Cañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Summer House
Brendan DuBois, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Secret Hours
Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Dark Half
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Aftertaste
Daria Lavelle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Watching Over Her
Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold
Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cat Dragon
Samantha Birch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Evil Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Five Little Pigs
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

Frenchman's Creek
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

God of Ruin
Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Love and Ruin: A Novel
Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Memorial
Bryan Washington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

More Than You'll Ever Know
Katie Gutierrez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Paranoia
James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Still Life With Bread Crumbs
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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 Melancholy of Resistance
László Krasznahorkai, Transl. George Szirtes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

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 Sacrifice
Shantel Tessier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Saltwater
Katy Hays

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

A Better Life
Lionel Shriver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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