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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

Empire of the Dawn
Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Robin on the Oak Throne
K. A. Linde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Little One
Olivia Muenter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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

The Color of Death
Trey Gowdy, Christopher Greyson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

And Now, Back to You
B. K. Borison

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

Now I Surrender
Álvaro Enrigue, Transl. Natasha Wimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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

Eleanore of Avignon
Elizabeth Delozier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Devil's Star
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

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

Near the Bone
Christina Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Spirit Crossing
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Ancillary Mercy
Ann Leckie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Wolf at the Table
Adam Rapp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Dead Husband Cookbook
Danielle Valentine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Never the Roses
Jennifer K. Lambert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Law Maker
Susie Tate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Lesser Dead
Christopher Buehlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Lady of the Rivers
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Book of Accidents
Chuck Wendig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Blood on Her Tongue
Johanna Van Veen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

One Way Witch
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip
Sara Brunsvold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

To Be Where You Are
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Permutation City
Greg Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Half City
Kate Golden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Black Friday
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Crossroads
C. J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Bad Bishop
L. J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Vera, or Faith
Gary Shteyngart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Daughter Who Remains
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2026

Grave Empire
Richard Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Horse Dancer
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

All the Missing Pieces
Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Secret Haven
Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Taiwan Travelogue
Yáng Shuāng-Zǐ, Transl. Lin King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Housemaid
Sarah A. Denzil

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Lagoon
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Night of the Mannequins
Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2020

Pretend You're Mine
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Attack
Kurt Schlichter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Two Kinds of Stranger
Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

A Hundred Summers
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Daydreamer
Susie Tate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Elsewhere Express
Samantha Sotto Yambao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026