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Hungry Ghosts

Kevin Jared Hosein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Martyred

Richard E. Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Bullet Swallower

Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success

Andy Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Warrior of the Light

Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Woman, Eating

Claire Kohda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Arrow's Flight

Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Lie With Me

Philippe Besson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Home at the End of the World

Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Son of the Morning

Akwaeke Emezi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Chouette

Claire Oshetsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Demolished Man

Alfred Bester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Goldfinger

Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Summer of '42

Herman Raucher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Cleat Cute

Meryl Wilsner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Las Madres

Esmeralda Santiago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Once Upon a Tim

Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Dark and Secret Magic

Wallis Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

If I Run

Terri Blackstock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Blackberry Wine

Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Tiamat's Wrath

James S.A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Death in the Spires

K. J. Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

From Below

Darcy Coates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Brighter the Light

Mary Ellen Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

How Lucky

Will Leitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Haunting of Alejandra

V. Castro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Meet Me in the Margins

Melissa Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Where We Come From

Oscar Cásares

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Game of Retribution

Scarlett St. Clair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

L.A. Weather

María Amparo Escandón

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Choice

Kathy Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Vladimir

Julia May Jonas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Recognitions

William Gaddis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Remembered Soldier

Anjet Daanje, Transl. David Mckay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

If the Shoe Fits

Julie Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Real Life

Brandon Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Hunt the Villain

Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Guilt

Keigo Higashino, Transl. Giles Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Girls Like Us

Cristina Alger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

Jennifer Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Ghost Town

Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Good House

Tananarive Due

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Greene on Capri

Shirley Hazzard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Never Have I Ever

Joshilyn Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Talia Hibbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Blue Bistro

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

On the Calculation of Volume I

Solvej Balle, Transl. Barbara J. Haveland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Wylding Hall

Elizabeth Hand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tenant

Roland Topor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

From Scratch

Katrina Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Ultra 85

Logic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

London Bridges

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Rule Book

Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Home to Big Stone Gap

Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Red Lotus

Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

You Did Nothing Wrong

C. G. Drews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Brat Farrar

Josephine Tey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Queen of Poisons

Robert Thorogood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Wife Stalker

Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

For Lamb

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Long Way Gone

Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Flame Bearer

Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Dinner List

Rebecca Serle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dragon Teeth

Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Raconteur's Commonplace Book

Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Happy Ending

Chloe Liese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

A Touch of Chaos

Scarlett St. Clair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lakewood

Megan Giddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Just Once

Karen Kingsbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

My Beloved

Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

Laura Imai Messina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Every Last Fear

Alex Finlay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Ways We Hide

Kristina McMorris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Before We Say Goodbye

Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Transl. Geoffrey Trousselot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Playing Nice

JP Delaney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Only the Dead

Jack Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Winter’s Orbit

Everina Maxwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Passion According to G.H.

Clarice Lispector

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Appointment With Death

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Deep House

Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Colors of All the Cattle

Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Clementine Complex

Bob Mortimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Test of Wills

Charles Todd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Recovery Agent

Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Rifle

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Barbarian Alien

Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Ghost Lights

Lydia Millet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Wolf.E

Paisley Hope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Dante

Sadie Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Burr

Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Madame Doubtfire

Anne Fine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Doctor No

Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Watch Your Back

Tate James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025