Adult Fiction Coming Soon

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Hochhauser, Rachel

General

A breathtaking reimagining of Cinderella, as told through the eyes of its iconic "evil" stepmother, revealing a propulsive love story about the lengths a mother will go to for her children

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Brown, Woody

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In Upward Bound, Woody Brown has created an indelible, authentic, and profoundly moving group portrait of autism and other disabilities, all illuminated by his empathy, sly sense of humor, and enormous gifts as a novelist. With remarkable sophistication, insight, and creativity, Brown depicts a community too-often invisible in literature and society. Filled with characters you won't soon forget, Upward Bound will inspire and touch you, teaching you as much about yourself as the tender, miraculous world behind the center's doors.
 

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Spufford, Francis

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A spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time-traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz—from “one of our most powerful writers of wayward historical fiction” (The Washington Post).
 

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Song, Jade

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Acclaimed author Jade Song (Chlorine) returns with her latest literary exploration: a lyrical, poignant, and heartfelt novel about the meaning of love, friendship, debt, depression, and death in New York City—a coming-of-age for a new generation, in the vein of Sally Rooney and Ottessa Moshfegh.

 

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Wan, Sophie

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The Social Network meets Taylor Jenkins Reid in this dual-narrative novel about a group of UC Berkeley friends who found a social media company in the early 2000s, their scandalous falling out, and the 10-year anniversary exposé that forces them back together for a dramatic reunion on a private European island.

Their friendship started with a dream. It became their downfall.

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Martin, Alice

General

For fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, Westward Women is a hypnotic and hopeful debut—part fever dream, part dystopian road trip.
 

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Burns, Amy Jo

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From the author of Mercury and Shiner comes a novel about the bond between two female folk singers, the love stories that haunt them, and the music that brings them together to burn bright.
 

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Fu, Kim

General

From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century comes The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts—an eerie, spellbinding novel of grief and guilt, with a razor-sharp eye for the absurdity and melancholy of the internet age.
 

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Weiss, Leah

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An outsider to the Carolina hills inherits a gift that could change everything for her beloved creek town on the verge of dying out, from an author of whom NPR said writes "with a deep knowledge of the enduring myths of Appalachia...vividly portraying real people and sorrows."

 

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Etcheves, Florencia

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This colorful, emotive historical debut whisks us to the home of Frida Kahlo, where food, art, and love weave together an unforgettable story of friendship and loyalty, with a bright Coyoacán as a vivid background.
 

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Pin, Cecile

General

A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love, and space from the award-winning author of Wandering Souls
 

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Christopher, Adam

Horror

Enter an edge-of-your-seat nightmare to the darkest frontiers in Crawlspace, an SF horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Adam Christopher, perfect for fans of S.A. Barnes and Event Horizon.
 

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Brown, Karma

Horror

An internationally bestselling author's chilling horror debut—an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her life.

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Dumas, Luke

Horror

The acclaimed author of the “disorienting, creepy, paranoia-inducing” (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World) A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with potentially murderous side effects.
 

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Curran, Avery

Horror

A thrilling gothic debut • The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age.
 

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Lane, Lyla

Mystery

A charming, edgy mystery about a young woman who unexpectedly inherits the best little motel in Texas – replete with a feisty set of golden working girls, a poisoned priest, and a sleepy hometown thrown into chaos.

 

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Glass, Ava

Mystery

In this propulsive, atmospheric thriller, a broken woman’s new beginning is upended when she becomes the only witness to a deadly crime . . . making her the next target.
 

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Konishi, Masateru

Mystery

A Japanese The Thursday Murder Club, taking healing fiction for a mystery-filled spin with this bestseller that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Japan.
 

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Brinkworth, J D

Mystery

Oddball couple Jane and Simon take a private detective class and must use their (admittedly limited) skills to solve a series of mysterious disappearances in this delightful debut mystery.
 

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Sanders, Lai

Mystery

Lai Sanders’s debut novel is a timely, razor-sharp thriller exploring race and privilege, perfect for fans of R. F. Kuang.
 

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Phillips, Rob

Mystery

Amateur private investigator and new dad Charlie Shaw gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to track down a young girl’s missing father in Rob Phillips' award-winning debut.
 

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Pueyo, Hache

Fantasy

Interview with the Vampire meets Certain Dark Things in an alternate-Brazil where flesh-eating Guls manipulate the government from a glittering cabaret
 

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Mongeau, Isabelle

Fantasy

In a world where faeries are born with tattoos of debt to the High Fae, one servant must navigate a game of dangerous, sensual court politics between her mistress and the king—the first installment in a dark fantasy series.
 

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Segura, Alex

Fantasy

Matt Murdock defends the Punisher in the trial of the century—the murder of the Kingpin—while by night Daredevil staves off a war of succession for the throne of the criminal underworld.
 

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Wong, Tao

Fantasy

In a spectacular world of immortals, spirit beasts, and mystical martial arts, the young farmer Wu Ying’s life will be changed forever when he is unexpectedly invited to join an elite school of cultivation.
 

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Scieszka, Casey

Fantasy

A propulsive and deeply moving novel about eternity and mortality that asks what it would mean to live forever.
 

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White, Kiersten

Fantasy

An obsession with a beautiful serial killer entangles a vampire hunter’s daughter in an immortal sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying.
 

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Mandula, Jennifer

Fantasy

When a Victorian fossil hunter discovers a baby pterodactyl, she vows to protect him with the help of a fellow scholar—her former fiancé—in this enchanting and transporting historical fantasy.
 

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Fridman-Tell, Bar

Fantasy

The Bear and the Nightingale meets Weyward in this enchanting, deeply compelling debut about love and power, autonomy and consent.

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Reid, Ava

Fantasy

A decadently dark gothic fantasy for readers who love “haunting atmospheres, morally tangled characters, and stories where love becomes doom” (Booklist, starred review), the first in a duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth
 

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Josephson, Kalyn

Fantasy

A brilliant con artist and a secretive librarian collide in New York Times bestselling author Kalyn Josephson’s enchanting adult fantasy debut packed with twists, tricks, slowburn romantic tension, and magical creatures -- perfect for fans of S.A. MacLean, Mai Corland, and K.A. Linde.
 

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Williams, Shanora

Fantasy

One mission. One curse. No escape.
 

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Hardy, Kayla

Fantasy

A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and racially divided nineteenth century New Orleans to save her mother—and the soul of the city itself—in this lush debut novel inspired by the life of Marie Laveau.
 

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Eccles, Megan Jauregui

Fantasy

Discover a fantastical story inspired by The Phantom of the Opera, as musical magicians compete for the once-in-a-lifetime role as the King's Mage, but only if their magic—or fellow contestants—don't destroy them first—perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Erin Morgenstern. 
 

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Waggoner, C M

Fantasy

A practical witch must sabotage her beloved son's ascension to the throne in order to keep the kingdom from ruin, in this delightful cozy fantasy from the author of The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry.
 

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Kung Jessen, Lauren

Romance

This charming rom-com is filled with Chinese traditions, second chances, and a luck-changing love story that will appeal to readers of Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory, and Sarah Adams.  
 

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Ong, Celine

Romance

When a fierce rivalry between two professional wrestlers grows increasingly heated, neither man can fight the attraction burning between them, in this dazzling debut romance.
 

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Fast, Brooke

Romance

Enter the brutal world of Endlock, a prison where the wealthy hunt the inmates for sport. The first novel in an electrifying dystopian romance series, this high-octane debut about forbidden love, found family, and a fight for survival will leave you breathless.

 

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Cole Jackson, Jessi

Romantasy

For fans of One Dark Window and T. Kingfisher, comes a standalone romantasy debut about a woman who accidentally awakens the power to siphon magic from two phoenix skulls, binding her fate to a vengeful stranger and forcing them to navigate the devastating cost of their unbreakable bond.
 

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Ober, Damien

Science Fiction

Dune meets Wool in this high-octane quest through the void, where two eternal forces are about to collide in an epic showdown.
 

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Boyd, Jeff

Thriller

An extraordinary novel from a rising star, that follows the ripple effects of a tragic shooting throughout a Chicago community from the view of the teachers, police officers, and students impacted.

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Rosenfield, Kat

Thriller

Wild meets The Wife Between Us in this page-turning thriller, set in Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness—the treacherous final stretch of the storied Appalachian Trail—an addictive tale of passion, betrayal, control, and what it means to survive.

 

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Jones, Sandie

Thriller

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club Pick The Other Woman and The Guilt Trip comes a twisty and suspenseful new novel about love turned deadly.
 

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Arnott, Elizabeth

Thriller

A remarkable trio whose lives have been cracked wide open by their husbands’ crimes unite to catch a serial killer in this dazzlingly captivating novel.
 

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Kawakami, Mieko

Thriller

Kawakami unfurls a remarkable noir-tinged tale of female desperation. . . . As the story hurtles toward chilling revelations in the present, Kawakami masterfully builds tension. . . . The author scales new heights with this gripping and propulsive novel.

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McVeigh, Georgia

Thriller

Edgy, intricately plotted, and totally chilling, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS is a blistering psychological thriller, the story of two people, both magnetic as they are dangerous, who get caught in an electric game of cat-and-mouse. The question is, who is the predator and who is the prey?
 

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Crum, Tiffany

Thriller

Best friends Benny and Joy like to say that they’ve been saving each other’s lives since the moment they met. Until the day Joy goes missing and Benny is accused of her disappearance. . .
 

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Madden, T Kira

Thriller

A portrait of three women connected through one man in the aftermath of his murder—a stunning literary achievement and the explosive and highly anticipated debut novel from beloved award-winning memoirist T Kira Madden.
 

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Drews, Cg

Thriller

A relentless, horror-inducing psychological suspense for fans of The Push and Baby Teeth by New York Times bestselling author CG Drews.
 

Summaries provided by DPL's catalog unless otherwise noted. Click on each title to view more information.