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Adult Services Staff Picks March 2026 |
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Butter
by Asako Yuzuki
Recommended by: Julia
After asking for a beef stew recipe, a solitary Tokyo journalist begins a correspondence with a gourmet cook convicted of killing multiple lonely businessmen and notices herself slowly beginning to change after each meal she eats.
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Dandelion Is Dead
by Rosie Storey
Recommended by: Cathy
When Poppy discovers unanswered messages from a charming stranger in her late sister's dating app, she makes an impulsive choice: she'll meet him, just once, on what would have been Dandelion's fortieth birthday. It's exactly the kind of wild adventure her vivacious sister would have pushed her toward. Jake is ready to find something real--and not least because his ex-wife's twenty-something boyfriend has moved into their old family home. When he meets the intriguing woman who calls herself Dandelion, their connection is undeniable, and he can think of little else. As their relationship deepens, Poppy finds herself trapped in a double life she never meant to create.
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The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances
by Glenn Dixon
Recommended by: Sarah V.
In a self-running, smart house, a young and sentient vacuum cleaner listens as her owner, Harold, reads aloud to his dying wife, Edie. Mesmerized by To Kill a Mockingbird and craving the human connection she witnesses in Harold's stories, the little vacuum renames herself Scout and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. But when Edie passes away, Scout and her fellow sentient appliances discover that there are sinister forces in their midst. The omnipresent Grid, which monitors every household in the City, seeks to remove Harold from his home, a place he's lived in for fifty years.
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The Maid's Secret
by Nita Prose
Recommended by: Lori
Head maid Molly Gray’s discovery of a priceless artifact sparks a media frenzy, a daring heist, and revelations from her grandmother’s hidden diary, intertwining a present-day mystery with a long-lost tale of forbidden love and family secrets.
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The Rest of Our Lives
by Ben Markovits
Recommended by: Sarah R.
When Tom Layward's wife had an affair twelve years ago, he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest child left the nest. Now, while driving his college-bound daughter to Pittsburgh, he remembers his promise to himself. He is also on the run from his own health issues and a forced leave from work. So, rather than returning to his wife in Westchester, Tom keeps driving west, with the vague plan of visiting people from his past -- an old college friend, his ex-girlfriend, his brother, his son -- en route, maybe, to California. He's moving towards a future he hasn't even envisioned yet while he considers his past and the choices he's made that have brought him to this particular present.
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So Old, So Young
by Grant Ginder
Recommended by: Laura
For six friends since college, the only constant has been change—new jobs, new cities, new spouses, new kids. Through it all, they believed their friendship would endure. But time tests even the strongest bonds. From East Village parties and disastrous weddings to fortieth birthdays and backyard barbecues, this novel explores Millennial growing pains and celebrates how love can falter, shift, and grow into something bigger than imagined.
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Wolf Worm
by T. Kingfisher
Recommended by: Sarah L.
Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher.
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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
by Sophie Elmhirst
Recommended by: Grace
Maurice and Maralyn couldn't be more different. He is as cautious and awkward as she is charismatic and forceful. It seems an unlikely romance, but it works. Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maralyn has an idea- sell the house, build a boat, leave England -- and its oil crisis, industrial strikes and inflation -- forever. It is hard work, but finally they set sail for New Zealand. Then, halfway there, their beloved boat is struck by a whale and the pair are cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean. On their tiny raft, their love is put to the test. When Maurice begins to withdraw into himself, it falls upon Maralyn to keep them both alive.
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running: A Memoir
by Haruki Murakami
Recommended by: Brandee
From the bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore, this is a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running and the integral impact both have made on his life.
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