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• New! Adult Fiction Staff Picks • |
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Favorite Daughter: a Novel
by Morgan Dick
When estranged half-sisters, Mickey and Arlo, unknowingly connect as therapist and patient due to their late father's manipulative will, secrets unravel, tensions ignite and they face a collision course that could either destroy or heal their fractured lives.
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My Friends: a Novel
by Fredrik Backman
Four teenagers' friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life 25 years later.
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Cheesecake: A Block-long Novel
by Mark Kurlansky
In 1970s Upper West Side, the arrival of an ancient Roman cheesecake recipe captivates residents and fuels the ambitious Greek Katsikas family's real estate ventures, impacting the lives of neighbors facing displacement and revealing their hidden dramas.
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A Game in Yellow
by Hailey Piper
After discovering pages of a mysterious play called The King in Yellow, Carmen is drawn into a dangerous cycle of desire and hallucination, blurring reality and nightmare as she risks bringing horrors back into her world.
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A Dog in Georgia
by Lauren Grodstein
A missing dog in Georgia sets Amy Webb on an adventure away from her tumultuous marriage and lack-luster personal life and towards a journey of self-discovery and joy.
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How to Dodge a Cannonball: a Novel
by Dennard Dayle
In a satire of the Civil War, an idealistic teen, Anders, stumbles through shifting allegiances, absurd battles and surreal encounters with a Black Union regiment, forcing him to question who gets to shape America and whether it's worth dying for.
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My Documents: a Novel
by Kevin Nguyen
Ursula, Alvin, Jen, and Duncan grew up as cousins in the sprawling Nguyen family, but the truth about their family is much more complicated. As young adults, they're on the precipice of new ventures-Ursula as a budding journalist in Manhattan, Alvin as an engineering intern for Google, Jen as a naive freshman at NYU, and Duncan as a promising newcomer on his high school football team. Their lives are upended when a series of violent, senseless attacks across America create a national panic, prompting a government policy forcing Vietnamese Americans into internment camps. Jen and Duncan are sent with their mother to Camp Tacoma while Ursula and Alvin receive exemptions. Cut off entirely from the outside world, Jen and Duncan try to withstand long dusty days in camp, forced to work jobs they hate and acclimate to life without the internet. That is until Jen discovers a way to get messages to the outside.
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The Island of Last Things
by Emma Sloley
Camille has always preferred animals to people. The wild has nearly disappeared, but as a zookeeper at the last zoo in the world, on Alcatraz Island, she spends her days caring for playful chimpanzees, gentle tree frogs, and a restless jaguar. Outside, resistance groups and brutal cartels fight to shape the world’s future, but Camille is safe within her routines. That is, until a new zookeeper, Sailor, arrives from Paris.
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L.A. Women
by Ella Berman
In 1960s L.A., writer and Hollywood outsider Lane becomes envious when socialite and fellow writer Gala gains fame; 10 years later she betrays Gala by writing a successful book based on her life—her only problem is Gala's now been missing for months.
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