Lemont Public Library District: Future Fiction Favorites: October 2026

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A Court of Thorns and Roses 6
by Sarah J. Maas

Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he's been bound for millennia, the threat of his return spreads, attracting allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands. The Night Court will not stand idly by, but the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day, as the Court is still reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. But to defeat Koschei's creeping shadow, they must find a way to resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.

The Witch (Deluxe Edition)
by Freida McFadden

When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692--and realizes Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

The Hollow: A Harry Bosch Novel
by Michael Connelly

When Harry Bosch was eleven years old he became a ward of the state, housed in MacLaren Children's Center, a notorious facility where abuse was rampant. Decades after its closure, a massive class action lawsuit has resulted in a multibillion-dollar settlement. Harry is entitled to $400,000, but Bosch says he doesn't want the money. He wants justice. As Bosch digs into the files, he picks up the trail of a predator who not only survived, but went on to a life of vicious crime. Forced to face a history that both scarred him and launched him on his mission as a cop, Bosch must bring down a sadistic criminal and finally put to rest the demons of his past.

Chain Reaction: A Reacher Novel
by Lee Child

A member of General Susan Turner's team has been brutally murdered. She can't trust anyone she works with, she needs someone from the outside. Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado. A town as remote and bizarre as it gets. One diner, one motel, five massive data centers, two giant solar farms humming away in the dust. Total population: four people. And one of them is watching him. But Reacher isn't built to run. He's built to finish things. General Turner knows that if they come for Reacher, they'll regret it--all the way to the top of the chain.

The Family Cross: An Alex Cross Thriller
by James Patterson

Alex Cross is a brilliant psychologist--and a relentless hunter of killers for the FBI and DC Metro Police. To his beloved Nana Mama, he's still the boy she raised--and every morning, as he straps on his service weapon, she's reminded just how dangerous his world has become. But in Washington, DC, there are places even the police don't go--an unseen underworld where violence thrives and rules don't apply. And this time, Alex is stepping straight into it. Each move pulls him deeper into the dark--and closer to a case that could shatter the promise he made to Nana ... and cost him everything he holds most dear.

Other Worlds Than These: A Talisman Novel
by Stephen King

Other Worlds Than These is the story of Jack Sawyer, whom readers first met when he was twelve, crossing America and the territories to save his mother's life. Jack is older now; his Ka-tet is fraying; and his task, nearly impossible. Magnificent, riveting, full of heart, and humor, Other Worlds Than These is a spectacular, propulsive adventure, and features thirty-six exclusive black-and-white illustrations by artist Gabriel Rodriguez.

The Most Dangerous Games (Deluxe Limited Edition)
by Mrbeast

In a world on the brink of collapse, one hundred players face off in a ruthless, high-stakes competition with everything on the line. The reward? The chance to save humanity -- and one billion dollars. Across brutal environments and relentless challenges, players are pushed beyond every limit as the stakes escalate -- and survival becomes the only rule.

The Dying Light: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel
by Ann Cleeves

The body of a young woman, Lottie, is found in the swimming pool of a luxurious holiday home. Her best friend, Hannah, whose family owns the house, is missing. The girls had arrived a few days earlier, stirring unrest in the small community with incendiary social media videos mocking the place. Hannah's father, Paul Armstrong, is a rising political star which draws intense media scrutiny to the case. Taut and atmospheric, this searing new novel finds DI Matthew Venn caught between a powerful family's secrets and a powder keg of local tensions.

Adam and Eve
by Jeffrey Archer

Armistice Day 1918. Two children are born hours – but worlds – apart. One the son of a shepherd, the other the daughter of an Earl.

Adam and Eve.

Their births mark the end of one war. Their love will change the outcome of another. Divided by class. United by love.

The final novel from Jeffrey Archer.

Broken Rival
by Tessa Bailey

Magnolia Brown is just your average everyday eighteen-year-old, except for one thing: She's from fifty years in the future. Her parents invented time travel, but due to the widespread destruction it caused it's been outlawed and become punishable by death, leaving Magnolia stranded. Now Magnolia has nowhere to turn but a complicated Kansas family with two sons--Fallon, her high school sweetheart with secrets of his own, and Ramsey, the brooding militia commander who hunts and kills criminals like her. Magnolia knows Ramsey resents and hates her, but how can he be her true enemy when he looks at her with such hunger, despite his callousness, and guards her with his very life?