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New & Noteworthy Fiction

This select list, chosen by an expert curator of our fiction collection, includes highly anticipated titles plus some hidden gems she just couldn't pass up. Put some (or all) on hold to discover something a little different.

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  • An '80s-infused Cold War spy story (maybe). Bold, action-packed, and with pop culture references to spare.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — ATKINS, A
  • A young warrior sharpens herself into the perfect weapon to avenge her family. This is getting comparisons to R.F. Kuang and Samantha Shannon for its world-building prowess.
    Book, 20251202Hanover Square Press 20251202
  • When Lucy's roommate, Addie, comes back from a run bloody and claiming to have "mistaken" a violent stranger for her ex, Lucy can only reluctantly agree to keep it all mum. Then the ex disappears and Lucy finds herself unable to stop wondering what…
    Book, 20251202Simon & Schuster 20251202
  • With interlocking stories, Nobel Laureate Tokarczuk weaves a beautiful and complex history of a truly humble town.
    Book, 20251202Riverhead Books 20251202
  • A young maid doesn't LOVE the idea of living with her new employer, seeing her family every fortnight, but the money is too good to pass up. As life with her new employer and only living company gets more fraught, she wonders what is being kept from…
    Book, 20251209Simon & Schuster 20251209
  • Taking a hard and honest look at life in Pakistan, Hassan tells the story of a young man just trying to make his life better in the most harrowing circumstances.
    Book, 20251202Gallery/Scout Press 20251202
  • A mysterious text from a supposedly dead ex-roommate raises lots of questions. Then other people from the group chat begin to die. A sharp and modern take on classic mystery.
    Book, 20251209Gallery/Scout Press 20251209
  • Two con women begrudgingly join forces in this fast-paced Gilded Age caper.
    Book, 20251202Harper Muse 20251202
  • After a decade away, Cricket decides to become her ailing father's caretaker. He is losing his memories as Cricket's come rushing back. Then dad starts seeing into the future. An uplifting and moving read-through-the-tears sort of family story.
    Book, 20251202St. Martin's Press 20251202
  • After years of putting her family first, Paige is ready for her moment in the light with her bestselling parenting memoir. Then her husband is tapped to adapt the screenplay. Who remembers those years better? Who gets to tell the story? How DID it…
    Book, 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2025] — THOMAS, C
  • Ladies in Waiting

    Jane Austen's Unsung Characters

    One of the world's greatest novelists was born 250 years ago. Trigiani gathers works by eight authors to celebrate and reimagine not Elizabeth Bennet or the Dashwood sisters, but rather the smaller Austen characters who have fascinated them. A…
    Book, 2025New York : Gallery Books, 2025. — LADIES