Fresh On Our Shelves
Looking for your next best read? These twelve fiction picks bring bold stories, strong voices, and plenty to sink into. Some pair nicely with this year’s Reading Challenge, while others invite you to follow your mood. There’s something here worth adding to your list.
Fresh Picks
With new books arriving daily, there are always more titles to discover! Check out more adult fiction titles—hot on our shelves this month.
Finders Keepers
A woman’s carefully rebuilt life starts to crack when she recognizes her own traumatic past inside a wildly popular novel. Certain the story isn’t fiction, she inserts herself into the author’s inner circle, posing as a devoted assistant to uncover the truth. As buried memories resurface, it becomes clear that the most dangerous secrets are the ones closest to home. This is a chilling, slow-burn psychological thriller about obsession, identity, and misplaced trust.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Borrow Finders Keepers: A Novel by Natalie Barelli
My Husband's Wife
Returning from a run, a woman finds her house occupied by someone who looks just like her—and a husband who insists the stranger is his wife. As the story flips between two women drawn to the same eerie seaside home, secrets, lies, and impossible coincidences begin to collide. Nothing about this marriage, this house, or these women is what it seems. Twisty, unsettling, and relentlessly clever, this one keeps you guessing until the final page.
Genre: Psychological / Domestic Thriller
Borrow My Husband's Wife: A Novel by Alice Feeney
Wild People Quiet
In a small Saskatchewan prairie town in 1946, a woman has built a flawless life by hiding her Métis identity—until a chance encounter threatens to unravel everything. Long-suppressed memories and community ties resurface, forcing her to confront who she was and who she has pretended to be. As government plans endanger the Métis community, she faces an impossible choice. This is a powerful, quietly devastating story about belonging, sacrifice, and living one’s truth.
Genre: Historical Literary Fiction
Borrow Wild People Quiet: A Novel by Tara Gereaux
Strangers in the Villa
A troubled couple escapes to a remote Spanish villa hoping to repair their marriage, only to invite in guests who refuse to leave. What begins as awkward hospitality quickly curdles into suspicion, manipulation, and fear. Isolated high above the Mediterranean, the villa becomes a pressure cooker of secrets and shifting power. This is a sun-drenched psychological thriller with a dark, claustrophobic edge.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Borrow Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding
Missing Sister
Five years after losing her twin sister, a rookie police officer stumbles into a murder that feels far too personal. The victim is someone she’s long blamed for her sister’s death—and the killer may be continuing a very deliberate act of revenge. As she hunts for the truth, the line between justice and obsession begins to blur. This gripping thriller explores grief, sisterhood, and how far we’ll go to settle old scores.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Borrow: Missing Sister: A Novel by Joshilyn Jackson
Aubrey Wants to Die
She’s been undead for 150 years, desperately wants to be human again, and—failing that—would settle for finally dying. When she falls hard for a mortal man, hope flickers for the first time in centuries, only to be ripped away just as quickly. Pulled back into the glittering, dangerous vampire world she tried to escape, she’s forced to question love, identity, and survival. Darkly funny, romantic, and sharp-edged, this is a fresh, modern vampire tale.
Genre: Dark Fantasy / Paranormal
Borrow Aubrey Wants to Die by Pip Knight
The Bookstore Diaries
Running a charming bookstore in a Victorian mansion should be a dream—except control issues, family drama, and town gossip get in the way. When a mix-up forces the accidental reading of private diaries, long-buried secrets spill out across the community. Chaos follows, along with unexpected romance and self-discovery. This is a cozy, heartwarming story about letting go, taking chances, and embracing imperfect happiness.
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Women’s Fiction
Borrow The Bookstore Diaries by Susan Mallery
Sakura
A fractured family reunites under one roof, haunted by grief they’ve never truly faced. As memories of a tragic past surface, it’s the family dog—steady, joyful, and deeply loyal—who quietly holds them together. Moving between past and present, this story balances sorrow with warmth and gentle humor. Tender and bittersweet, it’s a meditation on loss, healing, and the small, surprising ways love endures.
Genre: Literary / Family Drama
Borrow Sakura: A Novel by Kanako Nish
How to Get Away With Murder
A detective returning from a breakdown is pulled into a chilling case linked to a viral self-help book that claims to teach readers how to get away with murder. As the book’s details begin to mirror real crimes, the hunt for its mysterious author becomes urgent—and deeply personal. Trusting her instincts again may be her only way forward. Smart and unsettling, this thriller blends true-crime obsession with psychological suspense.
Genre: Crime / Psychological Thriller
Borrow How to Get Away With Murder: A Novel by Rebecca Philipson
200 Monas
A college senior’s carefully planned future derails when she discovers her late mother’s stash of rare, extremely valuable pills. Given just 48 hours to sell them or face deadly consequences, she races through campus enlisting unlikely help and confronting her own suppressed grief. Along the way, desire, chaos, and emotional reckoning collide. Bold, funny, and fearless, this novel explores sexuality, loss, and what it means to finally let go.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Dark Comedy
Borrow 200 Monas: A Novel by Jan Saenz
A Far-Flung Life
A single moment on a remote Australian road shatters a family and sets off consequences that echo for decades. As secrets accumulate and moral choices grow heavier, one sibling is forced to choose between love, duty, and personal happiness. Set against the vast, unforgiving outback, this is a sweeping story of sacrifice and resilience. Heartbreaking and hopeful, it asks how we live with the choices that can’t be undone.
Genre: Historical Literary Fiction
Borrow A Far-Flung Life by M. L. Stedman
Lake Effect
In 1977 upstate New York, a restless housewife’s midlife awakening collides with her teenage daughter’s first love, igniting a scandal that scars both families. Years later, the daughter—now an adult—returns home still grappling with the fallout. As past and present intertwine, long-buried desires and regrets resurface. This is a rich, emotionally layered novel about longing, consequences, and the moments that shape us forever.
Genre: Literary / Domestic Fiction
Borrow Lake Effect: A Novel by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Happy reading!

