BOOKS IN ENGLISH FOR ADULTS

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ITEMS MARKED “ADOPTED” HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL “ADOPT-A-BOOK” FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

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January 2026

Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett

A Deceit of Lapwings Steve Burrows

Gone Before Goodbye Harlan Coben

The First Time I Saw Him Laura Dave

The Correspondent Virginia Evans

Bride Ali Hazelwood

King Sorrow Joe Hil

Queen Esther John Irving

The Shadow of What Was Lost James Islington

The Melancholy of Resistance Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Half His Age Jennette McCurdy

Dear Debbie Freida Mcfadden

Wolf Hour Jo Nesbo

Return of the Spider: (Alex Cross 33) James Patterson

The Retreat Sarah Pearse

The Wilds Sarah Pearse

Game Changer v.1 Rachel Reid

Heated Rivalry v.2 Rachel Reid

Tough Guy v.3 Rachel Reid

Common Goal v.4 Rachel Reid

Role Model v.5 Rachel Reid

The Long Game v.6 Rachel Reid

The Seven Rings: The Lost Bride Trilogy Nora Roberts

Flesh David Szalay

Pick a Color Souvankham Thammavongsa

It Begins In Betrayal (Lane Winslow #4) Iona Whishaw

A Sorrowful Sanctuary (Lane Winslow #5) Iona Whishaw

Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood

Young Adult

Games Untold Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter

Large Print

The Proving Ground Michael Connelly

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe James Patterson

Nonfiction

Wealthy Barber Dave Chilton

Vanished Beyond the Map Adam Shoalts

We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture Rick Westhead

Biography

The Smiling Land Alan Doyle

Nobody’s Girl Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Bread of Angels Patti Smith

Graphic Novels

Fitting Indian Jyoti Chand

Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day Alex L. Combs

Elon Musk Darryl Cunningham

Don’t Play with your Food Morgane Davis Demers

Lilith Vol. 1 Corin Howell

Cannon Lee Lai

Always Remember Charlie Mackesy

Paying The Land Joe Sacco

Lore Olympus: Volume Nine Rachel Smythe

November 2025

Exit Strategy Lee & Andrew Child ADOPTED

The Marionette Terry Fallis

Boleyn Traitor Philippa Gregory

Mate Ali Hazelwood

Homebound Josh Quirion ADOPTED

Evil Bones Kathy Reichs ADOPTED

Remain Nicholas Sparks with M. Night Shyamalan

Nonfiction

The Mind Mappers Eric Andrew-Gee

October 2025

Twice Mitch Albom

Ship of Dreams Donna Jones Alward

We Love You, Bunny Mona Awad

Strong ground : the lessons of daring leadership, the tenacity of paradox, and the wisdom of the human spirit Brené Brown ADOPTED

Monk and Robot: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Becky Chambers ADOPTED

The Killing Stones Ann Cleeves ADOPTED

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai ADOPTED

Circle of Days Ken Follett

The Widow John Grisham

Final Orbit (Apollo Murders, #3) Chris Hadfield

No Wrong Seasons Brenda Hartwell ADOPTED

The Academy Elin Hilderbrand

Crossings Alex Landragin

Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon

What We Can Know Ian McEwan

The Women of Wild Hill Kirsten Miller

The Memory Police Yoko Ogawa

The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman

The Black Wolf Louise Penny ADOPTED

Alchemised SenLinYu

The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore So

A Lethal Lesson : A Lane Winslow Mystery Iona Whishaw

A Match Made For Murder: A Lane Winslow Mystery Iona Whishaw

A Deceptive Devotion: A Lane Winslow Mystery Iona Whishaw

Large Print

The Portrait Danielle Steel

Young Adult

The Rose Field (Book of Dust, Volume 3) Philip Pullman

Biography

Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts Margaret Atwood

Mother Mary Comes To Me Arundhati Roy

Graphic Novels

The Night Eaters #3: Their Kingdom Come Marjorie Liu

Do Admit : The Mitford Sisters and Me Mimi Pond

September 2025

End Game (William Warwick, #8) Jeffrey Archer ADOPTED

The Secret Of Secrets Dan Brown ADOPTED

Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) Eliza Chan ADOPTED

The Spirit Of Scatarie Lesley Crewe ADOPTED

Not Quite Dead Yet Holly Jackson ADOPTED

The Hallmarked Man Robert Galbraith

Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus ADOPTED

A Slowly Dying Cause Elizabeth George ADOPTED

Clown Town Mick Herron

Aliens on the Moon Thomas King ADOPTED

Going Home in the Dark Dean Koontz ADOPTED

Katabasis R.F. Kuang

She Didn’t See It Coming Shari Lapena

The Change Kirsten Miller

Mona’s Eyes Thomas Schlesser ADOPTED

The Girl with Ice in Her Veins Karin Smirnoff ADOPTED

The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits Jennifer Weiner

A Short Walk Through a Wide World Douglas Westerbeke ADOPTED

Large Print

Kiss Her Goodbye (Frankie Elkin, #4) Lisa Gardner ADOPTED

25 Alive (Women’s Murder Club #25) James Patterson

A Mother’s Love Danielle Steel ADOPTED

For Richer For Poorer Danielle Steel

Nonfiction

The Parkinson’s Plan: A New Path to Prevention and Treatment Ray Dorsey

21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government Bob Joseph

An Accidental Villain Linden MacIntyre ADOPTED

Biography

Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit Brené Brown

All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation Elizabeth Gilbert

Young Adult

Sisters in the Wind Angeline Boulley

We Fell Apart E. Lockhart

We Were Liars E. Lockhart

If He Had Been With Me Laura Nowlin

Long Way Down Jason Reynolds

Fearful (The Powerless Trilogy, #3.5) Lauren Roberts

For the Wolf (Wilderwood, #1) Hannah F. Whitten ADOPTED

August 2025

Sister Stone adventures : Book three : Raging river Kristen Bobbitt ADOPTED

The Boy with the Star Tattoo Talia Carner ADOPTED

King of Ashes S.A. Cosby

All That Life Can Afford Emily Everett ADOPTED

One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) Rachel Gillig

Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) Rachel Gillig

Annie Bot Sierra Greer

Ravensong Tj Klune

Heartsong Tj Klune

Brothersong Tj Klune

Like mother, like mother Susan Rieger ADOPTED

Awake in the Floating City Susanna Kwan

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna

Ward D Freida McFadden ADOPTED

Valentine in Montreal Heather O’Neill ADOPTED

House of Glass Sarah Pekkanen

As good a place as any Rebecca P?pucaru ADOPTED

With a Vengeance Riley Sager ADOPTED

An Inside Job Daniel Silva

A Truce That Is Not Peace Miriam Toews

Framed in Fire (Lane Winslow #9) Iona Whishaw

To Track a Traitor (Lane Winslow #10) Iona Whishaw

Someone You Can Build a Nest In John Wiswell ADOPTED

Large Print

The Unraveling of Julia Lisa Scottoline ADOPTED

Nonfiction

Lost Songs of Nature Michel Leboeuf ADOPTED

We Need Your Art Amie McNee

Biography

Hope Pope Francis

Young Adult

We’ll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3) Jenny Han

Graphic Novel

Spent: A Comic Novel Alison Bechdel

Lore Olympus: Volume Eight Rachel Smythe

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist Adrian Tomine

June 2025

The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir Isabel Allende

The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict ADOPTED

Anna O Matthew Blake

Isola Allegra Goodman

Karla’s Choice Nick Harkaway ADOPTED

Problematic Summer Romance Ali Hazelwood

Prairie Edge Conor Kerr ADOPTED

The River Is Waiting Wally Lamb ADOPTED

Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy

Within Arm’s Reach Ann Napolitano

As We Forgive Others Shane Peacock ADOPTED

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V.E. Schwab

The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden

Large Print

Nightshade Michael Connelly

You Are Not Alone Greer Hendricks

A Mind of Her Own Danielle Steel

Far From Home Danielle Steel

Non Fiction

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children Alyssa Blask Campbell

Theory of Water Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

All About Birds Northeast: Northeast US and Canada Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Centuries of Flight, Fugitivity, and Resistance in a North American City Laura Madokoro

It’s Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health Karen Tang ADOPTED

Graphic Novels

Seek You Kristen Radtke