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Adult - What We're Reading | Published September 18, 2025

There’s no waiting for titles on hoopla! We’ve rounded up this month’s in-demand titles available for instant checkout as ebooks and/or audiobooks.

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Fiction

  • Silhouette of a person’s profile set against an abstract orange and teal patterned background with bold geometric shape

    Death of the Author / Nnedi Okorafor
    A disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful sci-fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative. This is a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human.
    ebook, audio

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    Binding 13 / Chloe Walsh  
    Johnny Kavanagh is the definition of popular. What people don’t know is that he has been dealing with a painful injury that could halt the magnificent trajectory of his career. Shy and reclusive Shannon Lynch has been bullied all her life. When she arrives at Tommen College for a fresh start, she meets the notorious Kavanagh on her first day. 
    ebook, audio

  • Woman with glasses holding a notebook and pen stands against a bright yellow background decorated with cheerful illustrated icons.

    The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley / Courtney Walsh  
    Isadora Bentley follows the rules, likes things just so, and believes that happiness is something that flat-out doesn’t exist in her life, and never will. But on her thirtieth birthday, she does something completely out of character—she makes an impulse purchase of a magazine featuring a silly article detailing “Thirty-One Ways to Be Happy.” Will it prove her long-held assumptions wrong?
    ebook, audio

  • Yellow jessamine flowers bloom in the foreground of a rural scene with an old wooden house under a wide sky.

    When the Jessamine Grows / Donna Everhart  
    In rural 19th-century North Carolina, one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period in American history. Evocative and morally complex.
    ebook, audio

  • Twisted branches and pink flowers are set against a dark background, with a prominent tagline: "Fear the monsters we make.

    Shield of Sparrows / Devney Perry  
    A swoon-worthy romantic fantasy, told from the perspective of a protagonist who explains, “One fateful day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores, and a prince ruined my life. Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him—bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I barely know.”
    audio

  • A person floats serenely in deep blue water, with bold white script overlaying the tranquil aquatic background.

    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Jessica Guerrieri  
    A powerfully written page-turner about impossible choices, motherhood, creativity, and the devastating results of using alcohol to fill the void.
     ebook, audio

  • Bold white text with whimsical signs, playful illustrations of books and plants, and an alligator decorate the cover.

    Accomplice to the Villain / Hannah Nicole Maehrer  
    With a magical prophecy unraveling, assassins showing up in the break room, and a suspicious number of frogs wearing crowns, Evie has to figure out how to survive her job without setting the kingdom on fire—or her dignity, which is hanging by a very sarcastic thread. Being evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again, neither was falling for the villain.
    audio

  • Silhouetted figure stands in a brightly lit train window, set against a deep night sky on a dramatic book cover design.

    Five Found Dead / Sulari Gentill  
    Crime fiction author Joe Penvale has won the most brutal battle of his life. Now that he has finished intense medical treatment, he and his twin, Meredith, board the Orient Express in Paris, hoping for rest and rejuvenation. Meredith also hopes that the train’s literary ghosts will awaken Joe’s muse and he’ll write again. When they awaken the first morning to find that the cabin next to theirs has become a crime scene, they realize they got more than they bargained for.
    ebook

  • Dockside boathouse at sunset with sailboats and still water reflecting warm orange and purple sky tones.

    Smuggler’s Cove / Fern Michaels  
    In a fresh, new series for fans of Nora Roberts and Danielle Steel. Siblings Madison and Lincoln Taylor’s Jersey Shore inheritance plunges them into a world of mystery and mayhem.
    ebook

  • Golden serpent entwined with black vines and surrounded by pink roses set against a decorative background.

    The Rose Bargain / Sasha Peyton Smith  
    Ivy Benton must enter into a marriage contest with a fae prince in order to free her sister from a bargain previously made with the vicious fae queen of England.
    ebook, audio

  • Cozy café setting adorned with autumn leaves, pumpkins, and festive seasonal decorations in warm, inviting colors.

    The Pumpkin Spice Café / Laurie Gilmore  
    Jeanie takes over her aunt’s café in Dream Harbor and encounters a local farmer.
    ebook, audio

  • Illustration of two people relaxing on lounge chairs amid palm leaves, set against a bright orange background; notes Netflix adaptation.

    People We Meet on Vacation / Emily Henry
    Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.
    audio

Nonfiction

  • Front cover of Careless People showing a blue mousepad with a shark's fin on the surface

    Careless People / Sarah Wynn-Williams  
    A former Facebook executive gives an account of policies and leadership at the social media platform.
    audio

  • Large white text stands out against a blue and green swirling abstract background with a fluid, organic design.

    Is a River Alive? / Robert Macfarlane
    The author of Underland explores flowing waters in Ecuador, India, and Canada.
    audio

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