New Fiction | July 2025

Adult - What We're Reading | Published June 30, 2025

These adult fiction books and more will be arriving at the Library in July.

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FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, AND MYSTERY

  • book cover: coded justice by stacey abrams

    Coded Justice / Stacey Abrams

    Follows Avery down a dark rabbit hole into the breathtaking—and dangerously evolving—world of AI in the medical industry.

  • book cover: the list by steve berry

    The List / Steve Berry

    Brent Walker returns home to Concord, a quaint town in central Georgia nestled close to the Savannah River, to work for Southern Republic Pulp and Paper Company as its assistant general counsel, and is drawn into a plan that puts his life on the line.

  • book cover: typewriter beach by meg waite clayton

    Typewriter Beach / Meg Waite Clayton

    An unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock’s new star.

  • book cover: beautiful nights by nina george

    Beautiful Nights / Nina George

    A respected professor begins a secret affair with her son’s girlfriend one summer on the Brittany coast in this intense, poetic novel.

  • book cover: not quite dead yet by holly jackson

    Not Quite Dead Yet / Holly Jackson

    A twisty thriller about a young woman trying to solve her own murder.

  • book cover: she didn't see it coming by shari lapena

    She Didn’t See It Coming / Shari Lapena

    When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it’s too late?

  • book cover: these summer storms by sarah maclean

    These Summer Storms / Sarah MacLean

    A razor-sharp, wildly sexy novel about a wealthy New England family’s long-overdue reckoning… and the one week that threatens to tear them apart.

  • book cover: the winds from further west by alexander mccall smith

    The Winds from Further West / Alexander McCall Smith

    A dazzling and uplifting novel of new beginnings and endless possibilities, in which a slew of personal and professional disasters cause a young researcher to upend his seemingly stable life in Edinburgh and move to a remote island off the Scottish coast.

  • book cover: the bewitching by silvia moreno-garcia

    The Bewitching / Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

    Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga.

  • book cover: everyone is lying to you by jo piazza

    Everyone Is Lying to You / Jo Piazza

    An explosive thriller about two estranged friends, a grisly murder, a sudden disappearance, and the truly shocking revelation that everyone is lying to you about something.

  • book cover: all the men i've loved again by christine pride

    All the Men I’ve Loved Again / Christine Pride

    A woman finds herself in the impossible situation of being in love with the same two men who won her heart in her early twenties again as she nears forty.

  • book cover: finding grace by loretta rothschild

    Finding Grace / Loretta Rothschild

    Grace has made her London wine shop a second home for people like her—those running from their own past—and she soon finds herself curious about Tom, who becomes a fixture at the shop.
  • book cover: the unraveling of julia by lisa scottoline

    The Unraveling of Julia / Lisa Scottoline

    A young widow inherits a Tuscan estate from a mysterious benefactor and finds herself thrust into the crosshairs of a dangerous conspiracy.

  • book cover: vera or faith by gary shteyngart

    Vera, or Faith / Gary Shteyngart

    A poignant, sharp-eyed, and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter.

  • book cover: an inside job y daniel silva

    An Inside Job / Daniel Silva

    Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon must solve the perfect crime in the dazzling new tale of murder, greed, and corruption.

  • book cover: edge of honor by brad thor

    Edge of Honor / Brad Thor

    An exhilarating new Scot Harvath thriller.

  • book cover: the view from lake como by adriana trigiani

    The View from Lake Como / Adriana Trigiani

    After a painful divorce and family upheaval in working-class Lake Como, New Jersey, draftswoman Jess Capodimonte Baratta flees to Carrara, Italy, where artistic ambition, and new relationships reshape her understanding of love, loyalty, and personal fulfillment.

  • book cover: the woman in suite 11 by ruth ware

    The Woman in Suite 11 / Ruth Ware

    Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.

  • book cover: wayward girls by susan wiggs

    Wayward Girls / Susan Wiggs

    Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school.

  • book cover: under the stars by beatriz williams

    Under the Stars / Beatriz Williams

    When a daughter and her famous mother return to Winthrop Island to confront their complicated past, they discover a secret trove of paintings that connect them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier.

SHC: 6/2025


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