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New Fiction | June 2026

Adult - What We're Reading | Published May 30, 2026

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  • Book cover showing a dark house, trees, bees, and two silhouetted figures beneath a crescent moon on a red-orange background.

    The Children / Melissa Albert
    The estranged adult children of a legendary author, written into their dead mother’s beloved fantasy series, must contend with the vine-like creep of legacy, memory, and magic.

  • Illustrated book cover showing two women in a blue car driving through green hills dotted with grazing sheep.

    Road Trip / Mary Kay Andrews
    Pack your bags for a summer journey shaped by family secrets, long-buried history, and charming men with Irish accents.

  • Book cover illustration shows a girl in a yellow dress facing a white unicorn in a sunlit garden with arched greenery.

    The Unicorn Hunters / Katherine Arden
    In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest—and unknowingly alters the fate of her world.

  • Book cover features two women: one walking among columns with a suitcase, the other in a teal outfit and hat, on bold background.

    A Pair of Aces / Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
    Two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—team up to bring down notorious mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York.

  • Layered pencil sketches of a face and torso with hand-written praise quotes and bold black script on a book cover.

    Contrapposto / Dave Eggers
    A sweeping novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art.

  • Illustrated book cover showing a woman in a white dress and hat standing outdoors in front of a villa, with trees in the background.

    Villa Coco / Andrew Sean Greer
    A young man takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills.

  • Book cover with an illustration of a woman on a beach towel facing the ocean with two umbrellas beside her.

    The Shampoo Effect / Jenny Jackson
    An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town.

  • Book cover with bold white text on a pink background, decorated with green vines and small white flowers.

    It Could Have Been Her / Lisa Jewell
    A psychological thriller about a lost dog, a missing woman, and a house of long buried secrets.

  • Book cover showing several human silhouettes walking along a divided, mirrored path with bold gradient colors.

    Sublimation / Isabel J. Kim
    Doppelgängers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border.

  • Book cover illustration showing four women sitting on a sandy beach with a large house and blue sky in the background.

    Down with the Shipmans / Meg Mitchell Moore
    It’s the week after Fourth of July, and the Shipman sisters are returning to their picturesque summer home on the New Hampshire coast for what they believe is a family reunion, the first without their late mother. However, their tranquil setting quickly becomes a stage for drama when their father drops the bombshell news that he plans to sell the cherished beach house. As old memories are stirred up, the sisters must decide how far they’re willing to go to preserve the Shipman bond.

  • Book cover showing tall trees in a forest, with a glowing orange orb and a red light streaking across part of the scene.

    Heather / Caitlin Mullen
    A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women.

  • Layered, colorful abstract shapes form the design on a book cover.

    Land / Maggie O’Farrell
    A soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger.

  • Book cover showing a typewriter, a bird holding a key, and a feather against a teal background.

    The Typing Lady / Ruth Ozeki
    About the lives we almost lived, the people we can’t quite forget, and the stories that shape us long after the last page is turned.

  • Two horses stand in a grassy field beneath a starry night sky with mountains in the background on a book cover.

    Whistler / Ann Patchett
    A moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.

  • Yellow book cover with red splatters and a hand gripping a large knife.

    Marion / Leah Rowan
    A twist on Hitchcock’s iconic classic Psycho—where the leading lady doesn’t die, but instead turns the knife on Norm, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our times.

  • Illustrated book cover showing an East Asian woman in traditional dress set against a floral background.

    Daughters of the Sun and Moon / Lisa See
    The story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post–Civil War Los Angeles.

  • Book cover featuring a prominent teal dragon illustration intertwined with bold orange text on a black background.

    Choke Point / Brad Thor
    A new summer blockbuster starring Scot Harvath.

  • Book cover showing a stylized green eye with technological details on a black background and bold, modern text.

    Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep / Paul Tremblay
    Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable.

  • Book cover showing a woman with an updo and pearl necklace, viewed from behind as she looks over water at night.

    When You Loved Me / Beatriz Williams
    A young widow returns to her late father’s New England estate, only to be drawn into the hunt for the rumored pirate treasure that consumed his life.

  • Stylized book cover featuring a woman's face, an airplane, and bold colored text on a blue background.

    The Missed Connection / Tia Williams
    An intensely romantic, deliciously sexy tale about a woman searching for her handsome seatmate on a European flight—and the unexpected places her hunt for love leads her.

SHC: 5/2026


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