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New Fiction | October 2026

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

These popular titles are being released this month. Use your Bloomfield Township Public Library card to place a hold by selecting the linked title.

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  • Book cover illustration shows two people standing on separate planets, one vibrant with greenery and the other barren.

    As You Wake, Break the Shell / Becky Chambers
    Explore a universe of stubborn survival and found family, of persistent danger and quiet wonder.

  • Book cover shows a silhouette of a man walking along large, shadowed text against a blue background.

    Chain Reaction / Lee Child & Andrew Child
    The heart-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller.

  • Book cover illustration shows a solitary figure standing by a river at sunset, with bridges and power lines.

    The Hollow / Michael Connelly
    Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past.

  • Illustrated book cover shows a brightly lit building shaped like a book, with snow falling and city lights glowing in the background.

    Peck & Peck / Bonnie Garmus
    In 1980s New York City, a young man’s life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world.

  • Book cover showing several animal skulls against a black background.

    Off the Reservation / Stephen Graham Jones
    A ragtag group of activists sets out to repatriate the bones of a Blackfeet boy taken to the infamous Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

  • Book cover showing flying black birds against a cloudy blue and gold sky.

    Whale Harbor / Mary Beth Keane
    Eleven brothers set out on different paths between Ireland, England, Montana, and New York.

  • Book cover illustration showing a barn with the number 13 above its door, a field of crops, and a cut out of a person walking along a red path.

    Other Worlds Than These / Stephen King & Peter Straub
    Jack Sawyer, a beloved and enduring King protagonist, returns in the final book in the Talisman Trilogy.

  • Blurred hands play piano keys on a book cover.

    Partita / Barbara Kingsolver
    A story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty.

  • Book cover showing a landscape painting with a partially visible face emerging from a torn section, framed by a dark blue curtain-like border.

    Mystery Play / Elizabeth Kostova
    The last living member of a family of historians who has been hunted by dark forces associated with Dracula finds himself in peril at the hands of a new threat.

  • Book cover featuring a prominent black treble clef over an illustrated harbor scene with boats and three people in the foreground.

    Music Against the Night / Yiyun Li
    Two musicians mature, study, travel, love, grieve, and, above all, chase their ambitions.

  • Book cover featuring a pink and orange gradient background with an ornate black illustration centered.

    A Court of Splintered Harmony / Sarah J. Maas
    Romance, danger, and intrigue await readers in the breathtaking sixth book in the series.

  • Book cover with two people sit at a piano with a view of 1942 Paris in the background.

    The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse / Heather Morris
    The author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz returns with a novel that captures the astonishing bravery of ordinary people in extraordinary times.

  • Book cover showing black birds and yellow pages arranged on a teal wooden background.

    Life Out of Order / Audrey Niffenegger
    An exhilarating speculative story set in a dystopian future where virtual reality and real life converge.

  • Book cover showing white daisies on a textured yellow background with a line of red thread.

    Miss Wolcott’s Ghost / Louise Penny
    Armand Gamache returns!

  • Book cover with a cat sitting on a windowsill, silhouetted against a glowing red-orange window set in a dark blue brick wall.

    Look What the Cat Dragged In / Jason Rekulak
    A supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret, featuring illustrations.

  • Illustrated book cover showing figures reading against a vibrant, multicolored background.

    Bad Words / Rioghnach Robinson
    Parker Navarro’s debut novel was meant to define his career—until critic Selina Chan’s blistering review made it the flop of the decade. Four years later, his new book is his shot at redemption; for Selina, reviewing him again is a professional risk she can’t refuse. When her second takedown ignites a viral feud, both their fortunes shift overnight. But as the literary world feeds on their public sparring, a quieter dialogue begins—one that challenges everything they thought they knew about success, sincerity, and each other.

  • Book cover with bright, pixelated television screens on a black background.

    Public Access Afterworld / Jane Schoenbrun
    A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell.

  • Book cover with bold green and black text, abstract star shapes, and an illustrated black cat and mouse.

    The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford / Nafissa Thompson-Spires
    The tale of the murder of an infamous moonshiner and the cacophony of true stories a small town can tell about itself.

SHC: 9/2026

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