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New Fiction | September 2026

Adult - What We're Reading | Published September 4, 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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    Paper Ghosts / Sarah Addison Allen
    Part ghost story, part love story and steeped in magical realism, Paper Ghosts will transport you to a place where old secrets echo through the years and love finds a way of bringing us home.

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    Our Noble Selves / Kate Atkinson
    A thrilling tale of post-World War II London, where the peace proves as tricky to navigate as the past.

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    Under Story / Chloe Benjamin
    An intimate yet epic love story–and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we love.

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    Switzy / Emma Cline
    A mesmerizing portrait of an aging man’s last pilgrimage.

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    Ply / Hernan Diaz
    Examines the place of technology in the American imagination

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    Vince Flynn’s Double Tap / Don Bentley
    Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp series continues the American Assassin storyline, taking the young CIA operative on his first deep-cover mission.

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    Hollywood Ending / John Green
    A behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story about finding someone to trust in an untrustworthy world.

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    The French Illusion / John Grisham
    A gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong–and the nightmare that follows.

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    The Thoroughbreds / Elin Hilderbrand
    What has more high-stakes drama, tension, and intrigue than senior year at a New England boarding school?

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    The Witches of Cambridge / Alice Hoffman
    Follows two brilliant young women in 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they become immersed in a mysterious secret group of witches at Radcliffe known as the Lilith Society.

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    The Disappearers / Marlon James
    The electrifying story of the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its far-reaching consequences

  • Illustrated book cover showing Taipei landmarks, a flower branch, and a teacup on a floating island set against a dark background.

    Taipei Story / R. F. Kuang
    A wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock–all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei.

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    The Pirate Queen / Ariel Lawhon
    A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people.

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    American Hagwon / Min Jin Lee
    A breathtaking contemporary epic: a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate, that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.

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    Exit Party / Emily St. John Mandel
    A breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman–a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State–searches for answers.

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    Sophie, Standing There / Meg Mason
    A tender and hilarious novel about heartbreak and the journey from isolation and loneliness towards love.

  • Book cover showing intertwining tree roots and green leaves.

    The Birthing Tree / Amanda Peters
    An unforgettable novel about a woman who must confront her family’s buried truths and memories of passionate young love when her grandmother’s death leaves her as the only guide to her community’s future.

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    Hollow Bones / Jodi Picoult
    A riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner.

SHC: 8/2026


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