Popular Fiction Collection
We have handpicked a special collection of diverse, award-winning, best-selling fiction books from the last five years in order to provide you with current and transformative reading material.
The collection’s physical location is on the first floor of the library, just to the left of the main staircase. Items are first come, first serve; what you see is what you get. We hope you enjoy these titles. Happy Reading!
Check out our entire popular fiction collection here:
Newly Added Books:
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
An adventurous tale involving the undead and a magical witch.
Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson with Philip Roughton (Translator)
A story about what it means to love focusing on an amnesiac in Iceland.
Read if you love… atmospheric fiction or star-crossed lovers.
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
This is a reinvention of Arthurian mythology set in North Carolina.
A Psalm for the Wild-built by Becky Chambers
A short tale on robots returning to humanity after leaving for the wild.
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
This is a story about an ex-soldier opening a coffee shop in a high fantasy setting.
Yellowface by RF Kuang
Yellowface explores issues of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation as a white author claims to be their Asian-American rival.
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Two rival journalists must work together to overcome the Gods in this fantasy setting.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Overlapping stories about the struggle of living in white, Christian America.
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
A story set in the realm of Cosmere about a girl learning to become a pirate.
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda
A detective returns home and discovers long-lost secrets.
The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell
An anthology of horror stories that focus on Black women surviving them.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
A social worker helps a foster family and realizes how corrupt his organization is.
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov with Boris Dralyuk (Translator) `{`add link`}`
A detective’s first case set after World War I in Ukraine.
Read if you love… mysteries.
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
Kiva works as a healer in a Prison and risks her life to save a Rebel.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin `{`add link`}`
Spanning thirty years, this novels examines the love and loss of two video game developers.
Read if you love… emotional and reflective fiction.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Ernest Cunningham’s family is made of killers, but it’s not clear who Ernest has murdered.
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
In the same setting at Legends & Lattes, this novels focuses on Viv as they recuperate from their injuries in a bookstore before she opened her coffee shop.
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
Alix Summers meets Josie Fair on their shared birthday, but just as soon as Josie comes into Alix’s life, she disappears. She leaves behind crime that targets Alix.
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
A gothic retelling of the tale of Lizzie Borden
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi is an infamous pirate about to take her last job that will make her and her crew legends.
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
Nurse Leslie Bruin is assigned to a rural Appalachian town and discovers horror within the local congregation.
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Focusing on 3 women in 3 time periods, Weyward weaves a narrative of women surviving and nature thriving.
Read this if you love… magical realism or historical fiction.
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