Every year we ask our staff across the system for their favorite books published in a given year. Our staff are such voracious readers that we needed two parts for adult fiction this year! Enjoy this variety of fiction staff favorites, with annotations by staff members or as noted. (Created November 2024)
A Killing on the Hill
In the corrupt Seattle of the Great Depression, a reporter investigates a murder that's about to become the city's hottest mystery. (NoveList Plus)
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The Spellshop
A lush cottagecore tale is full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams and even sweeter love. (NoveList Plus)
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Late Bloomer
After she wins the lottery, a woman’s spontaneous purchase of a flower farm lands her a surprise roommate, too. (Kirkus)
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Housemates
"A beautiful ode to queer love and friendship, the great American road trip in a (perpetually) troubled America, and a fresh new take on what it takes to become an artist."--Sarah B.
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Faebound
Forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their homeland’s borders an elven warrior and her prophet sister encounter the fae court, in the first book of a new trilogy from the Sunday Times best-selling author of the The Final Strife. (NoveList Plus)
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I Cheerfully Refuse
Amid the dystopian collapse of the near future, a musician embarks on a quixotic voyage from the shore of Lake Superior. (Kirkus)
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The Mighty Red
Pulitzer winner Erdrich follows the folks of the Red River Valley of North Dakota—the original home to the Ojibwe, the Dakota, and the Metis—in a captivating tale of love and everyday life amid environmental upheaval and the 2008 financial crisis. (Publishers Weekly)
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James
"I thought I knew the Huck Finn backstory but learned quite a bit from this one."--Jonathan B-Z.
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Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
A professor and expert in faerie folklore sets out to map the realms of their world, still not ready to accept a marriage proposal from Wendell Bambleby, in the second novel of the series following Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. (NoveList Plus)
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Cuckoo
In 1995, seven queer teens abandoned at a desert conversion camp face an ancient evil that haunts them for years, forcing them to reunite to stop it before it consumes the world. (NoveList Plus)
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