Salem Staff Picks – Adult Fiction

The Kaiju Preservation Society by Scalzi, John
The Marlow Murder Club : A Novel by Thorogood, Robert
Deacon King Kong : A Novel by McBride, James
The Martian : A Novel by Weir, Andy
The Women of the Copper Country:   A Novel by Russell, Mary Doria
The Rim of Morning by Sloane, William
Lilac Girls : A Novel by Kelly, Martha Hall
Killers of A Certain Age by Raybourn, Deanna
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Chambers, Becky
The Friend by Nunez, Sigrid
The Maidens by Michaelides, Alex
My Best Friend's Exorcism : A Novel by Hendrix, Grady
Plain Bad Heroines : A Novel by Danforth, Emily M
Margreete's Harbor : A Novel by Morse, Eleanor Lincoln
Miss Benson's Beetle : A Novel by Joyce, Rachel
Cloud Cuckoo Land : A Novel by Doerr, Anthony
This Is How You Lose the Time War by El-Mohtar, Amal
All That Man Is by Szalay, David
A Dangerous Business by Smiley, Jane
The Final Girl Support Group by Hendrix, Grady
The Twyford Code : A Novel by Hallett, Janice
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good : [stories] by Tursten, Helene
The Refrigerator Monologues by Valente, Catherynne M
The Henna Artist by Joshi, Alka
Bewilderment : A Novel by Powers, Richard
The Thursday Murder Club by Osman, Richard
How to Sell A Haunted House by Hendrix, Grady
In the Time of Our History by Pari, Susanne
Thistlefoot : A Novel by Nethercott, Gennarose
A Tale for the Time Being by Ozeki, Ruth L
The Given Day : A Novel by Lehane, Dennis
The Fraud : A Novel by Smith, Zadie
Lisey's Story : A Novel by King, Stephen
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Clarke, Susanna
The Paris Library : A Novel by Skeslien Charles, Janet
Size 12 Is Not Fat : A Heather Wells Mystery by Cabot, Meg
The God of the Woods : A Novel by Moore, Liz
Olga Dies Dreaming by Gonzalez, Xochitl
This Tender Land : A Novel by Krueger, William Kent
Stella Maris by McCarthy, Cormac
Moonflower Murders by Horowitz, Anthony
The Book of Essie : A Novel by Weir, Meghan Maclean
The September House by Orlando, Carissa
The Kill Clause : A Novel by Hurwitz, Gregg
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Hendrix, Grady
The Night Swim by Goldin, Megan
The Devil's Bed by Krueger, William Kent
Light From Uncommon Stars by Aoki, Ryka
Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales by King, Stephen
When We Believed In Mermaids : A Novel by O'Neal, Barbara
The Lying Room by French, Nicci
Lucy Undying : A Dracula Novel by White, Kiersten
Welcome to Dorley Hall by Greaves, Alyson
When the Apricots Bloom : A Novel by Wilkinson, Gina
Malice by Walter, Heather
False Witness : A Novel by Slaughter, Karin
The Gilded Ones by Forna, Namina
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Prior, Hazel
The Song of Achilles by Miller, Madeline
The Hotel Nantucket : A Novel by Hilderbrand, Elin
The Paris Wife : A Novel by McLain, Paula
The Long Walk by King, Stephen
Elizabeth Finch : A Novel by Barnes, Julian
The Darkness Outside Us by Schrefer, Eliot
The Passenger by McCarthy, Cormac
One Last Stop by McQuiston, Casey
Shuggie Bain : A Novel by Stuart, Douglas
Circe : A Novel by Miller, Madeline
The Institute : A Novel by King, Stephen
Twice Shy by Hogle, Sarah
Written In the Stars : A Novel by Bellefleur, Alexandria
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow : A Novel by Zevin, Gabrielle
The Girl With the Louding Voice : A Novel by Daré, Abi
The Good Sister by Hepworth, Sally
Picnic At Hanging Rock by Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady
The Arsonists' City by Alyan, Hala
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Tyler, Anne
What Happened to the Bennetts by Scottoline, Lisa
Antkind : A Novel by Kaufman, Charlie
Whereabouts by Lahiri, Jhumpa
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Stevenson, Benjamin
Separation Anxiety : A Novel by Zigman, Laura
Every Heart A Doorway by McGuire, Seanan
Black Sun by Roanhorse, Rebecca
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Condé, Maryse
Theft of Swords by Sullivan, Michael J
Going Home : A Novel by Lamont, Tom
Dolores Claiborne : A Novel by King, Stephen
The VIolin Conspiracy by Slocumb, Brendan
When Women Were Dragons : A Novel by Barnhill, Kelly Regan
The Arsonists' City by Alyan, Hala
The Darkness Outside Us by Schrefer, Eliot
The Island of Sea Women by See, Lisa
Gilded Mountain : A Novel by Manning, Kate
Where the Crawdads Sing by Owens, Delia
The Haunting of Hill House by Jackson, Shirley
Surface Detail by Banks, Iain
The New Wilderness : A Novel by Cook, Diane
The Paris Apartment : A Novel by Foley, Lucy
'Salem's Lot by King, Stephen
The Dead Zone by King, Stephen
East of Eden by Steinbeck, John
The Cat Who Saved Books by Natsukawa, Sōsuke
Parable of the Sower by Butler, Octavia E
Thornhedge by Kingfisher, T
Hamnet : A Novel of the Plague by O'Farrell, Maggie
The Wolves of Andover : A Novel by Kent, Kathleen
Leviathan Wakes by Corey, James S. A
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