Salem Staff Picks – Adult Fiction

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