September Buzzworthy Adults

"In Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her past. Cal's wife, Becky, has a spiritual gift: She is a seer who can conjure the dead, helping families connect with those they've lost. Margaret's husband, Felix, is serving on a Navy cargo ship, out of harm's...

In a near-future Tokyo where criminals are treated as victims and housed in a luxurious tower, architect Sara Machina struggles with past trauma, creative doubt, and a faltering romance while turning to an AI chatbot for clarity and inspiration.

"A brilliant neurodivergent female sleuth colliding with an FBI agent with a secret. A crime that is not all it seems. Ada Latia is twenty-four years old. She used to be the youngest millionaire in the cosmetics industry. She used to be married. Now, she spends her time studying ways to communicate with aliens. After all, aliens could not possibly be more cruel or deceitful than other humans. Ada's spiteful ex-husband Rex believes autistic people...

This cyber-erotic romantic thriller, written by two queer icons in the 1990s, has been "rebooted" for today's readers. In this rowdy cyber-romance originally written in the 1990s, two people meet online and fall in love in every guise they can manage. As Scratch and Winc go from anonymous lovers to accidental heroes and gender outlaws, they expose the shadowy Web stretched between technology and capitalist greed, nearly becoming roadkill on the internet...

"A a ghostly reckoning with Congolese history set in the Congolese town of Pointe-Noire"-- Provided by publisher.

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025. ?On losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast - the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. She immerses herself again in the life of the town, observing the inhabitants going about their business, a quiet backdrop for her reckoning with herself. An episode from her first visit resurfaces vividly - her encounter with John, a man struggling to come to terms with...

"Summary:The natural enemy of a Korean is another Korean. When North Korean spymaster Doha Kim is mysteriously killed in Oxford, his protégé Yohan Kim, disguised as Junichi Nakamura, chases the only breadcrumb given to him in Doha's last breath: "Soju Club, Dr. Ryu." In the meantime, Yunah Choi, a CIA agent acting under the alias of Seonhye Park, spots an opportunity to finally make progress in her investigation of the North Korean spy cell. As...

Ning is a retired boxer, but to the customers who visit her nailsalon, she is just another worker named Susan. On this summer's day, much like any other, the Susans buff and clip and polish and tweeze. They listen and smile and nod. But beneath this superficial veneer, Ning is a woman of rigorous intellect and profound complexity. Awoman enthralled by the intricacy and rhythms of her work, but alsohaunted by memories of paths not taken and opportunities...

"Places like this have a history. Desires. And this one is famished and her mom are on the run after narrowly escaping the clutches of an abusive man who dragged them from Portland to Beijing. With fewoptions, Megan's mom turns to an old friend who offers them room and board in Huihuang Opera Theater in exchange for cleaning the ancient building. Between her rusty Mandarin and constant reminders thatshe's an outsider, Megan struggles with loneliness--until...