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Fall 2026 Featured Reads

Nov 12, 2026 - Waterloo Public Library
Featured Reads

Cozy up with our Fall 2026 Featured Reads: a curated selection of new adult fiction and non-fiction, featuring compelling stories and memorable voices that are perfect for longer nights.

Fiction

The Salt King
Natasha Pulley
How Can My Manager Be So Stupid?
Kazumasa Hayami; translated by Haydn Trowell
Furious Violet: A Novel
Sarai Walker
Cooking in the Wrong Century
Teresa Präauer; translated by Eleanor Updegraff
Daytona Teddy Riggs
Drew Buxton
Indie Darling: A Novel
Lauren Nossett
The MASH-Up: A Novel
Laura Marie Meyers
Mazywood
Tananarive Due
A Glacier's Guide to Dying: A Novel
Michelle Porter
Beyond Honor
K.B. Brodsky
Reap & Sow
Charlotte B. Plumb
Cloudthief: A Novel
Nathaniel Rich

Non-Fiction

There's a Monster in the Lake: The World as a Fantastical Place
Laura Fernández; translated by Alexis Almeida
The W: A History of the WNBA
Tamryn Spruill
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Emily Wilson
Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
Daisy Dixon
Happy Snacking, Don't Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes With Black Forager (A Cookbook)
Alexis Nikole Nelson
Never Say Die: A Memoir
Ke Huy Quan
The Solo Honeymoon: A Brief Beautiful True Love Story
Laura Murphy
The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist
Joby Warrick
Our Wild Familiars: How Animals are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World
Dan Werb
Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit
Sam Roberts
A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir
Virginia Eubanks
The Butterfly Season: What Sixty-Four Butterflies Taught Me About Nature's Great Mysteries and the Meaning of Life
Lea Korsgaard
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