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Explore These Eye-Catching Adult Fiction Book Titles

We're told not to judge a book by its cover, but I've often found that unique and interesting book titles often lead to an equally compelling story. Take a look at these books titles that capture the eye, provoke curiosity, and also have a story that will draw the reader in and won't disappoint.

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  • An artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced that she is turning into a dog and, as her symptoms intensify, struggles to keep her alter-canine-identity a secret, until she meets a group of mothers who may also be more than what they seem.
    Book, 2021New York : Doubleday, [2021] — Yoder
  • A supernatural thriller set in South Carolina in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious stranger who turns out to be a real monster.
    Book, 2020Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, [2020] — Hendri
  • Margo Millet's always known she'd have to make it on her own. She's still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor--and while the affair is brief, it isn't brief enough to keep her from getting pregnant.…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — Thorpe
  • A dual narrative, feel good mystery in which a woman, Frances, spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. When she is in fact murdered nearly 60 years later, her great…
    Book, 2024[New York] : Dutton, [2024] — Perrin
  • It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions.…
    Book, 2018New York : Penguin Books, 2018. — Moshfe
  • Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die--he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — Kukafk
  • Former doctor Tucia Hatherley, when her livelihood is threatened, joins a traveling medicine show, and loathing the duplicity, tries to break free only to be pulled in even deeper until something happens that challenges her to recover her belief in…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — Skenan
  • Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George’s, who is Umma’s obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family’s claustrophobic…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., [2024] — Kim
  • Landing her personal hero and mega-best-selling author Essie Starling as a client, housecleaner Liv Green forms an unlikely friendship with this infamous recluse, but when Essie suddenly dies, leaving her an astonishing last wish, Liv discovers a…
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Park Row Books, [2022] — Patric