A list of adult novels mentioned on this blog. Some adult novels may be suitable for a younger audience. An asterisk after the author's name indicates this title is appropriate for a younger audience. Please contact me if you have questions about how young that audience might be.
- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff*
- B is for Bad Poetry by Pamela August Russell
- Bicycles by Nikki Giovanni
- Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks
- Blameless: An Alexia Tarabotti novel by Gail Carriger
- A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You by Amy Bloom
- The Bone People by Keri Hulme, cover design by Pepa Heller
- Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands
- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding, cover design by Tara McPherson
- The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace, cover design by Duke Riley
- Burning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash
- Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
- Changeless: An Alexia Tarabotti novel by Gail Carriger
- The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett
- Come to Me by Amy Bloom
- Darling Jim by Christian Moerk*
- Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole
- Finding Camlann by Sean Pidgeon
- First Contact, Or, It's Later Than You Think by Evan Mandery
- First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
- The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
- French General: Home Sewn: 30 Projects for Every Room in the House by Kaari Meng, photographs by Jon Zabala
- From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming, cover design by Chris Garver
- Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows*
- Habibi by Craig Thompson
- Heartless by Gail Carriger
- I am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley*
- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
- Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition by Sue Whitney, with Kimberly Melamed, photographs by Douglas E. Smith
- Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
- Letters from an Age of Reason by Nora Hague
- The Lost City of Z by David Grann*
- The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan*
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs*
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson*
- Money: A Suicide Note by Marin Amis, cover design by Bert Krak
- Moon Sworn by Keri Arthur
- Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
- One Yard Wonders by Rebecca Yaker & Patricia Hoskins, photographs by John Gruen
- Plugged by Eoin Colfer
- Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here by Christine Warren
- Saints Astray by Jacqueline Carey
- Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
- Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
- Serena by Ron Rash
- Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti novel by Gail Carriger
- The Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic Spices by Sara Engra & Katie Luber, with Kimberly Toge
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- Stay by Nicola Griffith
- Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley*
- Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler
- Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee, cover design by Chris Conn
- War Dances by Sherman Alexie*
- Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom
- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
