New Fiction

Come and browse the fiction collection - either online or in person - to find these titles. Gold Coast Public Library cardholders can call the Reference Desk at 759-8300 ext. 202 to have a librarian hold a book for you; or, if the book is checked out, to place your name on the reserve list.  Holds can be placed from home.  Click on the cover of the book to check for availability.

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Staff Picks

Fiction A to Z

NY Times Fiction Bestsellers

Historical Fiction

Set in the past with a serious respect for historical accuracy and details.

Authors of interest: Jean Auel – Tracy Chevalier – Bernard Cornwell – Anne Perry – Jeff Shaara

Mystery

Puzzles, filled with clues that readers and detectives attempt to solve to discover ‘whodunit’.

Authors of interest:  Nevada Barr – M.C. Beaton – Patricia Cornwell – Janet Evanovich – Sue Grafton – P.D. James – Jonathan Kellerman – Alexander McCall Smith – Sara Paretsky

Romance

Focuses on the development and satisfactory resolution of the love relationship.

Authors of interest: Mary Balogh – Barbara Delinsky – Jude Deveraux - Julie Garwood – Rachel Gibson – Jayne Anne Krentz/ Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle- Debbie Macomber – Susan Elizabeth Phillips – Nora Roberts

Thrillers & Suspense

Thrillers – Gripping, plot centered stories set in the detailed framework of a particular profession that
places heroes/heroines in dangerous situations from which they must extricate themselves.

Suspense - Fast - paced stories in which tension builds as protagonists are placed in danger.

Thriller Authors of interest:  David Baldacci – Dan Brown- Robin Cook – Michael Chichton – Tess Gerritsen – James Grippando – John Grisham – Steve Martini – Douglas Preston and Lee Child – Lisa Scottoline – Stuart Woods

Suspense Authors of interest: Lee Child – Mary Higgins Clark – Harlan Coben – Michael Connelly – Jeffery Deaver – Greg Iiles – James Patterson – Thomas Perry – John Sandford

 Read-alikes

If you liked:                              Try: 

Gone Girl                                     Before I Go to Sleep

By Gillian Flynn                           By S.J. Watson

If you liked:                                Try:

Defending Jacob                          We Need to Talk About Kevin 

By William Landay                         By Lionel Shriver

 If you liked:                                  Try:

Fifty Shades of Grey                      Bared to You

By E.L. James                                  By Sylvia Day