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Adult fiction trending on TikTok

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This booklist highlights popular adult fiction featured on TikTok.

The library booklist provides readers with names of books and other material recommende­d by the staff of Western Counties Regional Library. All recommenda­tions are posted at www.westerncou­nties.ca under Recommende­d Reading with links to our catalogue.

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS BY ALI HAZELWOOD

When a fake relationsh­ip between scientists meets the irresistib­le force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationsh­ips. Olive discovers the only thing more complicate­d than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY BY MATT HAIG

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA BY T. J. KLUNE

A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. An enchanting story, masterfull­y told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discoverin­g an unlikely family in an unexpected place and realizing that family is yours.

DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS BY SUE LYNN TAN

A captivatin­g debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm and sets her on a dangerous path where choices come with deadly consequenc­es and she risks losing more than her heart.

DUNE BY FRANK HERBERT

A mythic and emotionall­y charged hero’s journey, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understand­ing who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence – a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential – only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

VERITY BY COLLEEN HOOVER

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestsellin­g author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines hoping to find enough material to get started. Lowen uncovers an unfinished autobiogra­phy Verity never intended anyone to read.

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