PLDL Most Popular Adult Titles Nov 2024

Portage Lake District Library Most Popular Adult Titles November 2024

Updated December 3, 2024
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1

The anxious generation : how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
Haidt, Jonathan
Paper Book
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Jonathan Haidt is a modern-day prophet, disguised as a psychologist . . . He points the way forward to a brighter, stronger future for us all' Susan Cain 'Compelling, readable - and incredibly chilling . . . remarkably...

2

Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John.
Paper Book
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a...

3

Colored television
Senna, Danzy
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION and the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD IN FICTION. Longlisted for the 2025 JOYCE CAROL OATES LITERARY PRIZE, the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FICTION PRIZE and the CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025. Named a Best...

4

North Woods
Mason, Daniel
Paper Book
When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and inhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to...

5

All the colors of the dark a novel
Whitaker, Chris
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that "hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel" (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl). Read...

6

The blue hour
Hawkins, Paula
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "The best Paula Hawkins yet - by a tense and haunting mile." - Lee Child "An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller... truly exceptional." - Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods "A masterful...

7

Framed : astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions
Grisham, John
Paper Book
*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025*** Ten wrongful conviction cases. Twenty-one innocent people. Framed tells ten stories with a truth more shocking than fiction. John Grisham, the master of the legal thriller, teams up with...

8

A grim reaper's guide to catching a killer
Dara, Maxie
Paper Book
Kathy Valence is forty-two, mid-divorce, and pregnant with her ex's baby. She's also a modern-day grim reaper employed by S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), but frankly that's the easiest part of her life right now. Or at least it was, until her latest...

9

Nexus: ; a brief history of information networks from the stone age to ai
Harari, yuval Noah.
Paper Book
From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries,...

10

The boyfriend
Mcfadden, Freida.
Paper Book
A new, twisting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Teacher and The Housemaid! She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim. Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible...

11

The covenant of water : a novel
Verghese, Abraham
Paper Book
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in...

12

Big little lies
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
From the author of Here One Moment and The Husband's Secret comes the #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AWARD-WINNING HBO® SERIES STARRING REESE...

13

A Song to Drown Rivers
Liang, Ann.
Paper Book
A love story that transcends time and place.Xishi's beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue - where the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of Fanli, the famous young military advisor, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to...

14

The grey wolf
Penny, Louise
Paper Book

15

From here to the great unknown : a memoir
Presley, Lisa Marie
Paper Book
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough. In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long...

16

Happily this Christmas
Mallery, Susan
Paper Book
Susan Mallery, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool's Gold romances, proves there's no place like Happily Inc for the holidays... There's no place like Happily Inc for the holidays... Wynn Beauchene has a thriving business, a...

17

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Stevenson, Benjamin.
Paper Book
If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club kissed under the mistletoe... My name's Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I'd hoped,...

18

In too deep
Child, Lee
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A gripping Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher! Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone...

19

Killers of the Flower Moon the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
Grann, David
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, "one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."--New York...

20

Counting miracles
Sparks, Nicholas.
Paper Book
'Find where you belong and make that place your own...'Tanner has spent his whole life moving from place to place, belonging nowhere. So when his dying grandmother reveals the name and location of the father he never knew, he plans to visit Asheboro to lay the past to rest, then...

21

Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher.
Paper Book
Part One of a Two Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor 'A rock 'n' roll memoir like no other' Daily Mail 'A gutsy account of tenacity and perseverance...Cher's voice reverberates with the grit and depth that made her famous' The New York Times THERE IS...

22

Here one moment a novel
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband's Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world. "The premise is irresistible--a woman on...

23

No fixed line
Stabenow, Dana
Paper Book
'Fans will hope this series goes on forever' Publishers Weekly. ... though there is no fixed line between wrong and right, There are roughly zones whose laws must be obeyed. It is New Year's Eve, nearly six weeks into an off-and-on blizzard that...

24

Love you a latke
Elliot, Amanda
Paper Book
Snow is falling, holiday lights are twinkling, and Abby Cohen is pissed. For one thing, her most annoying customer, Seth, has been coming into her cafe every morning with his sunshiny attitude, determined to break down her carefully constructed emotional walls. And, as the only Jew on the tourism...

25

Men have called her crazy : a memoir
Tendler, Anna Marie
Paper Book
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the lives of women.

26

Now or never
Evanovich, Janet
Paper Book

27

Raised by wolves
Patterson, James.
Paper Book
Two children dressed in rags are discovered ransacking a grocery store on the edge of town. They bare their teeth. They growl. They claim to have been raised by wolves. Where did these children come from? Who are their parents? And can they learn to...

28

Revenge of the tipping point: ; overstories, superspreaders and the rise of social engineering
Gladwell, Malcolm.
Paper Book

29

The guest
Paris, B. A.
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another home full of heart-pounding secrets, in The Guest. Some secrets never...

30

The Last One at the Wedding
Rekulak, Jason.
Paper Book
Frank Szatowski hasn't seen his daughter Maggie in years, and it breaks his heart every day. So when she calls him out of the blue, to tell him that she's getting married and he's invited, Frank is overjoyed.Maggie is marrying into one of the richest families in the country, and Frank finds himself...

31

The madness
Kurtagich, Dawn
Paper Book
Beware what waits in the shadows... With one unexpected email from her estranged best friend, Lucy, Mina Murray's carefully curated life is turned upside down. Leaving behind her psychiatric practice in London, along with her routine and the calm it brings, she returns to the...

32

The third realm
Knausgård, Karl Ove
Paper Book
'Ferociously readable. . . I still can't get enough' The Times If no one ever died, what would happen then? For several days, a bright new star in the sky above Norway has blazed over the restless lives of those below. Tove, an artist, is...

33

A love discovered
Peterson, Tracie
Paper Book
The heart finds its way when one least expects it--even in the most unforgiving frontiers.Invited by a friend to trek west and help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the haunting memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is...

34

A wanted man : a Reacher novel
Child, Lee.
Paper Book
A masterpiece of suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child * Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher!    "The truth about Reacher gets better and better."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times Four people in a...

35

Bad liar a novel
Hoag, Tami
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Masterful #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag is back with a riveting, emotionally powerful new thriller! Small-town labels are hard to shake. Hometown hero. Fallen angel. Can anyone ever escape their past? A...

36

Before I do
Cousens, Sophie
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet and This Time Next Year 'Romantic, wise and LOVELY' Marian Keyes What would you do if the one that...

37

Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre : A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre
Mahnke, Aaron.
Paper Book
Become captivated by tales of wonderful, astounding, and downright bizarre people, places, and things throughout history. Perfect for trivia aficionados, history readers, or anyone with a thirst for unusual knowledge, Cabinet of Curiosities is full of titillating tidbits and mind...

38

Catherine, the Princess of Wales : the biography
Jobson, Robert
Paper Book
A biography of Catherine Middleton, the commoner turned Duchess who will be Queen

39

Creation Lake
Kushner, Rachel
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Imagine Slow Horses' Jackson Lamb in the body of Jodie Comer's character in Killing Eve' SUNDAY TIMES 'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill<...

40

Emperor of the seas : Kublai Khan and the making of China
Weatherford, Jack
Paper Book
"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving - and rather civilized - empire" - The Telegraph "sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC History Magazine Control the sea, and you control everything...a gripping...

41

Clive Cussler ghost soldier
Maden, Mike.
Paper Book
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back in this explosive new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

42

Glass houses
Ashby, Madeline
Paper Book
A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, fully-stocked private palace, with all the latest technological...

43

Goodbye Eastern Europe : an intimate history of a divided land
Mikanowski, Jacob
Paper Book
An epic history of the 'other' Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore. 'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this very personal story of the place that one can't find on the map...

44

Husband material : a novel
Belden, Emily
Paper Book
"By turns heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny."--Kristin Rockaway, author of How To Hack a Heartbreak Sometimes love is unpredictable... in this witty and thought-provoking novel about a millenial widow whose life is thrown into disarray, with often hilarious...

45

I think I was murdered a novel
Coble, Colleen
Paper Book

46

Lazarus man
Price, Richard
Paper Book
'An engrossing read' Mail on Sunday In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, gives us razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing Harlem. In Lazarus Man, Richard Price, one of the...

47

Lies he told me
Patterson, James
Paper Book
'Wow! Lies He Told Me is a roller coaster from start to finish! I was hooked from the first page, and the final twist blew me away! This is a thriller you won't want to miss!' FREIDA McFADDEN, #1 bestselling author of The Housemaid An attorney and mother of two...

48

Magpie murders
Horowitz, Anthony
Paper Book
The first Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland mystery from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, and inspiration for the major hit BBC series MAGPIE MURDERS. Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pünd,...

49

Ripper
Burr, Shelley
Paper Book
'Will have you hooked from start to finish . . . Exceptional . . . An amazing and addictive plot loaded with numerous brilliant twists' CANBERRA WEEKLY 'A masterclass in pace, plot, character and creeping unease' THE BOOKSELLER, Book of the Month'Tantalising . . . A glimpse...

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