PLDL Most Popular Titles September 2025

Portage Lake District Library Most Popular Titles September 2025

Updated September 30, 2025
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1

The Power of Hot and Cold
Harju, Carita
Paper Book
The sauna was recently ranked as the no.1 global wellness trend by the Global Wellness Summit. Cold-water swimming is a growing trend and is being proposed as a cure for all manner of things, from improving mental health to boosting immunity. But what exactly is hot and cold therapy & why is...

2

Maurice and Maralyn : a whale, a shipwreck, a love story
Elmhirst, Sophie
Paper Book
**WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION AWARD 2024** **A Guardian, Observer, Economist & Waterstones Best Book of 2024** ** A Financial Times BEST SUMMER READ** 'One of those very special books that makes you put everything on hold so...

3

The wrong sister
Douglas, Claire (Journalist)
Paper Book
Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Alice is married to wealthy entrepreneur Kyle and has a high-flying career, Tasha is married to her childhood sweetheart and lives in a Bristol suburb with their three-year-old twins. When Alice realises that Tasha is...

4

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Haidt, Jonathan.
Paper Book
Jonathan Haidt has spent his career speaking truth and wisdom in some of the most difficult spaces - communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the mental health emergency hitting teenagers today in many countries around the world. In The...

5

The Book of Lost Hours
Gulfuso, Hayley.
Paper Book
For fans of The Ministry of Time and The Midnight Library, a sweeping, unforgettable novel moving from pre-WWII Germany to Cold War-era America to the mysterious time space, a library filled with books containing the memories of those who bore witness to history.

6

BREAK-IN : the latest must read from the international bestselling author of greenwich... park and the other mothers
FAULKNER, KATHERINE.
Paper Book
'DELICIOUS' STYLIST 'BINGEWORTHY' NITA PROSE 'RAZOR-SHARP' ABIGAIL DEAN Alice only meant to stop the intruder. She didn't mean to hit him so hard. She didn't mean to kill him. The police conclude that she acted in self...

7

The echo of old books : a novel
Davis, Barbara
Paper Book
A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls. Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer's affinity for books extends beyond the...

8

The women a novel
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
"Women can be heroes, too." When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in...

9

An enemy in the village
Walker, Martin
Paper Book
France's favourite country policeman investigates a suicide and gets involved in a tricky local issue in the latest adventure in this ever popular and bestselling mystery series. 'FRENCH TOURISM SHOULD RAISE A GLASS TO WALKER'S DORDOGNE MYSTERIES' Daily Mail

10

Angelika Frankenstein makes her match : a novel
Thorne, Sally
Paper Book
From the bestselling Australian author of The Hating Game, now a major motion picture, comes something a little unexpected... an historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein's sheltered younger sister's attempts to create the perfect man.Clever, pretty (and odd), Angelika...

11

Atmosphere
Reid, Taylor Jenkins.
Paper Book
***THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*** 'Tipped to be this summer's biggest read' SUNDAY TIMES 'A richly drawn page-turner' OBSERVER 'Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet' COSMOPOLITAN 'I absolutely adored this' BRYONY GORDON 'A breathtaking...

12

Badlands
Child, Lincoln.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling authors return with a scintillating supernatural-themed thriller. Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson investigate bizarre deaths in the New Mexico desert, but awaken an ancient evil. In the New Mexico desert badlands, a woman's skeleton is found...

13

Buckeye
Ryan, Patrick
Paper Book
A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025 One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything. 'Poignant, powerful' Independent 'Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sentimental' New York Times 'It's not...

14

Catch-22
Heller, Joseph
Paper Book
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels...

15

Death at the White Hart
Chibnall, Chris
Paper Book
THE MUST-READ CRIME DEBUT OF 2025 FROM THE MIND BEHIND BROADCHURCH AND DOCTOR WHO Small-town secrets, a detective running out of time, and the killer hiding in plain sight. 'A masterclass whodunnit' Gillian McAllister 'A...

16

Demon Copperhead
Kingsolver, Barbara
Paper Book
A masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour.

17

Dianaworld: an obsession
White, Edward.
Paper Book
For more than forty years, Diana, Princess of Wales, has been mythologized to the most extraordinary degree. Adored and lionized by some, ridiculed and traduced by others, Diana has always commanded a cultural presence unmatched by any other member of the royal family. In Dianaworld<...

18

Dragon teeth : a novel
Crichton, Michael
Paper Book
Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel--a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still...

19

Far from home
Steel, Danielle
Paper Book
Far From Home is a gripping and heartbreaking wartime tale about the love between a mother and daughter, from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel. In July 1944, at the height of the German occupation, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Ritz hotel in...

20

Fight : inside the wildest battle for the White House
Allen, Jonathan
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Brutal." --Huffington Post "Scathing." --New York Post "[D]epicts Biden's decline in vivid detail." --Politico "So many revelations." --Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe ...

21

Girl with a pearl earring
Chevalier, Tracy
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth Tracy Chevalier transports...

22

Guess again
Donlea, Charlie
Paper Book
Silence of the Lambs meets Cruel Summer in GUESS AGAIN, as #1 internationally bestselling author Charlie Donlea dives into the long shadow of trauma on a small Wisconsin town, hybristophilia and the allure of evil, and the toll the truth can take on those who hunt for it......

23

Her many faces
Cloke, Nicci
Paper Book
'Unique, punchy and super-smart, Her Many Faces is itself so multifaceted, so rich - a courtroom drama, a character study, a social commentary - but it wears each guise with real heart and style' ABIGAIL DEAN 'Beautifully written, experimental, and fast-paced. I'm addicted...

24

Hidden nature
Roberts, Nora
Paper Book

25

How Bad Things Can Get
Coates, Darcy.
Paper Book
The Blair Witch Project meets Fyre Fest in this bloody new thriller from the queen of scares, Darcy Coates! It was supposed to be the party of the century- miles of idyllic white sand beaches, lush jungle foliage...and a dark legend nobody dreamed might be all too true.

26

Ink ribbon red
Pavesi, Alex
Paper Book
A group of friends gather in a country house for a birthday party. At their host's request, they each write a short mystery. They draw names from a hat- in each story, one of the group is the killer, and another the victim. Of course, when given such a task, it's only...

27

Jenny Cooper has a secret : a novel
Fielding, Joy
Paper Book
In this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of All the Wrong Places, a dementia patient reveals a deadly secret--and one woman must decide whether to believe her. Reeling from her husband's death and best friend's...

28

Kiss her goodbye
Gardner, Lisa
Paper Book
Frankie Elkin usually prefers her cases cold. Until she finds herself in the broiling streets of Tucson, Arizona, where an Afghan refugee has been missing for three weeks. 'Tense, timely and totally gripping. Lisa Gardner at her very best' Ruth Ware ...

29

Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson A Book of the Year for- Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah...

30

Line of demarcation
Woodward, M. P.
Paper Book
The pulse-racing new Jack Ryan, Jr. thriller ________________ The discovery of an oil field off the coast of Guyana plunges Jack Ryan, Jr. into a cauldron of lies in the latest entry in this internationally bestselling series. It...

31

Murder at gulls nest
Kidd, Jess.
Paper Book
The first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen.

32

My Friends
Backman, Fredrik.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later. Most...

33

Nora goes off script
Monaghan, Annabel
Paper Book
"The perfect escape." --USA Today "Readers who loved Emily Henry's Book Lovers are sure to savor Nora Goes Off Script." --Shelf Awareness Named one of the Best Beach Reads of Summer by The Washington Post * USA Today * Cosmopolitan *...

34

Rage
Castillo, Linda
Paper Book
In this gripping installment of the Edgar Award winning series, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a brutal double murder that takes her into the dark underbelly of society and exposes the dangers of Amish lives gone wrong. Summer has arrived with a vengeance in...

35

Replaceable You : Adventures in Human Anatomy
Roach, Mary
Paper Book
The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what's available--sculpting noses from brass, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs, crafting eye parts from jet...

36

Steel Girls Book 5
Rawlins, Michelle.
Paper Book
With their city under fire, can they find hope in each other? 'Rich, evocative and spellbinding' KATE THOMPSON 'A heartwarming tale of courage, friendship and hope' MILLY JOHNSON *** In December 1940, the Blitz has reached Sheffield, but Steel Girl...

37

Still life
Winman, Sarah
Paper Book
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man.     Tuscany, 1944: As Allied...

38

Strangers in time
Baldacci, David
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes David Baldacci's newest novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one...

39

The buffalo hunter hunter
Jones, Stephen Graham
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a...

40

The echo wife
Gailey, Sarah
Paper Book
Sarah Gailey's The Echo Wife is "a trippy domestic thriller which takes the extramarital affair trope in some intriguingly weird new directions."--Entertainment Weekly I'm embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the...

41

The emperor of Gladness : a novel
Vuong, Ocean
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Ocean Vuong returns with an achingly beautiful novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive One summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut,...

42

The favourites
Fargo, Layne
Paper Book
Everyone thinks Heath Rocha was my first love. He wasn't. My first love was figure skating. She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family's support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely...

43

The frozen people
Griffiths, Elly.
Paper Book

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