PLDL Most Popular Adult Titles February 2025

Portage Lake District Library Most Popular Adult Titles February 2025

Updated March 3, 2025
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Odetta : a life in music and protest
Zack, Ian
Paper Book
An AudioFile Best Audiobook of 2020 The first in-depth biography of the legendary singer and "Voice of the Civil Rights Movement," who combatted racism and prejudice through her music. Odetta channeled her anger and despair into some of the most...

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A gentleman in Moscow
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
A New York Times "Readers' Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century" Pick * A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers--Now a Paramount+ with Showtime series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov ...

3

Bad feminist : essays
Gay, Roxane
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller From Roxane Gay comes this collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation--now available in a limited Olive Edition. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to...

4

Beloved : a novel
Morrison, Toni.
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. With a new afterword by the author.  This "brutally powerful, mesmerizing story" (...

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Black holes and baby universes and other essays
Hawking, S. W.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Thirteen extraordinary essays shed new light on the mystery of the universe--and on one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time. "[Hawking] sprinkles his explanations with a wry sense of humor and a keen awareness that the sciences today...

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Black holes and baby universes and other essays
Hawking, S. W.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Thirteen extraordinary essays shed new light on the mystery of the universe--and on one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time. "[Hawking] sprinkles his explanations with a wry sense of humor and a keen awareness that the sciences today...

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Drumming Asian America: Taiko, Performance, and Cultural Politics
Ahlgren, Angela K.
Paper Book
With its dynamic choreographies and booming drumbeats, taiko has gained worldwide popularity since its emergence in 1950s Japan. Harnessed by Japanese Americans in the late 1960s, taiko's sonic largesse and buoyant energy challenged stereotypical images of Asians in America as either model...

8

Law 101 : everything you need to know about American law
Feinman, Jay M.
Paper Book
An authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the American legal system.In this sixth edition of his bestselling classic, Jay Feinman provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the American legal system. In the years since the publication of the fifth edition, there have been many...

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Small things like these
Keegan, Claire
Paper Book
**OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2024** **NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK 2024** NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A New York Times Bestseller * Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize * Winner of the Orwell Prize for...

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