PLDL Most Popular Adult Titles Dec 2024

Portage Lake District Library Most Popular Adult Titles Dec 2024

Updated January 10, 2025
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1

Bad liar : a novel
Hoag, Tami
Paper Book
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 murder victim dumped at...

2

Funny story
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY 'One of my favourite authors' COLLEEN HOOVER, It Ends With Us 'Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats' TAYLOR JENKINS REID, Daisy Jones...

3

The blue hour : a novel
Hawkins, Paula
Paper Book
Get ready to be gripped by the dark, atmospheric and tense new thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning. A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

4

The demon of unrest : a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War
Larson, Erik
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this 'riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult' (Los Angeles Times). On November 6,...

5

Now or never : thirty-one on the run
Evanovich, Janet
Paper Book
Stephanie Plum's life is ready to explode in the pulse-pounding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich! She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no plan. But the way things are going, she...

6

She's not sorry
Kubica, Mary
Paper Book
'Wow what a thriller, Mary Kubica had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish ... The plot is well paced and full of twists and turns, I will definitely be reading more from this author' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'She's Not Sorry is an unpredictable,...

7

Small things like these
Keegan, Claire
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF...

8

Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John.
Paper Book
Imagine a year without the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition - this is just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they plan to skip Christmas and embark on a Caribbean cruise instead. But as this weary couple is about to discover - it's not as easy as that.

9

Counting miracles : a novel
Sparks, Nicholas

10

Sonny boy : a memoir
Pacino, Al
Paper Book
Discover the incredible and revelatory autobiography from one of the most iconic actors in the history of film. *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2024* ''A 5 ft 7in Hollywood...

11

Nexus : a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI
Harari, Yuval N.
Paper Book
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens Stories brought us together. Books spread our ideas - and our mythologies. The internet...

12

Here one moment : a novel
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
**DISCOVER THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE WORLDWIDE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR** 'Liane Moriarty is a genuine GENIUS. Here One Moment is off the scale brilliant' Marian Keyes 'A master story teller . . . brilliant and...

13

The Christmas spirit : a novel
Macomber, Debbie
Paper Book
The brand new festive romance from Debbie Macomber, the #1 New York Times bestselling author and the queen of Christmas fiction! Will they find their happy-ever-after this Christmas? Peter and Hank are lifelong friends, but when it comes to their jobs they...

14

The drowned : a novel
Banville, John
Paper Book
The richly atmospheric new Strafford and Quirke mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow.

15

The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science
Sobel, Dava
Paper Book
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory. 'A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate...

16

Atlas of paranormal places
Hollow, Evelyn
Paper Book
Uncover fascinating paranormal activity on this chilling, nerve-wracking global tour of 100 haunted locations. Set out on a uniquely dark armchair journey, and witness the shocking supernatural events, ghosts and unexplained phenomena that have captivated humankind for as long...

17

Before we were yours : a novel
Wingate, Lisa
Paper Book
A heartbreaking story of love and loss, based on a true story OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2017 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION AWARD ***********************...

18

Darling girls
Hepworth, Sally
Paper Book
A thrilling page-turner about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder by Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Mother-in-Law. It's not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows. For as long as they can remember,...

19

Death at the sign of the rook
Atkinson, Kate
Paper Book
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. DISCOVER THE NEW JACKSON BRODIE NOVEL, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SHRINES OF GAIETY 'How delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world but soon becomes a...

20

Fatal intrusion : a novel
Deaver, Jeffery
Paper Book
As a wave of murders grips Southern California, an unlikely pair must untangle the mysterious patterns of an elusive killer. A propulsive new series by New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Isabella Maldonado. ...

21

Henry V : the astonishing triumph of England's greatest warrior king
Jones, Dan
Paper Book
'A historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist.' - Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months, and died at the age of just 35, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond. The victor of Agincourt was...

22

Home
Morrison, Toni
Paper Book
A stirring exploration of war, race and belonging from the Nobel-prize winning author of Beloved. An angry and self-loathing veteran of the Korean War, Frank Money finds himself back in racist America after enduring trauma on the front lines that left him with more than...

23

How to be both
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
Passionate, compassionate, vitally inventive and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith's novels are like nothing else. How to be both is a novel all about art's versatility. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving genre...

24

Kairos
Erpenbeck, Jenny
Paper Book
From an internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning author: this is a story of love and betrayal set in Berlin during the years before and after the fall of the Wall.

25

Never never
Hoover, Colleen
Paper Book
Read the sensational romantic suspense novel from the author of the #1 film It Ends With Us 'A beautiful read of soulmates split apart trying to find their way back. A wonderful story' Reader review ????? 'A tribute to love and soulmates and to taking a long hard look at your life...

26

Our wives under the sea
Armfield, Julia
Paper Book
'Part bruisingly tender love story, part nerve-clanging submarine thriller . . . heart-slicing, cinematic.' - The Times Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back...

27

Paper boat : new and selected poems, 1961-2023
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
*A Times Literary Supplement and Financial Times Book of the Year 2024* An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood - a writer who has fundamentally...

28

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen Collection)
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen's beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor...

29

Public library and other stories
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
Why are books, in all their forms, so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? The stories in Ali Smith's new collection are...

30

Rebecca
Du Maurier, Daphne
Paper Book
Now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas "Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley Again..." With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the...

31

Reminders of him : a novel
Hoover, Colleen
Paper Book
A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping...

32

Run : a novel
Crouch, Blake
Paper Book
When a man's name is read out to be killed, he must do everything to survive. Run is a relentless thriller from Blake Crouch, the New York Times bestselling author of Upgrade and Dark Matter.You only have time to . . . run.FIVE DAYS AGO: a rash of bizarre murders swept the country.FOUR DAYS AGO: the...

33

Safe enough : and other stories
Child, Lee
Paper Book
I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author. ...

34

Safe haven
Sparks, Nicholas.
Paper Book
When a mysterious and beautiful young woman named Katie appears in the small American town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Despite her determination to avoid forming personal ties, she becomes drawn into two reluctant relationships.

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