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
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?  

2

Funny story
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by TIME ∙ NPR ∙ ELLE ∙ Parade ∙ Woman's World and more! A shimmering, joyful new novel...

3

Defense protocol
Andrews, Brian
Paper Book
The stakes are sky-high when a power-mad Chinese president threatens Taiwan in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan series.   For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is...

4

Half baked harvest quick & cozy
Gerard, Tieghan
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . 120+ recipes for delicious, soul-warming comfort food . . . and getting it ready in a hurry-from the author of Half Baked Harvest Every Day. Colorful. Convenient. Comforting. Mega-bestselling author Tieghan Gerard is...

5

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...

6

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). ...

7

Now or never : thirty-one on the run
Evanovich, Janet
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The latest Stephanie Plum novel from #1 New York Times bestseller and "the most popular mystery writer alive" (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich. She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now...

8

She's not sorry
Kubica, Mary
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller that BookTok is calling "absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G" (@hollylovesbooks1519) and "impossible to put down" (@kurryreads), from the author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple Everyone has secrets, but not everyone has...

9

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...

10

Nexus : a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI
Harari, Yuval N.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Striking original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the...

11

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...

12

Sonny boy : a memoir
Pacino, Al
Paper Book
The Instant New York Times Bestseller * One of People Magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year "The rare celebrity memoir that's also a literary read. As funny as it is reflecive, it shares stories behind Pacino's hardscrabble upbringing, classic films and journey to icon...

13

Counting miracles : a novel
Sparks, Nicholas
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change--or even make our peace with--the path we've taken. "Sparks is superb at what he does. The...

14

The blue hour : a novel
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...

15

The Christmas spirit : a novel
Macomber, Debbie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Two lifelong friends decide to trade places the week before Christmas and end up finding love along the way in this delightful novel from the queen of holiday stories, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Peter Armstrong...

16

The drowned : a novel
Banville, John
Paper Book
From the renowned Booker Prize winner and nationally bestselling author of Snow comes a richly atmospheric new mystery about a woman's sudden disappearance in a small coastal town in Ireland, where nothing is as it seems. "John Banville is one of my favorite writers alive,...

17

Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant : a memoir
Chin, Curtis
Paper Book
This "vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt" memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin's time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980's Detroit (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers). Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven:...

18

The immortal Nicholas
Beck, Glenn.
Paper Book
A thrilling new holiday novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck. BEFORE HE WAS FATHER CHRISTMAS...HE WAS SIMPLY A FATHER. Thirteen-time #1 national bestselling author Glenn Beck realized years ago that somewhere along the way, his four...

19

The keeper of happy endings
Davis, Barbara
Paper Book
An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls. Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in...

20

Big book of bread : 125+ recipes for every baker
Battilana, Jessica
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller * USA TODAY Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller Named One of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by: New York magazine, The Readable Feast, AOL, Here & Now From the beloved baking authority,...

21

The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world....

22

'Twas the bite before Christmas
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
In National Bestseller David Rosenfelt's 'Twas the Bite Before Christmas, all through the Carpenter house, five dogs are stirring, and not even Andy can get out of working this next case at his door. Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter is at the Tara Foundation's annual...

23

A Christmas duet : a novel
Macomber, Debbie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A solo holiday trip inspires one woman to rediscover her passion--and remember that, sometimes, duets are more fun--in this romantic Christmas novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. "A perfectly delicious...

24

A light to my path
Austin, Lynn N.
Paper Book
When word arrives that the Yankees are coming, an obedient house slave is faced with a decision--will she continue to follow the bidding of her owners, or will she embrace this chance for freedom?

25

A literary holiday cookbook : festive meals for the Snow Queen, Gandalf, Sherlock, Scrooge, and book lovers everywhere
Walsh, Alison (Food writer)
Paper Book
For fans of Little Women, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Christmas Carol, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and more, a literature-inspired cookbook for voracious readers during the festive holiday season. Some of the most famous instances of...

26

Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world
Applebaum, Anne
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, Foreign...

27

Before we were yours : a novel
Wingate, Lisa
Paper Book
THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT--Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller "Poignant, engrossing."--People * "Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation's history and...

28

Bellevue : a novel
Cook, Robin

29

Christmas in Bethel
Evans, Richard Paul
Paper Book
From Richard Paul Evans, the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Promise and The Christmas Box--"the most popular holiday tale since Tiny Tim" (Newsweek)--a new novel celebrating the life-changing power of the holiday spirit. Leigh Beth...

30

Christmas in Winter Hill
Carlson, Melody
Paper Book
Krista Galloway is not a fan of Christmas. After her rough childhood in multiple foster homes, the holiday season just brings too many bad memories to the surface. But when she accepts a job as a city manager in the mountain town of Winter Hill, Washington, Christmas is part of the deal. The small...

31

Darling girls
Hepworth, Sally
Paper Book
SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth's novel Darling Girls has it all. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster...

32

Death at the sign of the rook
Atkinson, Kate
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER (SUNDAY TIMES, UK) * The highly anticipated return of "irresistible" (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie in the newest installment of the bestselling series hailed as "unputdownable" by Time "How delicious...

33

Desolation code : a novel
Brown, Graham
Paper Book
Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew face swarms of deadly bio-hacked sea locusts, a runaway AI system, and a sinister cult in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler. When Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala...

34

Estrogen matters : why taking hormones in menopause can improve and lengthen women's lives -- without raising the risk of breast cancer
Bluming, Avrum
Paper Book
REVISED and UPDATED Edition, 2024: A compelling, "fascinating" (Robert Cialdini) defense of hormone replacement therapy, exposing the faulty science behind its fall from prominence and giving women the evidence they need to make informed decisions about their health. ...

35

Faith Bass Darling's last garage sale
Rutledge, Lynda
Paper Book
On the last day of the millennium, sassy Faith Bass Darling, the richest old lady in Bass, Texas, decides to have a garage sale. With help from a couple of neighborhood boys, Faith lugs her priceless Louis XV elephant clock, countless Tiffany lamps, and everything else from her nineteenth-century...

36

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. ...

37

Food gifts : 150+ irresistible recipes for crafting personalized presents
Scott, Elle Simone
Paper Book
Your all-occasion guide to homemade food gifts that look as fabulous as they taste-from a food stylist and best-selling author of the Boards cookbook! Includes 150+ recipes, hundreds of packaging ideas, and inside tips for making beautiful food gift baskets for housewarmings,...

38

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...

39

Home
Morrison, Toni
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A New York Times Notable Book * From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: an emotional powerhouse of a novel about a modern Odysseus returning to a 1950s America mined with lethal pitfalls for an unwary Black man When Frank Money joined the army to...

40

How to be both
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE 2014 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2014 COSTA NOVEL AWARD  WINNER OF THE SALTIRE LITERARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A Best Book of the Year: NPR, Financial...

41

I'll be waiting : a novel
Armstrong, Kelley
Paper Book
From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood... Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with...

42

Kairos
Erpenbeck, Jenny
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE Jenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is an epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature....

43

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...

44

Never never
Hoover, Colleen
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Never stop...Never forget...Just remember. Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They've been in love since the age of fourteen. But as of this morning...they...

45

One big happy family
Mallery, Susan
Paper Book
Susan Mallery, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boardwalk Bookshop, returns with the joyful and utterly irresistible story of a mother who couldn't love her kids more but hopes that, just this once, they please don't come home for Christmas.  Perfect for fans of Mary Kay Andrews...

46

Our wives under the sea
Armfield, Julia
Paper Book
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more) A FINALIST for the LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD and GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD "A deeply strange and haunting novel in the best possible way...An...

47

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen Collection)
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister...

48

Public library and other stories
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
From the acclaimed, award-winning author: Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives--our own personal libraries--make of us? What does the unraveling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? The stories...

49

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...

50

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...

51

Robert B. Parker's hot property
Lupica, Mike
Paper Book
Spenser investigates a case that hits dangerously close to home in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series. Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita's always been a tricky one: flirting with...

52

Safe enough : and other stories
Child, Lee
Paper Book
You know Jack Reacher. Now meet twenty more heroes and heavies from the brilliant mind of legendary crime author Lee Child. A drug-dealing hit man feels that he must unburden his fears and guilt to a stranger in "Ten Keys." A rookie cop in "Normal in Every Way" is assigned...

53

Safe haven
Sparks, Nicholas.
Paper Book
In a small North Carolina town, a mysterious and beautiful woman running from her past slowly falls for a kind-hearted store owner . . . until dark secrets begin to threaten her new life. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North...

54

Stuart Woods' golden hour
Battles, Brett
Paper Book
Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another heart-pounding Hollywood-fueled adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series. Teddy Fay is ready to embark on the European press tour of Peter Barrington's latest film Storm's Eye,...

55

The Banned Books Club
Novak, Brenda
Paper Book
"A sharply plotted, emotionally intense novel of family secrets, fresh starts and community" --Jayne Ann Krentz She left her hometown following a scandal--but family loyalty is dragging her back... Despite their strained relationship, when Gia...

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