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Portage Lake District Library Most Popular Adult Titles Jan 2025
Updated February 4, 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?
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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...
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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...
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Now or Never
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...
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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...
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Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John.
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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12
The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science
Sobel, Dava
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The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo's Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who...
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13
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...
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The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
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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....
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'Twas the bite before Christmas
Rosenfelt, David
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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...
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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...
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A light to my path
Austin, Lynn N.
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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?
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A winter wish : a novel
Stone, Emily
Paper Book
When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Theo is going to push her out--or pull her in for the kiss of a lifetime--in this heartwarming holiday novel from the author of Always, in December and One Last Gift ...
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Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world
Applebaum, Anne
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * A New York Times and Globe and Mail bestseller * Named a Best Book of 2024 by the Economist, Winnipeg Free Press, and Financial Times * One of Indigo's Top 100 Books of 2024 From the Pulitzer-prize winning,...
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20
Before we were yours : a novel
Wingate, Lisa
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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...
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21
Bellevue : a novel
Cook, Robin
Paper Book
From the bestselling author and "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, comes a new tale of suspense-horror about a first-year resident whose life-shattering visions reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine.
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Big vegan flavor : techniques and 150 recipes to master vegan cooking
Vora, Nisha
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With more than two million devoted fans online, Nisha Vora has become the trusted source for exceptional vegan recipes for the home cook. That's because of her 'flavour first' philosophy. It's an approach she's honed nearly a decade creating plant-based dishes that just plain taste amazing, labels...
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23
Christmas in Bethel
Evans, Richard Paul
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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...
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24
Dante's Inferno : a graphic novel adaptation
Brizzi, Paul
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Acclaimed French animators Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi adapt Dante's literary classic Inferno in the sweeping, dramatic style which brought The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Fantasia 2000 to life Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante crosses the nine circles of Hell...
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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...
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Death at the Sign of the Rook : A Jackson Brodie Book
Atkinson, Kate
Paper Book
The highly anticipated return of Kate Atkinsons' "irresistible" (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie, whose newest adventure pays homage to Agatha Christie in the newest installment of a series hailed as "unputdownable" by Time. Marooned overnight by a...
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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...
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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. ...
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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:...
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Fatal intrusion : a novel
Deaver, Jeffery
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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. ...
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Funny story
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 Named a Must-Read Book of 2024...
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Happily this Christmas.
Mallery, Susan.
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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...
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Here One Moment
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...
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Home.
Morrison, Toni, 1931-
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...
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How to be both.
Smith, Ali, 1962-
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 the versatility of art. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving,...
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I'll be waiting : a novel
Armstrong, Kelley
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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 Cystic Fibrosis as a child....
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Kairos
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....
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Never never. [online electronic book]
Hoover, Colleen
Ebook
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...
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Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking 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, inventions,...
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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...
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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...
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42
Paper Boat : New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023
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One of the Toronto Star's 25 books to read this season * One of Indigo's Most Anticipated Books and Top 100 Books of 2024 An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age. Tracing the legacy of Margaret...
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Pride and prejudice.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets...
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Public library and other stories.
Smith, Ali, 1962-
Paper Book
A book of stories all about why books mean the world to us 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...
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45
Rebecca.
Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1989.
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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...
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Reminders of him : a novel
Hoover, Colleen
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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...
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47
Robert B. Parker's Hot Property
Lupica, Mike
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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...
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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...
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Safe haven.
Sparks, Nicholas
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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...
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Stuart Woods' golden hour
Battles, Brett
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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,...
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51
Banned Books Club : A Novel
Novak, Brenda
Paper Book
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The Christmas shoes
VanLiere, Donna
Paper Book
Already a Christmas classic, The Christmas Shoes is an extraordinary tale based on the remarkably popular song of the same name, and adapted to a made-for-TV movie. The heartwarming story by NewSong instantly soared to the top of the charts, mesmerizing listeners. Donna...
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The demon of unrest : a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War
Larson, Erik
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#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). ...
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