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Book List - Top Adult Fiction 2024

Best circulating books at BPL in 2024.
 

Showing 1 - 20 of 25  There are a total of 25 valid entries on the list.

1. The women

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Author:
Hannah, Kristin
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, Large Print, Music CD, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins...

2. James: a novel

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Author:
Everett, Percival
Formats:
Book, Book Club Kit, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive...

3. Funny story

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Author:
Henry, Emily
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Book Club Kit, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. Too bad it turned out to be more of a prequel, a complication to Peter's actual love story, the one that ends with him dumping Daphne before their wedding to begin a relationship with his lifelong best friend, Petra. And so that's how Daphne's story really begins: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan,...

4. Table for two: fictions

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Author:
Towles, Amor
Formats:
Book, Large Print, Music CD, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"Six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In Towles's novel, Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September, 1938,...

5. The hunter

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Author:
French, Tana
Series:
Cal Hooper novels volume 2.
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....

6. The frozen river: a novel

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Author:
Lawhon, Ariel
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, Playaway
Description:
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town's...

7. Three-inch teeth

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Author:
Box, C. J.
Series:
Joe Pickett novels volume 24.
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to...

8. Lost birds: a Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito novel

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Author:
Hillerman, Anne, 1949-
Series:
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 9.
Formats:
Book, CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a Bilagáana family but believes she is Diné based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable,...

9. Eruption

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Author:
Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
A history-making once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a decades-old military secret could turn the volcano into something even more terrifying... Now it's up to a handful of brave individuals to save the island--and the entire world.

10. Sandwich: a novel

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Author:
Newman, Catherine, 1968-
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds: emotional, marital, and—thanks to the cottage’s ancient plumbing—septic too. This year’s vacation, with Rocky sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents, promises to be just as delightful as summers past—except,...

11. Camino ghosts

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Author:
Grisham, John
Series:
Camino Island novels volume 3.
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
On Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn't know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed...and...

12. Swan song

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Author:
Hilderbrand, Elin
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons—how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet....

13. One perfect couple

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Author:
Ware, Ruth
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she's pretty sure they won't extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren't going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the...

14. The Paris novel

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Author:
Reichl, Ruth
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading "Go to Paris." But Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a childhood trauma, and her mother's negligent parenting style, have kept her strictly confined to her comfort zone, even in adulthood. When her boss encourages her to take time off, Stella resigns herself to honor her mother's wishes, even if a spontaneous trip to Paris is...

15. The midnight feast: a novel

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Author:
Foley, Lucy (Novelist)
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests’ healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor Mule” cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among...

16. North woods: a novel

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Author:
Mason, Daniel (Daniel Philippe)
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave--only to discover that the...

17. The comfort of ghosts

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Author:
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
Series:
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 18.
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion—the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Psychologist and Investigator Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners and discovers that a demobilized soldier, gravely ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, has taken shelter with the group. Maisie’s quest to bring comfort to the youngsters and the...

18. Death at the sign of the rook

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Author:
Atkinson, Kate
Series:
Jackson Brodie mysteries volume 6.
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Welcome to Rook Hall. The stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed. In his sleepy Yorkshire town, ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off boredom and malaise. His only case is the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But Jackson soon uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit to Burton Makepeace, a formerly magnificent estate now partially...

19. First lie wins

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Author:
Elston, Ashley
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...

20. The bee sting

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Author:
Murray, Paul, 1975-
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to...