Portage County Public Library (WI) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Portage County Public Library (WI) on X
Public Library system in Central Wisconsin with branches in Almond, Plover, Rosholt & Stevens Point.

Sugar and Salt
Susan Wiggs
This week's PCPL Staff Pick is Sugar and Salt by Susan Wiggs Margot Salton, a barbecue master from Texas, moves to San Fran and finds love until Margot's past comes back to haunt her. #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/vXDE0dnSBT
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow
This week's Staff Pick is When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill & The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. Both books are steeped in the rage of women and their fight to take back power over their own lives #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/YTYQ4D6n71
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Our PCPL pick comes from a library board member! "Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is a beautifully immersive fantasy. The narrator appreciates the beauty in the world & we see it through his eyes, but there's also a deeper mystery at the core of this story" -Amanda #PCPLBoardPicks https://t.co/u7jjs6Fa6j
Paperback, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix
This week's PCPL Staff Pick is a horror novel sure to thrill! The Final Girl Support Group by @grady_hendrix In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing when the credits roll, but surviving is only the beginning. #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/q8r5HWfIFY
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak
Our PCPL Staff Pick is Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job in an affluent suburb as a babysitter for five-year-old Teddy. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/XxrVdF1KWE
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace
Lorenzo Carcaterra
This week's PCPL Staff Pick is Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride by Lorenzo Carcaterra. "Move over Miss Marple (this would make a great series) Nonna Maria lives on an island in Naples and knows her people." - Janet #PCPLStaffPicks #BookRecs https://t.co/oyBURtZuBM
Paperback, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger
This week's PCPL Staff pick is a historical fiction adventure and coming of age story with plenty of heart. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Check out This Tender Land at your Local Library branch. #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/dXbWyy0k8K
Paperback, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dial a for Aunties
Jesse Q. Sutanto
A fan of comedy, romance, or murder? Maybe all in one book? This week's PCPL Staff Picks have what you're looking for. Arsenic and Adobo by @MPMtheWriter and Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Check out these two books at your local library branch. #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/tt7V90ITx2
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One by One
Ruth Ware
This week's PCPL Staff Pick is One by One by Ruth Ware. "Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, but what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?" #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/eMaTXiTAfd
Paperback, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Empire of Sand
Tasha Suri
This week's PCPL Staff Picks are Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri Check out both of these great reads at your local library. #PCPLStaffPicks https://t.co/mtyGDWdLAO
Paperback, 2018
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book