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• Triangle

  Steel, Danielle

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  Danielle Steel's most popular book at Northside in 2025 was this combination thriller-romance, a perfect encapsulation of what Northside readers were looking to read.

• Still See You Everywhere

  Gardner, Lisa

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  A convicted serial killer has one last wish before she's execture: find her missing sister. Northside readers who loved the first two entries in Gardner's Frankie Elkin series flocked to the third title.

• Judgment Prey

  Sandford, John, 1944 February 23-

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  John Sandford's long-running Lucas Davenport series shows no signs of slowing down. Readers checked out this political mystery - where a federal judge and his children are assassinated - in droves.

• Counting Miracles

  Sparks, Nicholas

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  Another well-loved standby, Nicholas Sparks' tearjerker was a winner in 2025. A retired military officer searches for the father he never met, finding love along the way.

• Now or Never

  Evanovich, Janet

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  The witty writing and satisfying plots of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books continue to delight. In this one, Stephanie's inadvertently ended up with two fiancés and a serial killer on her doorstep.

• Think Twice

  a Thriller

  Coben, Harlan, 1962-

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  Northside readers are devoted to their series, as you might be realizing! Here's another they love - where an NBA coach might have faked his death and murdered a ton of people.

• Raised by Wolves

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  James Patterson devotees didn't skip this suspenseful mystery, about a pair of alleged feral children (well, teens) taken in by the police chief of a small town. Where did they come from? How did they end up in Kokanee Creek?

• Proof

  Michaels, Fern,

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  For fans of books that mix romance with action, Fern Michaels brings the goods. When Luna spots a man who looks, sounds, and laughs just like her dead best friend, it raises questions about whether it might really be him.

• Passions in Death

  Robb, J. D., 1950-

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  The continuing adventures of Eve Dallas, an NYC police lieutenant, inspire checkouts at Northside! She's sent to investigate a bachelorette party that ended in murder - and she's determined to figure out who could kill a bride on one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unnatural Death

  Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

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  Kay Scarpetta, medical examiner, takes a case in the wilderness of Northern Virginia. There are real bodies...and a maybe-real Bigfoot track among the clues.

• Eruption

  Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008

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  Michael Crichton passed away years ago, but his name - and fan following - lives on. James Patterson finished up this partial manuscript, delivering terror in paradise when military secrets on the Big Island of Hawaii threaten disaster.

• A Calamity of Souls

  Baldacci, David

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  A rare standalone novel - both for this list and for Baldacci - this one returns readers to the troubled landscape of 1968 Virginia, where an integrated team of lawyers works to get justice for a Black man wrongfully accused of murder.

• Stuart Woods' Smolder

  Battles, Brett

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  Stone Barrington stars in his 65th (!) mystery when he ends up on the tail of a mysterious group of art thieves. Brett Battles carries on Stuart Woods' legacy, and Northside appreciates it.

• The Waiting

  Connelly, Michael, 1956-

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  Renee Ballard teams up with Harry Bosch's daughter to solve a case of rape and serial murder in this supergroup of a Michael Connelly tale.

• One by One

  McFadden, Freida

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  A relative newcomer to Northside readers' shelves, Freida McFadden is a real-life doctor whose thrillers leave readers shook. In this one, a woman's dream glamping trip turns into a fight for survival in the woods.

• The Lost Coast

  Kellerman, Jonathan

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  Clay Edison, former coroner and current private eye, digs into a messy case of fraud that might put him in the targets of a secretive small town in rural California. Northside readers were hooked.

• The Trap

  a Novel

  Glass, Ava, 1974-,

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  The third book in Ava Glass' exciting Emma Makepeace book combines spycraft, tensions with Russia, and murder at the G7 summit. Fans of classic espionage novels will - and did - love this.

• From Here to the Great Unknown

  a Memoir

  Presley, Lisa Marie, 1968-2023,

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  Lisa Marie Presley's long-awaited memoir of growing up with The King for a father finally came to print, and it resonated with Northside readers. It's the only nonfiction title that hit the top 20!

• Magic Hour

  Hannah, Kristin

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  A book club classic, about a woman who takes in a traumatized feral child, got a lot of love at Northside in 2025, one year before its 20th anniversary.

• The Truth About the Devlins

  Scottoline, Lisa,

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  Lisa Scottoline delivered a dramatic mystery set among a wealthy family of lawyers and the secrets they hide. Northside readers responded with enthusiasm.