What were our most popular items last year? We've crunched the numbers and have lists of our most popular items overall, as well as specific lists for children, teens, manga, and Libby. Was your favorite read last year one of these popular picks? Read on to find out, as well as get links to the items in our catalog if you'd like to read them, too!
Most Popular Overall (all ages and formats combined):
- Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
- Tied for 4th:
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
- The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
- Tied for 9th Most Popular:
- Triple Cross by James Patterson
- The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Most Popular Children's Books (all formats combined):
- Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McAnulty
- Cornbread & Poppy by Matthew Cordell
- Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
- The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
- Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor
- It Fell from the Sky by Terry Fan
- Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson
- Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell
- Tied for 9th:
- The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld
- Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker
- Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie
- Leonard (My Life as a Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak
- A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems
Most Popular Teen Books (all formats combined):
- Tied for 1st:
- The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Tied for 3rd:
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Tied for 6th:
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson
- Drama by Raina Telgemeier
- Tied for 8th:
- One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
- Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus
- Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Game Changer by Tom Greenwald
- Tied for 10th:
- Today, Tonight, Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Guts by Raina Telgemeier
- Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Most Popular Manga:
- Komi Can't Communicate by Tomohito Oda
- One Piece by Eiichirō Oda
- Bleach by Tite Kubo
- Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
- Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
- Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan by Sasami Nitori
- Pokémon Adventures by Hidenori Kusaka
- The Legend of Zelda by Akira Himekawa
- The Way of the House Husband by Kousuke Oono
- Blue Lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Most Popular on Libby:
- It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (available in ebook and audiobook)
- Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult (available in ebook and audiobook)
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (available in ebook and audiobook)
- Tied for 4th:
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (available in ebook and audiobook)
- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (available in ebook and audiobook)
- It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (available in ebook and audiobook)
- The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand (available in ebook and audiobook)
- Tied for 9th:
- The Maid by Nita Prose (available in ebook and audiobook)
These numbers are sourced from reports from Evergreen (our library catalog software), Libby, and Hoopla. Where all formats are combined, we added together totals for physical books, physical audiobooks, ebooks and audiobooks on Libby, and ebooks and audiobooks on Hoopla. The most popular on Libby adds together the total ebook and audiobook circulation for each title.