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BostonPL_the 25 Most Borrowed Books in 2019

Presenting the BPL's top 25 most frequently borrowed books (representing all ages and formats) in 2019!

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25 items

  • Michelle Obama's memoir was the most borrowed book of the year, with over 9700 checkouts in 2019.
    BookNew York : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2018] — E909.O24 A3 2018x
  • #1 on 2018's list, local (Cambridge based) author Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere circulated over 6900 items in 2019
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, [2017].
  • Tara Westover's moving memoir was on the of every 2018 best of the year list, and continued to be in high demand in 2019 with over 6000 borrows in 2019.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2018] — CT3262.I2 W47 2018
  • Though published in late 2018, Where the Crawdads Sing found readers (and press) in 2019 with over 5850 checkouts.
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2018].
  • Still finding readers, Nine Perfect Strangers was borrowed over 4200 in 2019.
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2018.
  • This twisty thriller provides a nice cap end to the decade's trend of unreliable narrators, domestic thrillers, and books with 'girl' in the title. The Woman in the Window as borrowed over 3760 in 2019.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018].
  • The Great Alone was borrowed over 3350 times in 2019.
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, [2018]. — Hannah, K.
  • With a movie adaptation released in 2019, just a few folks decided to re-read the book. The Goldfinch was borrowed over 3730 times in 2019.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
  • A surprise pick by Oprah when she re-started her book group in 2018, it took until 2019 for An American Marriage to reach our top ten list with just over 3050 checkouts in 2019.
    BookChapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
  • Harry Potter continues to delight new readers, with the first in the series circulating over 2950 times in 2019.
    BookNew York : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press, 1998, c1997. — PZ7.R79835 Har 1998
  • Into the Water was borrowed over 2930 times in 2019.
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, [2017]. — FICTION HAWKINS P
  • Bad Blood

    Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    Carreyrou, John,
    The most popular nonfiction (non memoir) book of the year, Bad Blood was borrowed over 2900 items in 2019.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. — HD9995.H423 U627 2018
  • The newest installment sequel to the Da Vinci Code was borrowed over 2780 items in 2019.
    BookNew York : Doubleday [2017]. — FICTION BROWN D
  • Before We Were Yours was borrowed over 2740 times in 2019.
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, [2017]
  • Number 10 on 2018's list, A Gentleman in Moscow was borrowed over 2640 times in 2019.
    BookNew York, New York : Viking, [2016].
  • On our Top Ten list in 2017, The Handmaid's Tale is as popular as ever with over 2600 borrows in 2019. Maybe the Testaments will join our list in 2020?
    BookNew York : Anchor Books, 1998, c1986. — PR9199.3.A8 H3 1998
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

    a Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

    Manson, Mark,
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck was borrowed over 2580 times in 2019.
    BookNew York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. — BJ1589 .M259 2016
  • Astrophysics for People in A Hurry was borrowed 2490 times in 2019.
    BookNew York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017] — QB461 .T97 2017
  • New Hampshire based Jodi Picoult's newest book was borrowed over 2470 times in 2019.
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, [2016] — PS3566.I372 S63 2016