Best Books of 2022

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As 2022 winds down, we wanted to take a look back at the books you checked out the most this year. The books in the top row of each category were the most popular print titles, while the bottom row were the most popular digital titles. But never fear! Nearly all of the books on this list are available both digitally and in print. If a title catches your eye, just follow the link to find your preferred format.

Titles marked with an asterisk were on both the print and digital lists.

 

Adult Fiction

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Most Circulated Adult Fiction: Print

*The Judge's List by John Grisham

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

*Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

*The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

Better off Dead by Lee Child

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Most Circulated Adult Fiction: Digital

*The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

*The Judge's List by John Grisham

Verity by Colleen Hoover

The Maid by Nita Prose

Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson & Dolly Parton

*Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

Dream Town by David Baldacci

 

Adult Nonfiction

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Most Circulated Adult Nonfiction: Print

Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

Peril by Bob Woodward

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman

Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta

GED Test Prep

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson

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Most Circulated Adult Nonfiction: Digital

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

Will by Will Smith

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story created by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

Finding Me: a Memoir by Viola Davis

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber & David Wengrow

 

New! Digital Magazines

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Most Circulated eMagazines

For more information on eMagazines, visit our Magazines & Newspapers page. 

The New Yorker

The Economist

Us Weekly

Woman's World

HGTV Magazine

The Week Magazine

Cook's Illustrated

Good Housekeeping

Reader's Digest

Prevention

 

Young Adult Fiction

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Most Circulated Young Adult Fiction: Print

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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Most Circulated Young Adult Fiction: Digital

Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas

Heartstopper, Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson

Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

Court by Tracy Wolff

Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

 

Young Adult Nonfiction

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Most Circulated Young Adult Nonfiction: Print

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

Everything You Need to Ace Chemistry in One Big Fat Notebook by Jennifer Swanson

Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Spinning by Tillie Walden

Everything You Need to Ace Biology in One Big Fat Notebook by Matthew Brown

*Everything You Need to Ace Pre-Algebra and Algebra I in One Big Fat Notebook by Jason Wang

Tomboy by Liz Prince

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Most Circulated Young Adult Nonfiction: Digital

The Dozier School for Boys: Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past by Elizabeth Murray

*Everything You Need to Ace Pre-Algebra and Algebra I in One Big Fat Notebook by Workman Publishing

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): the Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer

Queer: the Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge

We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson

Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke by Andrew Maraniss

Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

Passport by Sophia Glock

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

 

Juvenile Fiction

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Most Circulated Juvenile Fiction: Print

Note: The top 50 most circulated titles for this category came from only three authors: Dav Pilkey, Mo Willems, & Jeff Kinney. These 50 books were checked out over 16,000 times alone. That's a lot of reading!

For this reason, we have only included the most popular book in each series by these authors. You can click on the author's name or the series title to find more awesome works by them!

 

For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man series, Volume 7

Pigs Make Me Sneeze! by Mo Willems
An Elephant & Piggie book

The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Book 13

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid series, Book 2

Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter series, book 1

Pete the Cat and the Surprise Teacher by James Dean

The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
Wings of Fire series, Book 1

Bob books, Set 1: Beginning Readers by Bobby Lynn Maslen

The Itchy Book! by LeUyen Pham

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Most Circulated Juvenile Fiction: Digital

Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, book 16

Perspectives by Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club series, book 2

Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland
Wings of Fire Graphic Novel series, book 5

Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye 
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix series, book 11

The Flames of Hope by Tui T. Sutherland
Wings of Fire series, book 15

Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Forging Destiny: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure by Cube Kid
Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior series, book 6

Beware of Low-Flying Corn Muffins by Lincoln Peirce
Big Nate series, book 26

Karen's School Picture by Katy Farina
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel series, book 5

The Smart Cookie by Jory John & Pete Oswald

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

 

Juvenile Nonfiction

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Most Circulated Juvenile Nonfiction: Print & Digital

Minecraft: Guide To series

LEGO Play Book: Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life by Daniel Lipkowitz

STEM Kit: Astronomy

STEM Kit: Human Body

Weird but True! 8: 350 Outrageous Facts

Dog Breed Guide: The Complete Reference to Your Best Friend Fur-ever by T. J. Resler

Super Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Chris Barker

STEM Kit: Birding Adventures

The Big Book of Dinosaurs by Angela Wilkes

Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids: Family-Friendly Projects for Exploring Concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math by John Miller

 

Past lists of the most circulated books in the district: Best Books of 2021  —  Best Books of Summer

By Rin on December 19, 2022