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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
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*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
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- Most Circulated Adult Fiction: Digital
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*The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
*The Judge's List by John Grisham
Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson & Dolly Parton
*Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Adult Nonfiction
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- Most Circulated Adult Nonfiction: Print
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Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
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- Most Circulated Adult Nonfiction: Digital
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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
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For more information on eMagazines, visit our Magazines & Newspapers page.
Young Adult Fiction
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- Most Circulated Young Adult Fiction: Print
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
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- Most Circulated Young Adult Fiction: Digital
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Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
Heartstopper, Volume 4 by Alice Oseman
Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Court by Tracy Wolff
Young Adult Nonfiction
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- Most Circulated Young Adult Nonfiction: Print
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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
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
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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
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
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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 7Pigs Make Me Sneeze! by Mo Willems
An Elephant & Piggie bookThe Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Book 13Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid series, Book 2Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter series, book 1Pete the Cat and the Surprise Teacher by James Dean
The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
Wings of Fire series, Book 1
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- Most Circulated Juvenile Fiction: Digital
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Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, book 16Perspectives by Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club series, book 2Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland
Wings of Fire Graphic Novel series, book 5Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix series, book 11The Flames of Hope by Tui T. Sutherland
Wings of Fire series, book 15Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Forging Destiny: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure by Cube Kid
Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior series, book 6Beware of Low-Flying Corn Muffins by Lincoln Peirce
Big Nate series, book 26Karen's School Picture by Katy Farina
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel series, book 5
Juvenile Nonfiction
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- Most Circulated Juvenile Nonfiction: Print & Digital
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Minecraft: Guide To series
LEGO Play Book: Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life by Daniel Lipkowitz
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
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