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From DCPL:
“This year, more than 3 million items have been borrowed or downloaded from the DC Public Library. These are the most popular titles by type and format.
FICTION
Book
- The Girl on the Train; Paula Hawkins
- All the Light We Cannot See; Anthony Doerr
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; Junot Díaz
- Americanah; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Fates and Furies: A Novel; Lauren Groff
- All Aunt Hagar’s Children; Edward P. Jones
- The Sympathizer: A Novel; Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Go Set a Watchman: A Novel; Harper Lee
- The Nest; Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
- Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice; Curtis Sittenfeld
Audiobook
- The Girl on the Train; Paula Hawkins
- All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel; Anthony Doerr
- My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Series, Book 1; Elena Ferrante and Ann Goldstein
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Harry Potter Series, Book 1; J. K. Rowling
- Fates and Furies: A Novel (unabridged), Lauren Groff
- Go Set a Watchman (unabridged); Harper Lee
- The Goldfinch; Donna Tartt
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Harry Potter Series, Book 2; J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Harry Potter Series, Book 3; J. K. Rowling
- To Kill a Mockingbird; Harper Lee
eBook
- Fates and Furies: A Novel; Lauren Groff
- The Goldfinch: A Novel; Donna Tartt
- The Martian: A Novel; Andy Weir
- All the Light We Cannot See; Anthony Doerr
- Americanah; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Girl on the Train: A Novel; Paula Hawkins
- Station Eleven: A Novel; Emily St. John Mandel
- A Little Life: A Novel; Hanya Yanagihara
- My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Series, Book 1; Elena Ferrante
- The Nightingale; Kristin Hannah
NONFICTION
Book
- Between the World and Me; Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Modern Romance; Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing; Marie Kondo
- When Breath Becomes Air; Paul Kalanithi and Abraham Verghese
- Why Not Me?; Mindy Kaling
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Daniel James Brown
- GED Connection Language Arts: Writing & Reading; Lisa Moore and The Kentucky Network
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End; Atul Gawande
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business; Charles Duhigg
- Thinking, Fast and Slow; Daniel Kahneman
Audiobook
- Modern Romance; Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
- Between the World and Me; Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Why Not Me?; Mindy Kaling
- Yes Please; Amy Poehler
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing; Marie Kondo
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (unabridged); Brené Brown
- Bossypants; Tina Fey
- Alexander Hamilton; Ron Chernow
- H Is for Hawk; Helen Macdonald
- Hamilton: The Revolution; Lin-Manuel Miranda
eBook
- Between the World and Me; Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Why Not Me?; Mindy Kaling
- Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing; Marie Kondo
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania; Erik Larson
- Alexander Hamilton; Ron Chernow
- Yes Please; Amy Poehler
- When Breath Becomes Air; Paul Kalanithi
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear; Elizabeth Gilbert
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking; Susan Cain
MAGAZINES AND MUSIC
Electronic Magazines
- The New Yorker
- The Economist
- Newsweek
- The Atlantic
- OK! Magazine
- National Geographic Interactive
- Star Magazine
- Dwell
- Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
- Bon Appetit
Digital Music Downloads
- Adele
- Sia
- Pink Floyd
- David Bowie
- Michael Jackson
- Meghan Trainor
- Bruce Springsteen
- Leonard Cohen
- Bob Dylan
- A Tribe Called Quest”
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