I’m always curious to know what other folks are reading. One way to find out is to check-out some of the most checked-out books in public libraries across the country. In 2024 , titles included Kristin Hannah’s The Women, Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing, and Emily Henry’s Happy Place.

These books landed on the year-end wrap lists of public libraries in New York City, Cincinnati, Seattle and other cities.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, was the most checked-out adult book in New York City and the second-most popular adult fiction book in Denver. There, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store was number one; that novel by James McBride also made the most-borrowed lists at libraries in San Francisco, Westport, Conn., and Louisville, Ky.

Other popular titles in 2024 included Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, Think Twice by Harlan Coben and Camino Ghost by John Grisham. One of the most-borrowed non-fiction titles from 2024 was The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Eric Larson.

While many of 2024’s top books are new, a scan of titles revealed a striking number of repeats that also appeared on numerous most-borrowed lists in 2023, including Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas and the memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy.

via npr.org