New York Public Library Releases Top Checkouts of 2018
From The New York Public Library:
Jennifer Egan’s historical novel set in New York City topped the Library’s annual top checkouts list, which includes books and e-books from the Library’s collections. The New York Public Library—which includes 92 locations in The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island—has about 20 million checkouts per year.
[Clip]Top 10 Books Systemwide
- Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
- Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward
- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
- The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead
- Exit West: A Novel by Mohsin Hamid
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