In 2023, JMRL cardholders checked out 1,647,297 items from the library. Read on for the Top 10 Checkouts of the year in selected categories. How many have you watched, listened to, or read this year?
- The New Yorker
- Us Weekly
- Cook’s Illustrated
- The Week Magazine
- Prevention
- New Scientist
- Woman’s World
- National Geographic Magazine
- Good Housekeeping
- Bon Appetit
eaudiobooks in Overdrive/Libby
- Fourth Wing / Rebecca Yarros.
- The Covenant of Water / Abraham Verghese.
- Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel / Bonnie Garmus.
- The Dutch House: A Novel / Ann Patchett.
- Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen.
- Apples Never Fall / Liane Moriarty.
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants / Robin Wall Kimmerer.
- The Four Winds: A Novel / Kristin Hannah.
- I’m Glad My Mom Died / Jennette McCurdy.
- Demon Copperhead: A Novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
- Demon Copperhead : A Novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
- Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel / Bonnie Garmus.
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Novel / Gabrielle Zevin.
- Book Lovers / Emily Henry.
- A Very Typical Family: A Novel / Sierra Godfrey.
- Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel / Anthony Doerr.
- Verity / Colleen Hoover.
- Happy Place / Emily Henry.
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed / Lori Gottlieb.
- The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel / Laura Dave.
Videos on Kanopy
- Father Brown
- A Perfect Spy
- Inspector Lynley Mysteries
- SS-GB
- Quirke
- Death in Paradise
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Sellers
- Summer of Rockets: Season 1
- Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators: Season 1.
Top DVDs
Top Adult Audiobooks on CD
- Sparring Partners / John Grisham.
- Mad Honey : A Novel / Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan.
- Where the Crawdads Sing / Delia Owens.
- Demon Copperhead : A Novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
- The Paris Apartment / Lucy Foley.
- River of the Gods : Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile / Candice Millard.
- The 6:20 Man / David Baldacci.
- Happy-go-lucky / David Sedaris.
- The Personal Librarian / Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.
- Treasure State : A Cassie Dewell Novel / C.J. Box.
Top YA Fiction
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes / Suzanne Collins.
- The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins.
- Drama / Raina Telgemeier.
- The Summer I Turned Pretty / Jenny Han.
- Catching Fire / Suzanne Collins.
- The Inheritance Games / Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
- Mockingjay / Suzanne Collins.
- The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan.
- It’s Not Summer Without You : A Summer Novel / Jenny Han.
- Rapunzel’s Revenge / Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Top Adult Nonfiction
- I’m Glad My Mom Died / Jennette McCurdy.
- Spare / Prince Harry.
- The Wager : A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder / David Grann.
- An Immense World : How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us / Ed Yong.
- Dinner in One : Exceptional & Easy One-pan Meals / Melissa Clark.
- The Book of Delights / Ross Gay.
- Happy-go-lucky / David Sedaris.
- The Light We Carry : Overcoming in Uncertain Times / Michelle Obama.
- Atomic Habits : Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones / James Clear
- Crying in H Mart : A Memoir / Michelle Zauner.
Top Adult Fiction
- Lessons in Chemistry / Bonnie Garmus.
- Demon Copperhead : A Novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
- Horse / Geraldine Brooks.
- Remarkably Bright Creatures : A Novel / Shelby Van Pelt.
- A World of Curiosities / Louise Penny.
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow / Gabrielle Zevin.
- The Marriage Portrait / Maggie O’Farrell.
- The Maid : A Novel / Nita Prose.
- The Covenant of Water : A Novel / Abraham Verghese.
- The Boys from Biloxi / John Grisham
Thank you and yes, a few of my books did make the list! And now I have other popular books to check out! Thank you for the enjoyable reading of favorites! A great idea
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