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Here are the most-borrowed materials at the Brookings Public Library in 2022! Click on the title for each item to find it in our catalog.

Adult Fiction*

1. Verity by Colleen Hoover

2. Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens

3. Wish you were here by Jodi Picoult

4. The last thing he told me by Laura Dave

5. Run, Rose, run, by Dolly Parton

6. People we meet on vacation by Emily Henry

7. The identicals by Elin Hilderbrand

8. The last bookshop in London by Madeline Martin

9. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

10. The magnolia palace by Fiona Davis

* Colleen Hoover books took over 6 of the 10 spots on the adult fiction list! To spread the author love around, we let her keep her first place spot, then created a Colleen Hoover most-borrowed list below. 

Colleen Hoover 

Book	Checkouts
1. Verity	31
2. Reminders of him : a novel	27
3. It ends with us	20
4. Ugly love	19
5. Confess	16
6. Without merit	16
7. Layla	15
8. Regretting you	14
9.  All your perfects	12
10. November 9	12

Adult Nonfiction

1. Atomic habits by James Clear

2. The Divorce Colony by April White

3. A hearty book of veggie sandwiches by Jackie Freeman

4. Cultish: the language of fanaticism by Amanda Montell

5. That noodle life: soulful, savory, spicy, slurpy by Mike Le

6. Atlas of the heart by Brené Brown

7. Finding me by Viola Davis

8. Betrayal: the final act of the Trump show by Jonathan Karl

9. The world in a skillet by Christopher Kimball

Mystery

1. Shadows reel by C.J. Box

2. Death of the black widow by James Patterson

3. The recovery agent by Janet Evanovich

4. The investigator by John Sandford

5. Fox creek by William Kent Krueger

6. Dream town by David Baldacci

7. Criminal mischief by Stuart Woods

8. The missing piece by John T. Lescroart

9. The sorority murder by Allison Brennan

10. Daughter of the morning star by Craig Johnson

Science Fiction/Fantasy

1. A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J. Maas

2. The atlas six by Olivie Blake

3. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

4. The house in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

5. House of sky and breath by Sarah J. Maas

6. Sea of tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

7. The cartographers by Peng Shepherd

8. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

9. Age of ash by Daniel Abraham

10. A prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

Audiobooks

1. Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton

2. Blue heaven by C.J. Box

3. Dare to lead by Brené Brown

4. A relative murder by Jude Deveraux

5. Shelved under murder by Victoria Gilbert

6. Nightwork by Nora Roberts

7. What happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

8. Everything must go by Camille Pagán

9. The boy from the woods by Harlan Coben

10. Atomic Habits by James Clear

Young Adult

1. One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus

2. The inheritance games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3. 1984 by George Orwell

4. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

5. The burning bridge by John Flanagan

6. The summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han

7. A good girls' guide to murder by Holly Jackson

8. Eldest by Christopher Paolini

9. Crave by Tracy Wolff

10. The Selection by Kiera Cass

Kids Fiction

1. Brawl of the wild / Dog Man #6 by Dav Pilkey

2. Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey

3. Big Shot / Diary of a wimpy kid #16 by Jeff Kinney

4. Logan likes Mary Anne! / Baby-sitters club graphic novel #8 by Gale Galligan

5. Big Nate: Silent but deadly by Lincoln Peirce

6. Karen's kittycat club / Baby-sitters little sister graphic novel #4 by Katy Farina

7. Rowley Jefferson's awesome friendly spooky stories by Jeff Kinney

8. Tales from a not-so-dorky drama queen by Rachel Renée Russell

9. I survived the battle of D-Day, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis

Kids Nonfiction

1. Extreme animal rumble / Who would win? by Jerry Pallotta

2. What is Nintendo? by Gina Shaw

3. Tyrannosaurus rex / World of dinosaurs by Rebecca Sabelko

4. Tiger attack / Animal attacks by Lisa Owings

5. Ice is nice! / The cat in the hat's learning library by Bonnie Worth

6. The ultimate dinopedia by Don Lessem

7. Dinosaurium / Welcome to the museum by Lily Murray

8. Opossums / North American animals  by Betsy Rathburn

9. Baby tigers by Christina Leaf

Picture Books

1. Listen to my trumpet! by Mo Willems

2. Elephants cannot dance! by Mo Willems

3. Triceratopposite by Bridget Heos

4. The Pigeon finds a hot dog! by Mo Willems

5. Curious George visits the library by Margret & H.A. Rey

6. Llama Llama meets the babysitter by Anna Dewdney

7. Puptastic! Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann

8. Dragons love tacos by Adam Rubin

9. Giggle, giggle, quack by Doreen Cronin

DVDs

1. Dune

2. The Addams family 2

3. Ghostbusters: afterlife

4. Encanto

5. Uncharted

6. The matrix: Resurrections

7. Spider-Man: Far from home

8. Venom: Let there be carnage

9. Eternals

10. Sing 2

Video Games

1. Mario party superstars - Nintendo Switch

2. Kirby and the forgotten land - Nintendo Switch

3. Yoshi's crafted world - Nintendo Switch

4. Super Mario 3D world + Bowser's Fury - Nintendo Switch

5. Animal crossing: New horizons - Nintendo Switch

6. Mariokart 8 deluxe - Nintendo Switch

7. Pokémon legends: Arceus - Nintendo Switch

8. Super Mario party - Nintendo Switch

9. Super smash bros ultimate - Nintendo Switch

*Note: We have Xbox One and PS4 games available for checkout as well! 

Board Games

1. King of Tokyo

2. Dr. Eureka

3. Taco cat goat cheese pizza

4. Trash pandas

5. Escape from hidden castle

6. Everdell

7. Exploding kittens party pack

8. Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective: the Thames murders & other cases

9. Sushi go!

Easy Board Games (ages 8 and under)

1. Yeti in my spaghetti

2. Surprise slides games: Mickey Mouse clubhouse

3. Pete the Cat: The missing cupcakes game

4. Click clack lumberjack

5. Cootie

6. Kitty bitty: the colorful meow-mory race

7. Guess who?

8. Clack!

9. Outfoxed