[vc_row height=”auto”][vc_column][us_image image=”12403″ align=”center”][us_separator size=”small”][us_sharing providers=”email,facebook,twitter,linkedin”][us_separator size=”small”][vc_column_text]Our social media post on The Brooklyn Public Library’s most requested books of all time got a lot of attention, so we thought you’d enjoy a peek at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s most requested books of 2022. Are your favorites on the list? Are there books that will be added to your TBR* list? Any surprises?
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2022’s Top Circulating Titles
from Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Adult Fiction: Print
Laura Dave’s addictive mystery/thriller novel made the top spot with 1,290 check-outs this year, with Amor Towles on her heels with 1,140.
- Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave
- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
- The Judge’s List by John Grisham
- The Paris Apartment: A Novel by Lucy Foley
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose
- Apples Never Fall: A Novel by Liane Moriarty
- Wish You Were Here: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel by Anthony Doerr
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Adult Fiction: Digital
Dave’s novel tops the digital circulation list as well — a top 10 dominated by female novelists — with 4,968 uses.
- The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- Apples Never Fall: A Novel by Liane Moriarty
- Paris Apartment: A Novel by Lucy Foley
- Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- It Ends with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By Victoria Schwab
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Adult Nonfiction: Print
571 Library cardholders checked out James Clear’s book on breaking bad habits, the list topper for print nonfiction this year.
- Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Crying In H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
- These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel A. Van Derkolk
- 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
- Guinness World Records 2022
- Finding Me by Viola Davis
- Left on Tenth a Second Chance at Life: a Memoir by Delia Ephron
- Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper
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Adult Nonfiction: Digital
With 1,010 downloads, Lori Gottlieb’s humorous take on a therapist in therapy kicked Atomic Habits out of the digital top spot.
- Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: a Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
- Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: An Easy & Proven Way To Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette Mccurdy
- Crying In H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
- Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
- Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
- The Palace Papers: Inside The House Of Windsor—The Truth And The Turmoil by Tina Brown
- Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
- Vanderbilt: The Rise And Fall Of An American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper
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Other List Toppers
Top Young Adult, print: Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Top Young Adult, digital: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Top Children’s, print: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
Top Children’s, digital: Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 10 by Jeff Kinney
Top Audiobook, physical: The Judge’s List by John Grisham
Top Audiobook, digital: The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel (unabridged) by Laura Dave
Top Graphic Novels: 1) Sisters by Raina Telgemeier and 2) Maus: a Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
Top Mystery: Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose
Top Science Fiction: Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir
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