New York Public Library - Most checked out books for the year

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Here’s their list for the entire city, and then broken down by borough. Which borough would you be in, based on the books people there have checked out?

Citywide
James by Percival Everett
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
All Fours by Miranda July
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Bronx
The Crash by Frieda McFadden
The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
James by Percival Everett
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
The House of Cross by James Patterson
Paranoia by James Patterson
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Waiting by Michael Connelly

Brooklyn
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
All Fours by Miranda July
James by Percival Everett
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Manhattan
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
James by Percival Everett
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
The Women by Kristin Hannah
All Fours by Miranda July
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Queens
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
The Tenant by Freida McFadden

Staten Island
The Crash by Freida McFadden
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The Tenant by Freida McFadden
Never Say Never by Danielle Steel
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Waiting by Michael Connelly
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

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I’m closest to the “city wide” list, with three. Interestingly, I’ve read two books from each list with the exception of Staten Island, where I’ve only read one (guess I won’t be moving there!).

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Citywide and Manhattan. No worries about me moving to NYC, though. Interesting data.

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My 2025 read don’t approximate any of them.:laughing:

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I match closely with Manhattan. I really enjoyed the Wedding People. From our book group it was a book that people really liked or REALLY didn’t like. Most of us enjoyed The God in the Woods and James.

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