As 2021 winds down, we wanted to take a look back at the books you checked out the most this year. The books in the top row of each category were the most popular digital titles, while the bottom row were the most popular print titles. But never fear! Nearly all of the books on this list are available both digitally and in print. If a title catches your eye, just follow the link to find your preferred format.
If you'd like to see the best circulating books from this summer, go here: Best Books of Summer.
Adult Fiction
- Most Circulated Adult Fiction: Digital
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The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave [2021]
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir [2021]
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry [2021]
Sooley by John Grisham [2021]
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner [2021]
Win by Harlan Coben [2021]
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn [2021]
- Most Circulated Adult Fiction: Print
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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah [2021]
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens [2018]
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen [2020]
Fair Warning by Michael Connelly [2020]
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings [2020]
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig [2020]
Camino Winds by John Grisham [2020]
All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny [2020]
Adult Non-Fiction
- Most Circulated Adult Non-Fiction: Digital
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis [2021]
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson [2021]
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant [2021]
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner [2021]
Till Murder Do Us Part by James Patterson [2021]
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad [2021]
Peril by Bob Woodward [2021]
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey [2021]
- Most Circulated Adult Non-Fiction: Print
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A Promised Land by Barack Obama [2020]
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear [2018]
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson [2020]
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover [2019]
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey [2020]
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson [2020]
Keeping Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta [2020]
Untamed by Glennon Doyle [2020]
Young Adult Fiction
- Most Circulated YA Fiction: Digital
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Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo [2021]
Lore by Alexandra Bracken [2021]
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley [2021]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1: Cruelty by Koyoharu Gotouge [2018]
A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer [2021]
You Have a Match by Emma Lord [2021]
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard [2021]
Heartstopper, Vol. 2 by Alice Oseman [2020]
- Most Circulated YA Fiction: Print
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo [2015]
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins [2020]
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer [2020]
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins [2008]
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo [2012]
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas [2017]
Drama by Raina Telgemeier [2012]
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins [2009]
Young Adult Non-Fiction
- Most Circulated YA Non-Fiction: Digital & Print
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Digital:
The Dozier School for Boys: Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past by Elizabeth A. Murray [2019]
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince [2014]
Print:
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi [2020]
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei [2019]
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank [1995]
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston [2002]
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi [2003]
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah [2016]
Juvenile Fiction
- Most Circulated Juvenile Fiction: Digital
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Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney [2021]
Karen's Kittycat Club: Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel by Ann M. Martin [2021]
Minecraft: The Mountain: An Official Minecraft Novel by Max Brooks [2021]
Holy Mole!: A Folktale from Mexico by Caroline McAlister [2007]
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Like Father, Like Son by James Patterson [2021]
The Yawns are Coming! by Christopher Eliopoulos [2020]
Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd [2021]
- Most Circulated Juvenile Fiction: Print
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Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers by Bobby Lynn Maslen [2006]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling [1997]
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey 1997]
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin [2012]
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne [1992]
Wild Insects and Spiders! by Martin Kratt [2016]
Dork Diaries Book 1: Tales from a Not-so-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renée Russell [2013]
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak [1964]
Juvenile Non-Fiction
- Most Circulated Juvenile Non-Fiction: Digital
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Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetery by Lois Miner Huey [2016]
Minecraft Bite-Size Builds by Mojang Ab [2021]
Sharks! by Anne Schreiber [2008]
Jaguar vs. Skunk by Jerry Pallotta [2017]
Cats vs. Dogs by Elizabeth Carney [2011]
LEGO Ninjago Character Encyclopedia by Simon Hugo [2021]
Rattlesnake vs. Secretary Bird by Jerry Pallotta [2020]
What is Nintendo? by Gina Shaw [2021]
- Most Circulated Juvenile Non-Fiction: Print
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Minecraft: Guide To series
Super Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Chris Barker [2020]
The Big Book of Dinosaurs by Angela Wilkes [2015]
LEGO Play Book by Daniel Lipkowitz [2013]
Weird but True! series
Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids by John Miller [2018]
The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth by David Burnie [2013]
Dog Breed Guide by Tamara Resler [2019]
Super Popular Children's Series
- Most Circulated Popular Children's Series
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Dogman series by Dav Pilkey (most popular: Mothering Heights)
Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems (most popular: Pigs Make Me Sneeze!)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney (most popular: The Deep End)
Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce (most popular: In Your Face!)
Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland (most popular: Dangerous Gift)
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series by Ann M. Martin (most popular: Claudia and the New Girl)
Ultimate Rumble series by Jerry Pallotta (most popular: Ultimate Shark Rumble)
Pete the Cat series by James & Kim Dean (most popular: Super Pete)
Here's to making 2022 an even better reading year!