The 10 Most-Read Brookline Public Library Books Of 2020

BROOKLINE, MA — Out of the thousands of books the Brookline Public Library loaned out last year, there are a few that seemed to get continued attention. The library gave Patch a list of it's most-read books of 2020, broken down by category. And it just might shed a little light about what Brookline readers were thinking on this year.

So what topped the list?

Amid a year that saw deep conversations about race, two popular books tackled addressing that. At least two books on Oprah's Book Club recommended, one called "American Dirt," about the ordeal of an undocumented immigrant, and "Caste," a nonfiction book that Oprah called "required reading for all of humanity." Also on the list were some mystery suspense novels that came out in 2020, former President Barack Obama's memoir "A Promised Land," and the coming of age novel "Such a Fun Age."

Top 10 Adult:

• How To Be An Anti-Racist
• White Fragility
• The Vanishing Half
• Such a Fun Age
• Caste
• A Promised Land
• The Guest List
• The Splendid and the Vile
• All the Devils are Here
• American Dirt

Adult Graphic Novels:

• "I Was Their American Dream," by Malaka Gharib

• "March," by John Lewis
• "Solutions and Other Problems," by Allie Brosh
• "Fangs," by Sarah Andersen
• "The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel," by Margaret Atwood
• "Good Talk," by Mira Jacob
• "The Kitchen," by Masters and Doyle
• "Old Guard series v1&2," by Greg Rucka
• "Family Tree vol. 1: Sapling," by Jeff Lemire
• "Die vol. 2: Split the Party," by Kieron Gillen

Top 10 DVDs:

• 1917
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• Ford v Ferrari
• Gemini Man
• Harriet
• Joker
• Parasite
• Knives Out
• Last Christmas
• Pain and Glory

Teen

1. "One of Us is Next" by Karen M. McManus
2. "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins
3. "Midnight Sun" by Stephenie Meyer
4. "Yes, No, Maybe So" by Becky Albertalli
5. "Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you" written by Jason Reynolds adapted from Stamped from the beginning by and with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi.
6. "The Henna Wars" by Adiba Jaigirdar
7. "The Loop" by Ben Oliver
8. "Almost American Girl" by Robin Ha
9. "Punching the Air" by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam illustrations by Omar T. Pasha.
10. "Clap When You Land" by Elizabeth Acevedo

Children's

1. "Dog Man: Fetch-22" by Dav Pilkey
2. "Karen's Witch" by Katy Farina
3. "Peppa is Kind" by Samantha Lizzo
4. "Happy Birthday, Geronimo!" by Geronimo Stilton
5. "Scooby-Doo Team-Up" by Sholly Fisch
6. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Cecil Castelluci
7. "Henry Heckelbeck Gets a Dragon" by Wanda Coven
8. "Heidi Heckelbeck Takes the Cake" by Wanda Coven
9. "Llama Llama Hide & Seek" by Anna Dewdney
10. "Thea Stilton and the Black Forest Burglary" by Thea Stilton

Previously:

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