The Most-Read Chelmsford Public Library Books Of 2020

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

Here's the library's most checked out books of 2020:

Top 15 most checked out:

Fiction:
“What Happens In Paradise,” by Elin Hilderbrand
“The Giver of Stars,” by Jojo Moyes
“Summer of ’69,” by Elin Hilderbrand
“Olive Again,” by Elizabeth Strout
“A Minute to Midnight,” David Baldacci
“The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides
“Outfox,” By Sandra Brown
“A better Man” By Louise Penny
“Twisted Twenty-Six,” By Janet Evanovich
“Elanor Oliphant is Completely Fine,” By Gail Honeyman
The Dutch House,” By Ann Patchett
“Where the Crawdads Sing,” By Delia Owens
“The Great Alone,” By Kristin Hannah
“The Guardians,” By John Grisham,
“The Night Fire,” By Michael Connelly

Nonfiction:

“Dead Wake,” by Erik Larson
“Catch and Kill,” by Ronan Farrow
“Talking to Strangers,” by Malcolm Gladwell
“The Room Where it Happened,” by John Bolton
“The Splendid and the Vile,” By Erik Larson
“Kitchen Yarns,” by Ann Hood
“Hidden Valley Road,” by Robert Kolker
“Just Mercy,” by Bryan Stevenson
“Team of Rivals: The political genius of Abraham Lincoln,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“A Short History of Nearly Everything,” by Bill Bryson
“The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide To Personal Freedom,” by Miguel Ruiz.
“Whole 30,” by Melissa Hartwig Urban
“White Fragility,” By Robin Diangelo
“A Warning” by Anonymous

How many of these topped your list? Did you have a favorite? Comment below.