The 10 Most-Read Newton Public Library Books Of 2020

NEWTON, 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 Newton readers were thinking about this year.

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

Overall Top Titles From 2020

1. How to Be and Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi
2. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
3. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
4. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
5. Educated by Tara Westover
6. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
7. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
8. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
9. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
10. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Adult Fiction

1. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
2. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
3. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
4. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
5. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
6. LIttle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
7. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
8. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
9. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
10. Normal People by Sally Rooney

Adult Non-Fiction

1. How to Be and Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi
2. Educated by Tara Westover
3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
4. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
5. Becoming by Michelle Obama
6. Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
7. Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
8. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
9. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
10. Too Much is Never Enough by Mary Trump

Teen

1. Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama
2. Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
3. One-Punch Man by ONE
4. Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama
5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
6. Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida
7. Stamped by Jason Reynolds
8. The Hunger Games (Series) by Suzanne Collins
9. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
10. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

1. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic by Katie Cook
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Getaway by Jeff Kinney
3. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
4. Big Nate: Here Goes Nothing by Lincoln Pierce
5. Listen to my Trumpet by Mo Willems
6. I Love My New Toy by Mo Willems
7. Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey
8. The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan
9. Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamillo
10. I am Going! by Mo Willems

Most Popular Program
Confronting Race and Racism in Newton: A conversation with Ibram Kendi was attended by over 2,000 virtual attendees, according to the library.

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