most borrowed titles of 2020

Adult | Fiction | Nonfiction | Children's | Teen

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Adult

For the second year in a row, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens was the most borrowed adult title from Cuyahoga County Public Library. Tara Westover's memoir, Educated, claimed the second spot on the list ahead of her May 6 virtual visit as part of the William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series. The 2017 novel Little Fires Everywhere, by Shaker Heights native Celeste Ng, surged to number three following the release of this year's Hulu series based on the book.

Local author Connie Schultz's debut novel, The Daughters of Erietown, was the 16th most borrowed title of 2020, finishing ahead of books by Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Strout and Danielle Steel.

1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
3. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
4. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
5. Becoming by Michelle Obama
6. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
7. Blue Moon by Lee Child
8. The Guardians by John Grisham
9. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
10. A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
11. The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
12. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
13. One Good Deed by David Baldacci
14. The Institute by Stephen King
15. The 19th Christmas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
16. The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz
17. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
18. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
19. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
20. Moral Compass by Danielle Steel

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Fiction

1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
3. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
4. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
5. Blue Moon by Lee Child
6. The Guardians by John Grisham
7. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
8. A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
9. The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
10. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
11. One Good Deed by David Baldacci
12. The Institute by Stephen King
13. The 19th Christmas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
14. The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz
15. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
16. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
17. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
18. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
19. Moral Compass by Danielle Steel
20. Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand

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Nonfiction

1. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
2. Becoming by Michelle Obama
3. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
4. Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis

 

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Children's

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #14: Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
2. Dogman: Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey
3. Dogman: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
5. Guts by Raina Telgemeier
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
9. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal by Jeff Kinney
10. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

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Teen

1. The Lost by James Patterson and Emily Raymond
2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
3. The Warning by James Patterson with Robison Wells
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
6. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
7. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
8. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
9. The Giver by Lois Lowry
10. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

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