Richland Library releases list of year’s most checked-out items

The Richland Library had more than 200,000 library card holders in 2018.  The most-trending items of the year, according to the library’s announcement, covered a variety of genres.  Associates were able to compile a list of the 10 most popular books, music, and movies that were checked out or downloaded throughout the year.

Richland Library’s 2018 most-popular items:

Adult books
1. Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
2. Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
3. The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
4. An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
5. The President Is Missing (Bill Clinton & James Patterson)
6. The Last Black Unicorn (Tiffany Haddish)
7. By Invitation Only (Dorothea Benton Frank)
8. The Rooster Bar (John Grisham)
9. Educated: A Memoir (Tara Westover)
10. The Fallen (David Baldacci)

Children’s books
1. I Will Surprise My Friend! (Mo Willems)
2. Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (Mo Willems)
3. I Spy Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)
4. My New Friend Is So Fun! (Mo Willems)
5. Should I Share My Ice Cream? (Mo Willems)
6. Waiting Is Not Easy!(Mo Willems)
7. Ride, Fly Guy, Ride! (Tedd Arnold)
8. I’m a Frog! (Mo Willems)
9. I Really Like Slop (Mo Willems)
10. Buzz Boy and Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)


1. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2. Reputation (Taylor Swift)
3. Ultimate (Prince)
4. Kidz Bop. Greatest Hits! (Kidz Bop Kids)
5. Now That’s What I Call Disney 3 (Various Artists)
6. The Definitive Soul Collection (Otis Redding)
7. Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)
8. Moana Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  
    (Mark Mancina)
9. 4:44 (Jay-Z)
10. Lemonade (Beyonce)

1. Despicable Me 3
2. Wonder
3. The Dark Tower
4. Logan
5. The Mountain between Us
6. Thor: Ragnarok
7. Detroit
8. The Foreigner
9. American Assassin
10. The Hitman’s Bodyguard

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