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Most Requested

Most Requested Deember

What are people reading across the city? This list is updated at the beginning of each month by tallying up holds placed over the past 30 days.

December 2024

*Updated January 1, 2025

#1 James

James, by Percival Everett

 

  • This month: #1
  • Last month: #3
  • Months in top 10: 3
  • Peak: #1 (1 month)

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.

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#2 The god of the Woods

The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore

 

  • This month: #2
  • Last month: #5
  • Months in top 10: 6
  • Peak: #1 (1 month)

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide.

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#3 Onyx Storm

Onyx Storm, by Rebecca Yarros

 

  • This month: #3
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 4
  • Peak: #3

Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves--her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
 

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#4 The WEdding People

The Wedding People, by Alison Espach

 

  • This month: #4
  • Last month: #1
  • Months in top 10: 5
  • Peak: #1 (1 month)

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.

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#5 All Fours

All Fours, by Miranda July

 

  • This month: #5
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 2
  • Peak: #5

A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.

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#6 The Women

The Women, by Kristin Hannah

 

  • This month: #6
  • Last month: #2
  • Months in top 10: 13
  • Peak: #1 (6 months)

From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women--at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

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#7 All the Colors of the Dark

All the Colors of the Dark, by Chris Whitaker

 

  • This month: #7
  • Last month: #5
  • Months in top 10: 7
  • Peak: #3

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that hits like a sledgehammer... an absolutely must-read novel.

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#8 Say You'll Remember Me

Say You'll Remember Me, by Abby Jimenez

 

  • This month: #8
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 1
  • Peak: #8

There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes--all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there's nothing Samantha loves more than proving a jerk wrong...

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#9 The Anxious Generation

The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt

 

  • This month: #9
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 6
  • Peak: #6

A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

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#10 The Frozen River

The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon

 

  • This month: #10
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 2
  • Peak: #2

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.

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