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Most Requested

Most Requested November

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.

October 2024

*Updated November 5, 2024

#1 The Wedding People

The Wedding People, by Alison Espach

 

  • This month: #1
  • Last month: #8
  • Months in top 10: 4
  • 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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#2 The Women

The Women, by Kristin Hannah

 

  • This month: #2
  • Last month: #1
  • Months in top 10: 12
  • 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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#3 James

James, by Percival Everett

 

  • This month: #3
  • Last month: NA
  • Months in top 10: 2
  • Peak: #3

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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#4 The God of the Woods

The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore

 

  • This month: #4
  • Last month: #2
  • Months in top 10: 5
  • Peak: #1 (1 month)

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

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#5 All the Colors of the Dark

All the Colors of the Dark, by Chris Whitaker

 

  • This month: #9
  • Last month: #7
  • Months in top 10: 6
  • 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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#6 Cher

Cher: The Memoir, Part One, by Cher

 

  • This month: #6
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 1
  • Peak: #6

After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir.

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#7 The Grey Wolf

The Grey Wolf, by Louise Penny

 

  • This month: #7
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 1
  • Peak: #7

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.

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#8 Here One Moment

Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty

 

  • This month: #8
  • Last month:#3
  • Months in top 10: 3
  • Peak: #3

A woman stands up on a plane, and predicts when everyone will die. Everyone laughs it off until it starts to come true.

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#9 Wintering

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, by Katherine May

 

  • This month: #9
  • Last month: N/A
  • Months in top 10: 1
  • Peak: #9

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, this is an intimate, revelatory exploration of the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down.

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#10 The Crash

The Crash, by Freida McFadden

 

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

A brand new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden!

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