Omaha Public Library (OPL) has prepared a list of top circulating titles from 2020. Additionally, OPL staff have selected over 100 favorite titles from last year, the 2020 Top Shelf, and shared brief reviews at topshelf.omahalibrary.org. Find these selections and more at omahalibrary.org.
Top adult fiction titles in print books:
1. “Camino Winds” by John Grisham
2. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens
3. “Blue Moon” by Lee Child
4. “The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes
5. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins
6. “A Minute to Midnight” by David Baldacci
7. “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett
8. “The Night Fire” by Michael Connelly
9. “The Guardians” by John Grisham
10. “Such a Fun Age: A Novel” by Kiley Reid
Top adult nonfiction titles in print books:
1. “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man” by Mary L. Trump, Ph.D.
2. “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover
3. “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell
4. “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz” by Erik Larson
5. “A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America” by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
6. “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” by John Bolton
7. “Open Book” by Jessica Simpson
8. “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators” by Ronan Farrow
9. “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle
10. “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson
Top adult eBooks – fiction & nonfiction:
1. “After the Flood” by Kassandra Montag
2. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens 3. “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
4. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng
5. “The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes
6. “The Guardians” by John Grisham
7. “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides
8. “Crazy Rich Asians” by Kevin Kwan
9. “Blue Moon” by Lee Child
10. “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover
Top print magazines:
1. People
2. Prevention
3. Us Weekly
4. Real Simple
5. Country Living
6. Consumer Reports
7. Martha Stewart Living
8. The New Yorker
9. National Geographic
10. House Beautiful
Top Flipster online magazines:
1. Consumer Reports
2. People
3. Consumer Reports Buying Guide
4. Us Weekly
5. The New Yorker
6. OK! Magazine
7. Real Simple
8. Do It Yourself
9. Better Homes & Gardens
10. Reader’s Digest
Top adult DVDs:
1. “Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood”
2. “Ad Astra”
3. “Joker”
4. “Judy”
5. “Little Women”
6. “Ford v Ferrari”
7. “Harriet”
8. “Knives Out”
9. “The Good Liar”
10. “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Top young children's titles in print books:
1. “Dog Man: Fetch-22” by Dav Pilkey
2. “Guts” by Raina Telgemeier
3. “Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas” by Dav Pilkey
4. “Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild” by Dav Pilkey
5. “Dog Man and Cat Kid” by Dav Pilkey
6. “Dog Man: Unleashed” by Dav Pilkey
7. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck” by Jeff Kinney
8. “Elephants Cannot Dance!” by Mo Willems
9. “Pete the Cat: Play Ball!” by James Dean 1
0. “Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls” by Dav Pilkey
Top teen print titles:
1. “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins
2. “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas
3. “The Tyrant’s Tomb” by Rick Riordan
4. “Pumpkinheads” by Rainbow Rowell
5. “American Royals” by Katharine McGee
6. “Children of Virtue and Vengeance” by Tomi Adeyemi
7. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by J.K. Rowling
8. “Midnight Sun” by Stephenie Meyer
9. “One of Us is Next” by Karen M. McManus
10. “The Toll” by Neal Shusterman
Lists for additional categories, including audiobooks for all ages, seeds from OPL's Common Soil Seed Library, book club bags, and more, are available at omahalibrary.org
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