1Tess_W
I just selected a few public libraries that had such lists and here they are: (Some only listed fiction, some mixed fiction/non-fiction lists) I probably Googled 50+ libraries, but many did not have this information readily available and I wasn't going to "search"! If you want to search you own public library, please post and let us know what is popular in your area!
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Caste: the Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Klara and the Sun: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Guest List: A Novel by Lucy Foley
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our
Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Malibu Rising: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid
QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Guest List: A Novel by Lucy Foley
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Anxious People: A Novel by Fredrik Backman (tr. Neil Smith)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY
White Fragility by Robin Deangelo
How to be an anti-racist by Ibram X
The Dutch House by Anne Patchett
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG
The Silent Patient by Michaelides
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Educated, Tara Westover
The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
Normal People, Sally Rooney
Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid
The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
Circe, Madeline Miller
Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler
Becoming, Michelle Obama
The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY FICTION
Where the Crawdads Sing
There There*
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Klara and the Sun
The Overstory
Circe 800
Such A Fun Age
Interior Chinatown*
Pachinko
The Night Watchman
Transcendent Kingdom
The Midnight Library
SAN FRANCISCO ADULT NONFICTION
A Promised Land
The Undocumented Americans
Caste
Educated
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Becoming
The Premonition
Crying in H Mart
Why We Swim*
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FICTION
The Four Winds, by Kirstin Hannah.
The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave.
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by Ve.E. ...
Apples Never Fall, by Liane Moriarty.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY Non-FICTION
A Promised Land, by Barack Obama
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey
Untamed, by Glennon Doyle
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, by Malcolm Gladwell
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, by Robert Kolker
Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, by Mark Manson
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
FROM A QUARTZ SURVEY OF 14 US LIBRARIES
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT PRINT
Adult Print
The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
A Time for Mercy, by John Grisham
The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins
A Gambling Man, by David Baldacci
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT AUDIOBOOK
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Camino Winds, by John Grisham
Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
All the Devils Are Here, by Louise Penny
The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
The Order, by Daniel Silva
The Guardians, by John Grisham
The Whistler, by John Grisham
JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA ADULT
No One is Talking About This: A Novel
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
The Lost Apothecary Sarah Penner
The Lyrics: 1956-present by Paul McCartney
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Jones
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
DAYTON OHIO did not have a book list, but had a most popular DVD check outs:
No Time To Die
Dune
The Last Duel
Halloween Kills
Venom. Let There Be Carnage
The Many Saints Of Newark
Last Night In Soho
Spencer
Jungle Cruise
Antlers
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Caste: the Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Klara and the Sun: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Guest List: A Novel by Lucy Foley
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our
Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Malibu Rising: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid
QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Guest List: A Novel by Lucy Foley
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Anxious People: A Novel by Fredrik Backman (tr. Neil Smith)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY
White Fragility by Robin Deangelo
How to be an anti-racist by Ibram X
The Dutch House by Anne Patchett
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG
The Silent Patient by Michaelides
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Educated, Tara Westover
The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
Normal People, Sally Rooney
Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid
The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
Circe, Madeline Miller
Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler
Becoming, Michelle Obama
The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY FICTION
Where the Crawdads Sing
There There*
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Klara and the Sun
The Overstory
Circe 800
Such A Fun Age
Interior Chinatown*
Pachinko
The Night Watchman
Transcendent Kingdom
The Midnight Library
SAN FRANCISCO ADULT NONFICTION
A Promised Land
The Undocumented Americans
Caste
Educated
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Becoming
The Premonition
Crying in H Mart
Why We Swim*
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FICTION
The Four Winds, by Kirstin Hannah.
The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave.
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by Ve.E. ...
Apples Never Fall, by Liane Moriarty.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY Non-FICTION
A Promised Land, by Barack Obama
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey
Untamed, by Glennon Doyle
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, by Malcolm Gladwell
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, by Robert Kolker
Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, by Mark Manson
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
FROM A QUARTZ SURVEY OF 14 US LIBRARIES
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT PRINT
Adult Print
The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
A Time for Mercy, by John Grisham
The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins
A Gambling Man, by David Baldacci
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT AUDIOBOOK
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Camino Winds, by John Grisham
Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
All the Devils Are Here, by Louise Penny
The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
The Order, by Daniel Silva
The Guardians, by John Grisham
The Whistler, by John Grisham
JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA ADULT
No One is Talking About This: A Novel
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
The Lost Apothecary Sarah Penner
The Lyrics: 1956-present by Paul McCartney
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Jones
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
DAYTON OHIO did not have a book list, but had a most popular DVD check outs:
No Time To Die
Dune
The Last Duel
Halloween Kills
Venom. Let There Be Carnage
The Many Saints Of Newark
Last Night In Soho
Spencer
Jungle Cruise
Antlers
2mnleona
I am about 50 miles north of Minneapolis and could not find a list for Minnesota. Thanks for the list.
4lilithcat
The Chicago Public Library has separate Fiction and Non-Fiction lists. Here are the top 10 of each:
FICTION:
The Vanishing Half
The Midnight Library
The Four Winds
Where the Crawdads Sing
Such a Fun Age
Bedrock Faith (this was the One Book, One Chicago selection)
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Guest List
Klara and the Sun
Malibu Rising
NON-FICTION:
Caste: the Origins of our discontents
Becoming
A Promised Land
Crying in H Mart
Educated
Untamed
The Warmth of Other Suns
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Sapiens: a brief history of humankind
How to Win Friends and Influence People
FICTION:
The Vanishing Half
The Midnight Library
The Four Winds
Where the Crawdads Sing
Such a Fun Age
Bedrock Faith (this was the One Book, One Chicago selection)
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Guest List
Klara and the Sun
Malibu Rising
NON-FICTION:
Caste: the Origins of our discontents
Becoming
A Promised Land
Crying in H Mart
Educated
Untamed
The Warmth of Other Suns
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Sapiens: a brief history of humankind
How to Win Friends and Influence People
5librorumamans
Toronto Public's lists, but not in ranked order:
Adults
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Bridgerton series, Book 1: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
The Push by Ashley Audrain
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Teens
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Adults
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Bridgerton series, Book 1: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
The Push by Ashley Audrain
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Teens
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
