Top Circulating Titles/Genres (So Far) This Year
- 11/01/2024
- 15:34
- maureen
Do you have a vacation coming up or some time off from work and are looking for a book to devour over the holidays? Or do you want to know what everyone is reading this year? Here are some of Seymour Library’s top circulating titles in our collection- the books most checked out (for each genre) by our library patrons this year.
Get out your To-Be-Read lists, because you might want to add to them!
Featured Books:
The Women by Kristin Hannah (Fiction)
Description: In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words “Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
Genre: Fiction, Historical fiction
Holmes, Marple & Poe by James Patterson (Crime)
Description: Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and Auguste Poe open a private investigating company together and their daring methodology and news-making solved cases would make their last namesakes proud–and attract the attention of an NYPD detective.
Genre: Thrillers and suspense
Around Auburn by Peter Lloyd Jones, Stephanie E. Przbylek (Non-fiction)
Description: From images of a bustling city in the 1850s to daily life in the 1950s, this delightful visual history recalls the people, places, and events that shaped Auburn.
Genre: Non-fiction
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Fantasy)
Description: After surviving her first year at Basgiath War College, dragon rider Violet Sorrengail discovers that the real danger is just beginning.
Genre: Fantasy fiction; Epic fantasy; Romantasy
Happiness by Danielle Steel (Romance)
Description: A successful author of thrillers receives a mysterious letter about an inheritance of a manor and a title from a recently deceased uncle outside London and her plans to sell the place quickly fade as she contemplates a different life.
Genre: Relationship fiction
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Biography)
Description: The iCarly and Sam & Cat star, after her controlling mother dies, gets the help she needs to overcome eating disorders, addiction and unhealthy relationships–and finally decides what she really wants for the first time in her life.
Genre: Autobiographies and memoirs; Life stories; Family and relationships; Life stories; Adult books for young adults
A Season of Harvest by Lauraine Snelling (Inspirational)
Description: Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep the family homestead running, even if she must do it alone. When she discovers that Isaac McTavish has feelings for her, she pushes him away to protect her heart. But how can she build the life she’s always dreamed of when unexpected dangers arrive?
Genre: Inspirational, Romance, Historical Fiction
You Like It Darker by Stephen King (Horror)
Description: Delving into the darker part of life–both metaphorical and literal, the legendary storyteller and expert in short fiction presents this exhilarating collection of 12 tales, many never-before-published, about fate, mortality, luck and the folds in reality where anything can happen.
Genre: Short stories; Thrillers and suspense
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Western)
Description: Set in the late-nineteenth century, this novel chronicles a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, and follows the lives of Gus and Call, the cowboys heading the drive, Gus’s woman, Lorena, and Blue Duck, a sinister Indian renegade.
Genre: Westerns; Literary fiction; Page to screen; Book club best bets
Addicted to an Addict by Honey (Urban)
Description: The mayor of Atlanta must decide if he can forgive his drug-addicted wife when she becomes involved in the tragic murder and robbery of a fellow junkie on the eve of the election of his second term.
Genre: Drama lit; African American fiction
Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling, vol. 1 by Necoco (Light Novel)
Description: Our hero wakes up one day in a brand new world…but his new life doesn’t come with fighting skills or magic powers, or even arms and legs! He’s reborn as a helpless egg, stuck in an unfamiliar forest surrounded by terrifying, hungry beasts. But eggs hatch, hatchlings grow up, and humble beginnings can lead to something great. He’ll do his best to become the strongest dragon ever, and no measly shell will get in his way!
Genre: Light Novel, Fantasy
Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo (Graphic Novel)
Description: Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn’t know is that the wife he’s chosen is an assassin and the child he’s adopted is a telepath.
Genre: Translations; Humorous comics; Manga; Manga to anime