Best Sellers: Books Most Borrowed, October 2017

by LJ Reviews
Oct 31, 2017 | Filed in Reviews+
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Library Journal’s Best Sellers is compiled from data on books borrowed and requested (placed on hold) at public libraries throughout the United States. It includes statistics from urban, suburban, and rural libraries. We thank the many contributing libraries as well as The Library Corporation (TLC), Polaris Library Systems, and SirsiDynix. (c) Copyright 2017 Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.

FICTION

RANK LAST RANKING / TIMES ON LIST
1 The Late Show. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown. 
ISBN 9780316225984. $28. 2 / 3
2 Camino Island. John Grisham. Doubleday. 
ISBN 9780385543026. $28.95. 1 / 3
3 Y Is for Yesterday. Sue Grafton. Marian Wood: Putnam. ISBN 9780399163852. $29. 12 / 2
4 House of Spies. Daniel Silva. Harper. 
ISBN 9780062354341. $28.99. 5 / 2
5 Murder Games. James Patterson & Howard Roughan. 
Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316273961. $28. 4 / 2
6 The Store. James Patterson & Richard DiLallo. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316395458. $27. – / 1
7 Into the Water. Paula Hawkins. Riverhead. 
ISBN 9780735211209. $28. 3 / 4
8 A Gentleman in Moscow. Amor Towles. Viking. 
ISBN 9780670026197. $27. 8 / 5
9 Seeing Red. Sandra Brown. Grand Central. 
ISBN 9781455572106. $27. – / 1
10 The Lying Game. Ruth Ware. /Scout: Gallery. 
ISBN 9781501156007. $26.99. – / 1
11 Two Kinds of Truth. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown. 
ISBN 9780316225908. $29. – / 1
12 The Handmaid’s Tale. Margaret Atwood. Houghton Harcourt. ISBN 9781328879943. $22; pap. Anchor. 
ISBN 9780525435006. $15.95. 6 / 3
13 The Duchess. Danielle Steel. Delacorte. 
ISBN 9780345531087. $28.99. 7 / 2
14 Crime Scene. Jonathan Kellerman. Ballantine. 
ISBN 9780399594601. $28.99. – / 1
15 16th Seduction. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. 
Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316274036. $29. – / 3

NONFICTION

RANK LAST RANKING / TIMES ON LIST
1 Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. J.D. Vance. Harper. ISBN 9780062300546. $27.99. 1 / 12
2 Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. Al Franken. 
Twelve: Hachette. ISBN 9781455540419. $28. 2 / 3
3 What Happened. Hillary Rodham Clinton. S. & S. 
ISBN 9781501175565. $30. – / 1
4 The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Jeannette Walls. 
Scribner. ISBN 9781439156964. $30; pap. 
ISBN 9780743247542. $17. 10 / 6
5 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders 
and the Birth of the FBI. David Grann. Doubleday. 
ISBN 9780385534246. $28.95. 3 / 4
6 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Norton. ISBN 9780393609394. $18.95. 8 / 3
7 Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, 
and Finding Joy. Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant. Knopf. 
ISBN 9781524732684. $25.95. 5 / 4
8 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life. Mark Manson. HarperOne. ISBN 9780062457714. $24.99. 9 / 4
9 Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. Trevor Noah. Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 9780399588174. $28. 4 / 9
10 Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency. Joshua Green. Penguin Pr. ISBN 9780735225022. $27. – / 1
11 Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977–2002). David Sedaris. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316154727. $28. 6 / 3
12 You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me: A Memoir. 
Sherman Alexie. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316270755. $28. – / 1
13 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese 
Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Marie Kondo. 
Ten Speed. ISBN 9781607747307. $16.99. 7 / 27
14 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Yuval Noah Harari. Harper. ISBN 9780062316097. $35. 12 / 2
15 Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment. Robert Wright. S. & S. 
ISBN 9781439195451. $27. – / 1
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