We ran the data, and these are the most checked out titles* in our library system in 2020!
*The data included was collected on December 28, 2020 and does not take into consideration eBooks or digital audiobooks.
Fiction
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (second year in a row!)
- Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand
- The Institute by Stephen King
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG
- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
- Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
- Unsolved by James Patterson
- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- The Guardians by John Grisham
Large Print
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (second year in a row!)
- The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben
- The Guardians by John Grisham
- Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
- Window on the Bay by Debbie Macomber
- What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
- A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
- Bloody Genius by John Sandford
- The 19th Christmas by James Patterson
- Driftwood Bay by Irene Hannon
Non Fiction
- Magnolia Table Volume 2 by Joanna Gaines
- The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
- The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization by Brian M. Fagan
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir by J.D. Vance
- Full Engagement! : Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People by Brian Tracy
- The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David G. McCullough
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- Before and After : the incredible real-life stories of orphans who survived the Tennessee Children’s Home Society by Judy Pace Christie
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
WV Non Fiction
- The Telltale Lilac Bush : and other West Virginia ghost tales by Ruth Ann Musick (second year in a row!)
- Coffin Hollow, and other ghost tales by Ruth Ann Musick
- Pretty Little Killers: : the truth behind the savage murder of Skylar Neese by Daleen Berry
- Now and long ago; a history of the Marion County area by Glenn D. Lough
- West Virginia’s Dark Tourism by Tony Urban
- Fort Prickett frontier and Marion County by Walter L. Balderson
- Fairmont by Christa Lynn Greco
- Myths of the mountains : The folk tales, the ghost stories and the urban legends from the hills of West Virginia
- West Virginia: a history by John Alexander Williams
- Historic West Virginia : the National Register of Historic Places
Young Adult Fiction
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Juvenile Fiction
- Rowley Jefferson’s Journal by Jeff Kinney (link lists all titles below)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney
Picture Books
- Lego City Phonics by Quinlan B. Lee
- Llama Llama Mess Mess Mess by Anna Dewdney
- If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kim Dean
- Harold and Hog Pretend for Real by Mo Willems
- The Itchy Book! by Mo Willems
- Attack of the 50-foot Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
- The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems
- Llama Llama 5-minute stories
- Oh Say Can You Say? by Dr. Seuss
Books on CD
- Blessing in Disguise by Danielle Steel
- Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter
- Lincoln’s lieutenants : the high command of the Army of the Potomac by Stephen W. Sears
- Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen
- The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman
- The Rise of the Magicks by Nora Roberts
- Genesis by Robin Cook
- Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
- Home Again by Kristin Hannah
- Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb
Series DVDs
Top 5 DVDs
Top 5 Juvenile DVDs
Top 5 Music CDs
- The Hits by Garth Brooks (second year in a row!)
- Sing it Now: Songs of Faith and Hope by Reba McEntire
- Disney Classics
- Now That’s What I Call Music! 70
- The Best of Jukebox Rock