SJPL's Top Books of 2023
Our most checked-out titles of the year.
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Lists By Format & Genre
Adult Fiction
Adult Fiction Print Books
- It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
- Lessons in Chemsitry by Bonnie Garmus
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Adult Fiction eBooks
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Adult Fiction eAudiobooks
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- Twisted Love by Ana Huang
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
- Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- The Fine Print by Lauren Asher
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Twisted Games by Ana Huang
- The Silent Patient by Alexander Michaelides
Adult Nonfiction
Adult Nonfiction Print Books
- Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
- Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
- Chip War by Chris Miller
- Solito by Javier Zamora
Adult Nonfiction eBooks
- I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- Lonely Planet Japan by Rebecca Milner
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
- Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
Adult Nonfiction eAudiobooks
- 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
- I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Never Split The Difference by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- The 5AM Club by Robin Sharma
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
- Educated by Tara Westover
Teen Fiction
Teen Fiction Print Books
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
- The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
- Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
- Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
Teen Fiction eBooks
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
- Shatter Me by Mafi Tahereh
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas
- If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
- A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
- The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Teen Fiction eAudiobooks
- The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
- Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
- It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
- Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman
- Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman
- We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
Children's Fiction
Children's Fiction Print Books
- Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations by Dav Pilkey
- Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose by Dav Pilkey
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
- Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
- Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives by Dav Pilkey
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney
- Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
Children's Fiction eBooks
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney
- Big Nate Blasts Off by Lincoln Peirce
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
- Big Nate in the Zone by Lincoln Peirce
- Big Nate Flips Out by Lincoln Peirce
- Jessi's Secret Language by Chan Chau
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
- Goodbye Stacey, Goodbye by Gabriela Epstein
- Big Nate Goes for Broke by Lincoln Peirce
Children's Fiction eAudiobooks
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
- Evil Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
- Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
- Magic Treehouse Collection Books 1-8 by Mary Pope Osborne
- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
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