Your Top Checkouts of 2023!

The numbers are in on your top checkouts of 2023! From thrilling mysteries to teen fiction to children's board books, these titles rose through the ranks to become the best-loved books and movies of the year. Discover new titles for your to-be-read pile or get recommendations for friends and family. 

Fiction

Thrilling mysteries from well-known authors topped adult fiction checkouts in 2023. Detective stories were especially popular, with new entries in the long-running Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Harry Bosch series topping the charts. 

A World of Curiosities

Desert Star

The Boys From Biloxi

Nonfiction

From streamlining your healthy cooking routine to understanding the language of human emotions, this year's best-loved adult nonfiction titles centered around nourishing both body and soul. 

Atlas of the Heart

Go-to Dinners

Smitten Kitchen Keepers

Teen Fiction

This year's best-loved teen fiction include two graphic novels and the first book in the Inheritance Games trilogy. 

Heartstopper

The Inheritance Games

One Piece

Juvenile Fiction

Diary of a Wimpy Kid author, Jeff Kinney, topped the charts for best-loved children's books followed by the latest installment of the popular Dragon Masters series. 

Diper överlöde

Big Shot

Howl of the Wind Dragon

Easy Readers

New titles from fan-favorite authors Mo Willems and John Jory topped 2023's list of best-loved early reader titles. 

The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!

The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky

We Are Water Protectors

Board Books

Animal creatures, a perennial favorite, once again starred as our best-loved board book titles of the year. 

NIGHT NIGHT DINOSAUR

POTTY TIME WITH PETE THE KITTY

1, 2, 3 SEA CREATURES

Movies

A mix of fantasy, family and flying, these blockbusters all have one thing in common: action--and lots of it! 

Top Gun

Black Panther

Everything Everywhere All at Once

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