Top Lists of 2021
Happy New Year 2022!
I crunched the numbers and found Magdalena Public Library’s favorite authors, books, and movies from 2021. These are books that you, our patrons, checked out! Have you read any of these books? Did your favorite author make the cut? Check it out!
Movies, TV Shows, Audiobooks
Top 5 Movies:
5. The Bodyguard
4. Lady in the Water
3. Longitude
2. Interstellar
1. Grown Ups
Top 5 TV Shows:
5. In Plain Sight
4. Lost
3. 24 (the series)
2. Longmire
1. Breaking Bad
Top 5 Audiobooks
5. Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
3. Butterfly Kills by Brenda Chapman
2. Broken Harbor by Tana French
1. Cold Mourning by Brenda Chapman
Favorite Authors
Top 5 Adult Fiction Authors:
Borrowed in Person: 5 Aimée Thurlo, 4 Nora Roberts, 3 Michael McGarrity, 2 Dana Stabenow, 1 Anne Perry
Overdrive: 5 John Grisham, 4 Stephen King, 3 Janet Evanovich, 2 Louise Penny, 1 David Baldacci
Top 5 Kid Fiction Authors:
Borrowed in Person: 5 J.K. Rowling, 4 Jeff Brown, 3 David A. Adler, 2 Lauren Tarshis, 1 Jeff Kinney
Overdrive: 5 Kate Messner, 4 J.K. Rowling, 3 Philip Pullman, 2 Lemony Snicket, 1 Laura Ingalls Wilder
Favorite Books
Top 5 Novels - Adult:
Borrowed in Person: 5 The Silent Cry -Anne Perry, 4 Slaves of Obsession -Anne Perry, 3 Angels in the Gloom -Anne Perry, 2 Whisper to the Blood -Dana Stabenow, 1 Enemy Way -Aimée Thurlo
Overdrive: 5 Dangerous -Diana Palmer, 4 Lone Rider -Harper Allan, 3 Laughing Boy -Oliver La Farge, 2 The Old Ranger -Donald L. Robertson, 1 Daylight -David Baldacci
Top 5 YA Novels
Borrowed in Person: 5 For a Muse of Fire -Heidi Heilig, 4 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes -Suzanne Collins, 3 Asylum -Madeleine Roux, 2 Grenade -Alan Gratz, 1 His Hideous Heart -Dahlia Adler
Overdrive: 5 The Finisher –David Baldacci, 4 King of Scars –Leigh Bardugo, 3 A Court of Wings and Ruin –Sarah J. Maas, 2 Six of Crows –Leigh Bardugo, 1 The Poet X –Elizabeth Acevedo
Top 5 Kids Novels
Borrowed in Person: 5 Wonder Woman Warbringer –Leigh Bardugo, Louise Simonson, 4 Wrecking Ball -Jeff Kinney, 3 Hard Luck -Jeff Kinney, 2 Rodrick Rules -Jeff Kinney, 1 Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone –J.K. Rowling
Overdrive: 5 The Ickabog –JK. Rowling, 4 Nightbooks –J.A. White, 3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban –J.K. Rowling, 2 Don't Turn Out the Lights –Jonathan Maberry, 1 Wild Fire –Linda I. Shands
Top 5 Picture Books
Borrowed in Person:
5 The White Stallion -Elizabeth Shub,
4 Daniel Feels Left Out -Maggie Testa,
3 H is for Halloween -Brooke Vitale,
2 Can You See What I See? -Walter Wick,
1 Green Eggs and Ham -Dr. Seuss
