The Most Popular Under-The-Radar Books in U.S
Libraries: July–September 2020
Once a quarter, Panorama Picks takes a deep dive into the data about ebook use at libraries across the U.S. It’s a fascinating look at not just the most popular ebooks in public libraries—they don’t stray too far from what you’d expect of the bestseller lists—but also at the books that are seeing uniquely high demand at libraries.
These are books which are seeing a lot of interest but haven’t necessarily stayed atop bestseller lists for months and/or books with particular interest locally. The data looks at adult fiction, adult nonfiction, and young adult books (which includes fiction, nonfiction, and comics). Panorama Picks groups public libraries by coordinating American Bookseller Association (ABA) regions, which allows for a really neat way of exploring interest on a regional level. A book might be especially popular in California but less so in the Midwest, and looking at that data provides a real opportunity for local bookstores and libraries.
Data for the books on these lists comes from anonymized ebook requests at libraries between July and September 2020, and books are narrowed down by their publication dates. All of the books published between July 2019 and March 2020, a nine-month window. As will be seen, some of the books included were published well before this time frame, but their ebooks became available in that window.
Daniel Albohn, Panorama’s Project Lead, said: “We compile and publish Panorama Picks on a quarterly basis and we endeavor to promote our findings to local booksellers as well as to publishers and authors.”
What makes Panorama Picks unique is that these books have notably longer wait lists for local library patrons, showcasing unmet demand. This is where both libraries and local booksellers come in: the opportunity to meet the demand unique to their region.
The lists below showcase the most uniquely popular books in U.S. libraries, divided category and by ABA regions. The ABA regions are as follows, and yes, there are some overlapping states among them: California, Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan), Hawaii, Midwest (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin), Mountains and Plains (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), New Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont), Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington), and Southeast (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia).
First, a look at the most popular titles in libraries nationwide by category, regardless of ratio of holds to available copies (AKA the lists that won’t be too surprising). These books have the highest number of holds.
The Most Popular Books in Public Libraries, July–September 2020
Adult Fiction
American Dirt by Jeanne Cummings
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
This Tender Land by William Kent Kreuger
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben
Adult Nonfiction
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
The Body by Bill Bryson
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Young Adult
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
American Royals by Katherine McGee
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
One Of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Avatar, The Last Airbender by F. C. Yee
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
Now a look at the top 10 most uniquely popular books across the country, followed by the most uniquely popular books by region. The methodology for Panorama Picks means that the top ten national titles are identified by holds—those are above—and then regional lists are created, with those top ten titles pulled from the final data. The top 50 titles within each region are identified, then sorted by the number of holds and number of those titles available (AKA high demand books with a lower number of books available). Books without a print version, so ebook only titles, are pulled from the data. The remaining titles are sorted into a top 25.
Using that methodology, these are the top 10 most popular books across the country, in order. The full lists of 25 titles each are available on the Panorama Project website.
The Most Uniquely Popular Books in Public Libraries, July–September 2020
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (U.S.-Wide)
The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir — (tie) in all 9 regions
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré — in 8 regions
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat, Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert, and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo — (tie) in 7 regions
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (California)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Bringing Down The Duke by Evie Dunmore
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Great Lakes—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan)
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Hawaii)
The Arrangement by Sylvia Day
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Hit List by Stuart Woods
Crooked River by Douglas Preston
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Midwest—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Mountain and Plains—Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (New Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire by Michael Dante DiMartino
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Pacific Northwest—Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Blue Moon by Lee Child
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Southeast—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (U.S.-Wide)
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen and Here for It by R. Eric Thomas — (tie) in 7 regions.
Project 333 by Courtney Carver — in 6 regions
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall, Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong, and Tough Love by Susan Rice — (tie) in 5 regions.
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (California)
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Buy Yourself The F*cking Lillies by Tara Schuster
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard
Permission To Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Vegetable Kingdom by Bryant Terry
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Great Lakes—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan)
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
How To Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids by Carla Naumburg
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Idiot by Laura Clery
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Hawaii)
Business Boutique by Christy Wright
Small Garden Style by Isa Hendry Eaton
Maangchi’s Big Book of Korean Cooking by Maangchi
Japanese Home Cooking by Sonoko Sakai
Love Your Life, Not Theirs by Rachel Cruze
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
The Inflammation Spectrum by Will Cole
Pastry Love by Joanne Chang
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Quit Like a Millionaire by Kristy Shen
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Midwest—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Buy Yourself The F*cking Flowers by Tara Schuster
Be The Bridge by LaTasha Morrison
Idiot by Laura Clery
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Mountain and Plains—Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
The Obesity Code Cookbook by Jason Fung
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
Everyday Millionaires by Chris Hogan
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (New Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 Edition by Richard N. Bolles
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Buy Yourself The F*cking Lillies by Tara Schuster
Idiot by Laura Clery
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Buy Yourself The F*cking Lillies by Tara Schuster
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Vegetable Kingdom by Bryant Terry
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Pacific Northwest—Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Be The Bridge by LaTasha Morrison
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Idiot by Laura Clery
Keto Diet for Dummies by Rami Abrams
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Southeast—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
The Obesity Code Cookbook by Jason Fung
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 Edition by Richard N. Bolles
Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (U.S.-Wide)
Cursed by Frank Miller — in all 9 regions
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller — in 8 regions
Going the Distance by Beth Reekles and The Upside of Falling by Alex Light — (tie) in 7 regions
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie and The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh — (tie) in 6 regions.
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (California)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Great Lakes—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan)
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthon
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell
Bone Crier’s Daughter by Kathryn Purdie
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Hawaii)
Moment of Truth by Kasie West
Anna K. by Jenny Lee
Rebel by Marie Lu
Cursed by Frank Miller
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Volume 11 by Koyoharu Gotouge
My Hero Academia, Volume 23 by Kohei Horikoshi
Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Volume 8 by Koyoharu Gotouge
My Hero Academia, Volume 21 by Kohei Horikoshi
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Midwest—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Mountain and Plains—Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthon
My Hero Academia, Volume 23 by Kohei Horikoshi
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (New Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Cursed by Frank Miller
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
Conceal, Don’t Feel: A Twisted Tale by Jen Calonita
Rebel by Marie Lu
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova
Color Me In by Natasha Díaz
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow
Crier’s War by Nina Varela
Spin The Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Pacific Northwest—Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Momentous Events In The Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Spin The Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Southeast—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
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Once a quarter, Panorama Picks takes a deep dive into the data about ebook use at libraries across the U.S. It’s a fascinating look at not just the most popular ebooks in public libraries—they don’t stray too far from what you’d expect of the bestseller lists—but also at the books that are seeing uniquely high demand at libraries.
These are books which are seeing a lot of interest but haven’t necessarily stayed atop bestseller lists for months and/or books with particular interest locally. The data looks at adult fiction, adult nonfiction, and young adult books (which includes fiction, nonfiction, and comics). Panorama Picks groups public libraries by coordinating American Bookseller Association (ABA) regions, which allows for a really neat way of exploring interest on a regional level. A book might be especially popular in California but less so in the Midwest, and looking at that data provides a real opportunity for local bookstores and libraries.
Data for the books on these lists comes from anonymized ebook requests at libraries between July and September 2020, and books are narrowed down by their publication dates. All of the books published between July 2019 and March 2020, a nine-month window. As will be seen, some of the books included were published well before this time frame, but their ebooks became available in that window.
Daniel Albohn, Panorama’s Project Lead, said: “We compile and publish Panorama Picks on a quarterly basis and we endeavor to promote our findings to local booksellers as well as to publishers and authors.”
What makes Panorama Picks unique is that these books have notably longer wait lists for local library patrons, showcasing unmet demand. This is where both libraries and local booksellers come in: the opportunity to meet the demand unique to their region.
The lists below showcase the most uniquely popular books in U.S. libraries, divided category and by ABA regions. The ABA regions are as follows, and yes, there are some overlapping states among them: California, Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan), Hawaii, Midwest (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin), Mountains and Plains (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), New Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont), Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington), and Southeast (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia).
First, a look at the most popular titles in libraries nationwide by category, regardless of ratio of holds to available copies (AKA the lists that won’t be too surprising). These books have the highest number of holds.
The Most Popular Books in Public Libraries, July–September 2020
Adult Fiction
American Dirt by Jeanne Cummings
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
This Tender Land by William Kent Kreuger
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben
Adult Nonfiction
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
The Body by Bill Bryson
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Young Adult
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
American Royals by Katherine McGee
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
One Of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Avatar, The Last Airbender by F. C. Yee
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
Now a look at the top 10 most uniquely popular books across the country, followed by the most uniquely popular books by region. The methodology for Panorama Picks means that the top ten national titles are identified by holds—those are above—and then regional lists are created, with those top ten titles pulled from the final data. The top 50 titles within each region are identified, then sorted by the number of holds and number of those titles available (AKA high demand books with a lower number of books available). Books without a print version, so ebook only titles, are pulled from the data. The remaining titles are sorted into a top 25.
Using that methodology, these are the top 10 most popular books across the country, in order. The full lists of 25 titles each are available on the Panorama Project website.
The Most Uniquely Popular Books in Public Libraries, July–September 2020
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (U.S.-Wide)
The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir — (tie) in all 9 regions
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré — in 8 regions
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat, Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert, and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo — (tie) in 7 regions
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (California)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Bringing Down The Duke by Evie Dunmore
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Great Lakes—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan)
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Hawaii)
The Arrangement by Sylvia Day
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Hit List by Stuart Woods
Crooked River by Douglas Preston
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Midwest—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Mountain and Plains—Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (New Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire by Michael Dante DiMartino
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Pacific Northwest—Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Blue Moon by Lee Child
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles (Southeast—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (U.S.-Wide)
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen and Here for It by R. Eric Thomas — (tie) in 7 regions.
Project 333 by Courtney Carver — in 6 regions
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall, Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong, and Tough Love by Susan Rice — (tie) in 5 regions.
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (California)
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Buy Yourself The F*cking Lillies by Tara Schuster
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard
Permission To Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Vegetable Kingdom by Bryant Terry
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Great Lakes—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan)
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
How To Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids by Carla Naumburg
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Idiot by Laura Clery
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Hawaii)
Business Boutique by Christy Wright
Small Garden Style by Isa Hendry Eaton
Maangchi’s Big Book of Korean Cooking by Maangchi
Japanese Home Cooking by Sonoko Sakai
Love Your Life, Not Theirs by Rachel Cruze
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
The Inflammation Spectrum by Will Cole
Pastry Love by Joanne Chang
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Quit Like a Millionaire by Kristy Shen
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Midwest—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Buy Yourself The F*cking Flowers by Tara Schuster
Be The Bridge by LaTasha Morrison
Idiot by Laura Clery
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Mountain and Plains—Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
The Obesity Code Cookbook by Jason Fung
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
Everyday Millionaires by Chris Hogan
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi PhD
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (New Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 Edition by Richard N. Bolles
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Buy Yourself The F*cking Lillies by Tara Schuster
Idiot by Laura Clery
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Buy Yourself The F*cking Lillies by Tara Schuster
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Vegetable Kingdom by Bryant Terry
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Pacific Northwest—Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Project 333 by Courtney Carver
Tough Love by Susan Rice
Be The Bridge by LaTasha Morrison
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Idiot by Laura Clery
Keto Diet for Dummies by Rami Abrams
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles (Southeast—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
The Obesity Code Cookbook by Jason Fung
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 Edition by Richard N. Bolles
Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (U.S.-Wide)
Cursed by Frank Miller — in all 9 regions
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller — in 8 regions
Going the Distance by Beth Reekles and The Upside of Falling by Alex Light — (tie) in 7 regions
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie and The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh — (tie) in 6 regions.
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (California)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Great Lakes—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan)
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthon
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell
Bone Crier’s Daughter by Kathryn Purdie
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Hawaii)
Moment of Truth by Kasie West
Anna K. by Jenny Lee
Rebel by Marie Lu
Cursed by Frank Miller
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Volume 11 by Koyoharu Gotouge
My Hero Academia, Volume 23 by Kohei Horikoshi
Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Volume 8 by Koyoharu Gotouge
My Hero Academia, Volume 21 by Kohei Horikoshi
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Midwest—Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Mountain and Plains—Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthon
My Hero Academia, Volume 23 by Kohei Horikoshi
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (New Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Cursed by Frank Miller
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
Conceal, Don’t Feel: A Twisted Tale by Jen Calonita
Rebel by Marie Lu
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova
Color Me In by Natasha Díaz
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow
Crier’s War by Nina Varela
Spin The Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Pacific Northwest—Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Momentous Events In The Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Spin The Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
Most Popular Young Adult Titles (Southeast—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
Going The Distance by Beth Reekles
Cursed by Frank Miller
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Into The Pit by Scott Cawthon
The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
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