Dec. 27, 2023 – What did Cedar Rapid read this year? We're here to tell you with our lists of the the top borrows of 2023. A few highlights: Colleen Hoover reigns supreme, Prince Harry's tell-all memoir made multiple lists, and just in case you forgot, the library still offers physical DVDs you can borrow, even though Blockbuster and Family Video are long gone.
Looking for more genres? Last week we highlighted the top borrows in Young Adults, Children's books, graphic novels and manga.
Fiction
1. "Mad Honey" by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
2. "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
3. "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover
4. "Verity" by Colleen Hoover
5. "Happy Place" by Emily Henry
6. "November 9" by Colleen Hoover
7. "Never Never" by Colleen Hoover
8. "It Starts With Us" by Colleen Hoover
9. "The 23rd Midnight" by James Patterson
10. "Identity" by Nora Roberts
Ebooks
1. "Verity" by Colleen Hoover
2. "The Last Goodnight" by Kat Martin
3. "It Starts with Us" by Colleen Hoover
4. "Spare" by Prince Harry
5. "A Very Typical Family" by Sierra Godfrey
6. "The Hotel Nantucket" by Elin Hilderbrand
7. "Murder in an Irish Village" by Carlene O’Connor
8. "Finding Cinderella" by Colleen Hoover
9. "The Last Thing He Told Me" by Laura Dave
10. "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
Mystery
1. "Desert Star" by Michael Connelly
2. "All Good People Here" by Ashley Flowers
3. "Storm Watch" by CJ Box
4. "I Will Find You" by Harlan Coben
5. "A World of Curiosities" by Louise Penny
6. "The Maid" by Nita Prose
7. "No Plan B" by Andrew Child
8. "Unnatural History" by Jonathan Kellerman
9. "Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine" by Janet Evanovich
10. "Hunting Time: A Colter Shaw Novel" by Jeffery Deaver
Science Fiction & Fantasy
1. "Dune" by Frank Herbert
2. "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune
3. "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros
4. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
5. "The Fifth Season" by NK Jemisin
6. "Camp Zero" by Michelle Min Sterling
7. "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
8. "Ink Blood Sister Scribe" by Emma Torzs
9. "Upgrade" by Blake Crouch
10. "Artemis" by Andy Weir
Biographies & Memoirs
1. "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jeanette McCurdy
2. "Spare" by Prince Harry
3. "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times" by Michelle Obama
4. "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" by Matthew Perry
5. "Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories" by Kelly Ripa
6. "The Woman in Me" by Britney Spears
7. "Crying in H Mart" by Michelle Zauner
8. "Finding Me" by Viola Davis
9. "Love, Pamela" by Pamela Anderson
10. "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl
Nonfiction
1. "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann
2. "The Complete Peanuts" by Charles Schulz
3. "Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones" by James Clear
4. "Go-To Dinners: Make Ahead, Freeze Ahead, Prep Ahead, Easy Assembled" by Ina Garten
5. "A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive" by Dave Pelzer
6. "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Kimmerer
7. "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson
8. "The DASH Diet Mediterranean Solution: The Best Eating Plan to Control Your Weight and Improve Your Health for Life" by Marla Heller
9. "Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions" by Temple Grandin
10. "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder" by David Grann
Physical Audiobooks
1. "Spare" by Prince Harry
2. "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingslover
3. "Contraband" by Stuart Woods
4. "Redwall: Book One, The Wall" by Brian Jacques
5. "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell
6. "Encore in Death" by JD Robb
7. "Storm Watch" by CJ Box
8. "Worthy Opponents" by Danielle Steel
9. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode" by Jeff Kinney
10. "The Boys from Biloxi" by John Grisham
Digital Audiobooks
1. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson
2. "Spare" by Prince Harry
3. "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah
4. "I’m Glad My Mom Died" by Jeannette McCurdy
5. "Every City is Every Other City" by John McFetridge
6. "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens
7. "It Starts with Us" by Colleen Hoover
8. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
9. "The Overnight Guest" by Heather Gudenkauf
10. "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V. E. Schwab
Movies
1. "Top Gun: Maverick"
2. "John Wick: Chapter 4"
3. "The Whale"
4. "80 for Brady"
5. "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"
6. "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves"
7. "A Man Called Otto"
8. "Nope"
9. "Jurassic World: Dominion"
10. "Sonic the Hedgehog 2"