Thursday, December 21, 2023: Here are our most popular books of 2023 based on checkouts by our Mary Riley Styles Public Library patrons! We've listed below the top circulating titles for several genres, including:
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Mystery
- Romance
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Teen Fiction
CLICK HERE to view a complete list of all the titles, along with individual book descriptions and links to our catalog!
Most Popular Fiction of 2023
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zavin
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
- A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham
Most Popular Nonfiction of 2023
- Spare by Prince Harry
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Terror by David Grann
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
- Falls Church: A Virginia Village Revisited by Bradley E. Gernand and Nan Netherton
- These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
- Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
- Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman
- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Familiy from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson
Most Popular Mystery of 2023
- A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
- The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- Exiles by Jane Harper
- The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
- The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murders by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
- Still Life by Louise Penny
Most Popular Romance of 2023
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score
- Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Red White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
- Exes & O's by Amy Lea
- When in Rome by Sarah Adams
- Twice in a Lifetime by Melissa Baron
Most Popular Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2023
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
- Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
- Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- The House of the Cerulean Sky by TJ Klune
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone
Most Popular Teen Fiction of 2023
- One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
- The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo