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New York and the 5 boroughs have vastly different tastes when it comes to borrowing books from the public library. We have received new data from all of the different library systems to give you a sense on what people are borrowing and reading. One of the most interesting aspects of this list are that 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 top most of the lists. This is because in all districts these books are remedial reading.

The most read books throughout all New York Public Library’s 88 branches:

  1. Educated by Tara Westover

  2. Becoming by Michelle Obama

  3. One Good Deed by David Baldacci

MANHATTAN

  • Battery Park City “The Big Kahuna” by Janet and Peter Evanovich

  • Columbus “Becoming” by Michelle Obama

  • Hudson Park “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover

  • Washington Heights “Circe” by Madeline Miller

THE BRONX

  • Clason Point “Eat Beautiful: Food and Recipes to Nourish Your Skin from the Inside Out” by Wendy Rowe

  • Grand Concourse “Slick” by Brenda Hampton

  • Mott Haven “Murdergram, Part 2” by Nisa Santiago

  • Parkchester “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury

  • Van Cortlandt “Girl, Wash Your Face” by Rachel Hollis

QUEENS

  • Astoria “China Rich Girlfriend” by Kevin Kwan

  • Howard Beach “The Inn” by James Patterson

  • Ozone Park “New York City SHSAT Prep” (for Specialized High School Admissions Testing)

  • Kew Gardens Hills “The New Girl” by Daniel Silva

  • Woodhaven “One Piece” by Eiichiro Oda

BROOKLYN

  • Carroll Gardens “Normal People” by Sally Rooney

  • Gravesend Dong Zhou Kan magazine

  • Marcy “My Sister, the Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite

  • Park Slope “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

  • Walt Whitman Library “Private Property” by La Jill Hunt

STATEN ISLAND

  • Great Kills “The Perfect Witness” by Iris Johansen

  • New Dorp “The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See

  • St. George “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman

  • Stapleton “1984” by George Orwell

  • Tottenville “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” by John Carreyrou

Editor-in-chief | michael@goodereader.com

Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.