Top Titles at Public Libraries - November 2021

Here are the top twenty titles public-library patrons looked for in November 2021

Only a few of the November Top Titles are new to the list. Among the stand-alone titles was Never, a political thriller by Ken Follett. Weighing in at 800 pages, Never is an “action-packed, globe-spanning drama.” A number of series also received new sequels: Diana Gabaldon released the eighth “Outlander” book, Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone; Janet Evanovich released the 28th “Stephanie Plum” book, Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight; David Baldacci released a fouth “Atlee Pine” book Mercy; and Michael Connelly released the fourth “Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel,” The Dark Hours.

Patrons were also checking out Frank Herber’s 1965 science fiction novel Dune, in the wake of the movie debuting on October 28. We predict that December will see interest in Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 post-pandemic novel Station Eleven; an adaptation arrives on HBO Max on December 16. An adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter arrives in theaters on December 17.

1. The Judge’s List by John Grisham
2. The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
3. The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel by Mitch Albom
4. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
5. Better Off Dead by Lee Child
6. Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich
7. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
8. Never by Ken Follett
9. Mercy by David Baldacci
10. The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
11. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
12. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
13. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
14. Dune by Frank Herbert
15. State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton
16. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
17. Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
18. Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
19. Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16) by Jeff Kinney
20. Wish You Were Here: A Novel by Jodi Picoult

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