Please note that most of these titles are also available in accessible formats. If you find it hard to read standard print, The New York Public Library's Andrew Heiskell Library provides free access to talking books, talking book players, braille, a talking book download website and a free talking book and ebraille app for mobile devices. Learn more and apply.
DB = available on BARD in talking book format and as a mailable talking book. BR = available on BARD in braille format and as mailable physical braille. These formats are available through the links below, or you can call Andrew Heiskell Library at 212-206-5400 to order a physical copy through the mail. Some titles are available through Bookshare and can be found through the Bookshare (BK) link under that title. All Heiskell members can gain access to Bookshare for free.
#1 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By J.K. Rowling
#2 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
Wonder
By R.J. Palacio
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#3 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
#4 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 14)
By Jeff Kinney
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#5 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
By J.K. Rowling
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#6 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
The Giver
By Lois Lowry
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#7 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
By Jeff Kinney
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#8 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
By Jeff Kinney
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#9 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
By Jeff Kinney
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#10 Top Kids Checkout of 2020
The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 13)
By Jeff Kinney
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#1 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
#2 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
The Hate U Give
By Angie Thomas
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#3 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel
By Suzanne Collins
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#4 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
Children of Blood and Bone
By Tomi Adeyemi
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#5 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
We Were Liars
By E. Lockhart
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#6 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak
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#7 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
#8 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
#9 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
By Tomi Adeyemi
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#10 Top Checkouts for Young Adults 2020
Twilight
By Stephenie Meyer
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Discover the Top 10 Checkouts of 2020
In years gone by, you may have been able to catch New Yorkers in parks, on subways, or indeed in The New York Public Library itself with their noses in these books. This year, for obvious reasons, many of us have been reading at home and, more than ever, on electronic devices. Missed seeing what your fellow New Yorkers are reading? Here are the 10 books our patrons have checked out most in 2020.
