Every year, towards the New Year, we post the most popular materials borrowed from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries. We do this to give you a sense of what sorts of materials are available, but we also do this to provide you with sense of where the WNY community’s interests lie.
“The most popular titles represent the borrowing habits of over 300,000 library patrons of all ages who use the 37 local public libraries and the ‘Library on Wheels’ bookmobile.” – Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Most requested books
The Woman in the Window: A Novel by A.J. Finn
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Adult Fiction – most popular titles
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Fifty Fifty by James Patterson & Candice Fox
Adult Non-Fiction – most popular titles
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance (second year in a row)
Buffalo Memories III: The Early Years and the 1950s by The Buffalo News
Young Adult/Teen – most popular titles
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Children’s Fiction – most popular titles
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney (second year in a row)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal by Jeff Kinney
Children’s Non-Fiction – most popular titles
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2018 (no author)
LEGO CITY: Busy Word Book by Joseph Stewart
Minecraft: Guide to Creative by Craig Jelley
eBook Fiction – most popular title
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
eBook Non-Fiction – most popular title
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
eBook Fiction – most requested title
The Woman in the Window: A Novel by A.J. Finn
eBook Non-Fiction – most requested title
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
People’s Choice – best book (selected through online voting from 200+ people)
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
Library Employees’ Choice – best book
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Interested in borrowing any of these titles? Visit www.BuffaloLib.org or any Buffalo & Erie County Public Library for details. There are more than 3 million materials available for borrowing through the library system including downloadable eBooks, music and video, DVDs and books on CD. Free library card applications can be downloaded 24/7 and taken to any Buffalo & Erie County Public Library for processing. A valid form of identification and proof of address is necessary. Follow the Library on social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and now with a podcast on SoundCloud. For more information, call 716-858-8900 or visit www.BuffaloLib.org.