Gail Borden: Top titles in 2023 with a sampling from the past
Closing out 2023, here are the top circulated titles of the Gail Borden Public Library District. As the library district enters its 150th year of service, library staff are offering a sampling of some the most circulated titles of year's past.
Most Circulated of 2023 -
Adult Titles
Spare: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
It Starts with Us: Colleen Hoover
The Boys from Biloxi: John Grisham
Mad Honey: Jodi Picoult
Simply Lies: David Baldacci
I'm Glad my Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
I Will Find You: Harlan Coben
Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
A World of Curiosities: Louise Penny
Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-nine: Janet Evanovich
Adult Spanish Titles
Violeta: Isabel Allende
Guinness World Records
El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Tal Vez Manana: Colleen Hoover
Amor: Isabel Allende
Preparacion para la prueba de GED 2014
50 Pasos para una Transformacion Persona l: Jerry Minchinton
Camino a Macondo: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Los Cuatro Acuerdos: Una Guia Practica para la Libertad Personal: Miguel Ruiz
El Alquimista: Una Fabula para Seguir Tus Suenos: Paulo Coelho
Youth Print Titles
Dog Man: Fetch-22: Dav Pilkey
Grime and Punishment: Dav Pilkey
For Whom the Ball Rolls: Dav Pilkey
Mothering Heights: Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations: Dav Pilkey
Guinness World Records
Dog Man and Cat Kid: Dav Pilkey
Lord of the Fleas: Dav Pilkey
Dog Man: Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club: Dav Pilkey
Adult DVD Titles
John Wick Chapter 4
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Adam
Avatar
A Man Called Otto
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Barbie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part 1
Family DVD Titles
The Super Mario Bros Movie
Encanto
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Shrek
Coco
The Grinch
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The Croods
Raya and the Last Dragon
According to E.C. Alft's 1996 “Books and More, A History of the Gail Borden Public Library,” "Readers choices changed over the years. Among the authors with the most books listed in 1876 catalog were Charles Dickens, James Fenimore Cooper, and William Thackeray."
Also from Alft's book, "The catalog printed in 1889 listed 10,008 volumes, including Saunier's “Treatise on Modern Horology” and “Watch Maker's Hand Book,” Piaget's “The Watch” and Willard's “Practical Butter Book.”