{"id":4601,"date":"2017-12-22T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2017-12-22T06:36:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:36:53","slug":"favorite-books-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2017\/12\/22\/favorite-books-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Books We Most Wanted To Read In 2017, According To Boston Library Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpl.org\/press\/2017\/12\/20\/boston-public-librarys-top-borrowed-titles-of-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Public Library has announced <\/a>the books most borrowed from the city library system in 2017:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adult Books<\/strong><br \/>\n10. &#8220;All The Light We Cannot See&#8221; by Anthony Doerr<br \/>\n9. &#8220;The Handmaid\u2019s Tale&#8221; by Margaret Atwood<br \/>\n8. &#8220;Commonwealth&#8221; by Ann Patchett<br \/>\n7. &#8220;The Girls&#8221; by Emma Cline<br \/>\n6. &#8220;Truly Madly Guilty&#8221; by Liane Moriarty<br \/>\n5. &#8220;A Man Called Ove&#8221; by Frederik Backman<br \/>\n4. &#8220;Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis&#8221; by J.D. Vance<br \/>\n3. &#8220;The Underground Railroad&#8221; by Colson Whitehead<br \/>\n2. &#8220;The Goldfinch&#8221; by Donna Tartt<br \/>\n1. &#8220;The Girl on the Train&#8221; by Paula Hawkins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teen Books:<\/strong><br \/>\n10. \u201cHollow City\u201d by Ransom Riggs<br \/>\n9. \u201cThe Hate U Give\u201d by Angie Thomas<br \/>\n8. \u201cThe Sun Is Also A Star&#8221; by Nicolav Yoon<br \/>\n7. &#8220;The Maze Runner&#8221; by James Dasher<br \/>\n6. &#8220;The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-time Indian&#8221; by Sherman Alexie<br \/>\n5. &#8220;Eleanor &amp; Park&#8221; by Rainbow Rowell<br \/>\n4. &#8220;The Fault in Our Stars&#8221; by John Green<br \/>\n3. &#8220;The Giver&#8221; by Lois Lowry<br \/>\n2. &#8220;We Were Liars&#8221; by E. Lockhart<br \/>\n1. &#8220;Miss Peregrine&#8217;s Home for Peculiar Children&#8221; by Ransom Riggs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children&#8217;s Books<\/strong><br \/>\n(Note: This is the library&#8217;s categorization; some of these books should probably be listed as &#8220;teen.&#8221;)<br \/>\n10. &#8220;One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish&#8221; by Dr. Seuss<br \/>\n9. &#8220;Sisters&#8221; by Raina Telgemeier<br \/>\n8. &#8220;The Cat in the Hat&#8221; by Dr. Seuss<br \/>\n7. &#8220;Green Eggs and Ham&#8221; by Dr. Seuss<br \/>\n6. &#8220;Wonder&#8221; by R. J. Palacio<br \/>\n5. &#8220;Big Nate: A Good Old-fashioned Wedgie&#8221; by Lincoln Peirce<br \/>\n4. &#8220;The Lightning Thief&#8221; by Rick Riordan<br \/>\n3. &#8220;A Big Guy Took My Ball!&#8221; by Mo Willems<br \/>\n2. &#8220;Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley&#8217;s Journal&#8221; by Jeff Kinney<br \/>\n1. &#8220;Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone&#8221; by J.K. 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