For Readers

Beverly’s Top 10 Borrowed Adult Titles in 2021

We crunched the numbers and these are the books Beverly borrowed the most in 2021.

Anxious people : a novel by Backman, Fredrik

A gambling man by Baldacci, David

The vanishing half by Bennett, Brit

Win : a novel by Coben, Harlan

The last thing he told me : a novel by Dave, Laura

Sooley by Grisham, John

The midnight library by Haig, Matt

The four winds by Hannah, Kristin

So you want to talk about race by Oluo, Ijeoma

Caste : the origins of our discontents by Wilkerson, Isabel

Beverly’s Top 10 Borrowed Teen Titles in 2021

These are the teen books Beverly borrowed the most in 2021. (There are more than 10, we had 8 books that tied for 10th place!)

Artemis Fowl. The last guardian by Colfer, Eoin.

Lore by Bracken, Alexandra

Fable by Young, Adrienne

We were liars by Lockhart, E.

Crooked kingdom by Bardugo, Leigh

Ruin and rising by Bardugo, Leigh.

Shadow and bone by Bardugo, Leigh.

The Elite by Cass, Kiera.

The ballad of songbirds and snakes by Collins, Suzanne

The Hunger Games by Collins, Suzanne.

This light between us : a novel of World War II by Fukuda, Andrew Xia

A good girl's guide to murder by Jackson, Holly

The vanishing stair by Johnson, Maureen

Beverly’s Top 10 Borrowed Children’s Titles in 2021

These are the children’s books Beverly borrowed the most in 2021.

Diary of a wimpy kid. Old school by Kinney, Jeff

Diary of a wimpy kid. The last straw by Kinney, Jeff

Dog Man : lord of the fleas by Pilkey, Dav

Dog Man unleashed by Pilkey, Dav

Dog man : brawl of the wild by Pilkey, Dav

Dog man : fetch-22 by Pilkey, Dav

Black brother, black brother by Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Guts by Telgemeier, Raina

Stargazing by Wang, Jen

Front desk by Yang, Kelly

2021 Staff Picks

The staff of the Beverly Public Library are pleased to share their favorite books of 2021.

Between two kingdoms : a memoir of a life interrupted by Jaouad, Suleika.

The book of magic by Hoffman, Alice

Everyone knows your mother is a witch by Galchen, Rivka

Klara and the sun by Ishiguro, Kazuo

Once there were wolves : a novel by McConaghy, Charlotte

The last night in London by White, Karen

Nightbitch by Yoder, Rachel

The galaxy, and the ground within by Chambers, Becky

How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America by Smith, Clint

Baggage : tales from a fully packed life by Cumming, Alan

Everyday mojo songs of Earth : new and selected poems, 2001-2021 by Komunyakaa, Yusef

Shy Willow by Min, Cat

Calvin by Ford, Ronald Martin, Jr.

Ophie's ghosts by Ireland, Justina.

Firekeeper's daughter by Boulley, Angeline

Novel 11, book 18 by Solstad, Dag

Literary Fiction

Check out some of the most acclaimed novels ever written!

Things fall apart by Achebe, Chinua.

The house of the spirits by Allende, Isabel.

The bear and the nightingale : a novel by Arden, Katherine

The handmaid's tale by Atwood, Margaret

The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel by Chabon, Michael.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Clarke, Susanna.

The water dancer : a novel by Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Joseph

All the light we cannot see : a novel by Doerr, Anthony

Invisible man by Ellison, Ralph.

Magic lessons by Hoffman, Alice

The kite runner by Hosseini, Khaled.

Wolf Hall : a novel by Mantel, Hilary

Circe : a novel by Miller, Madeline

The bluest eye by Morrison, Toni.

Boy, snow, bird : a novel by Oyeyemi, Helen

Girls burn brighter by Rao, Shobha

All quiet on the western front by Remarque, Erich Maria

A woman is no man : a novel by Rum, Etaf.

The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel by See, Lisa

The goldfinch by Tartt, Donna.

On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel by Vuong, Ocean

Sing, unburied, sing : a novel by Ward, Jesmyn

Fingersmith by Waters, Sarah

We are the Brennans by Lange, Tracey