What Are New York Public Library’s Most Checked-out Books?

As a retired children’s librarian, it brings me great pleasure to share this wonderful post from Nicholas!

Nicholas C. Rossis

I recently wrote about the welcome fact that in 2019, more Americans went to the library than to the movies. At a time when the 2021 US budget seeks to eliminate funding for libraries, this is wonderful news indeed. But what books do library patrons check out?

Ron Charles has explored this very question. As he reports in the Washington Post, The New York Public Library has just released the titles of the 10 most checked-out books in its 125-year history. Bestsellers may offer a snapshot of passing fads, but this remarkable list compiled from more than a century of circulation data is like a literary cardiogram of the nation’s beating heart.

The 10 most checked-out books in the New York Public Library’s history

Here is the top-10 list:

1. “The Snowy Day,” by Ezra Jack Keats (1962)
2. “The Cat in the Hat,”…

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