Ever wonder what patrons are searching for in library catalogs? Here are the answers for 2020, aggregated from all the public libraries that use Syndetics Unbound. Last week’s Syndetics Unbound Blog post covers the top 15 most searched-for books of 2020 in US public libraries. It also includes lists for the top ten titles of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, along with some other interesting book data.
The top 15 from the U.S. were:
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
- Camino Winds by John Grisham
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- The Guest List: A Novel by Lucy Foley
- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
- Walk the Wire by David Baldacci
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
- Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
- Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
- The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben
Find these titles and more at your local library in WYLDcat.