What were 2020’s most-read books in Grafton?

In 2020, the year everyone became homebodies to avoid becoming a COVID-19 statistic, many people got away from the present day by turning to the Grafton Public Library.

Some lost themselves in a mystery. Others tried to make sense out of current events by seeking out non-fiction titles about racism, women’s suffrage, and President Donald Trump. It was simpler if you were a younger reader — sometimes, you just have to complain about the big guy taking your ball.

Here’s what Grafton was reading.

Top 10 books in Grafton for 2020

• Remember the Ladies by Gina L. Mulligan
• Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty
• Murder at the 42nd Street Library: A Mystery by Cornelius Lehane
• Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems
• The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
• The Thank You Bookby Mo Willems
• The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
• Madam President by Lane Smith

Top 10 Fiction Books Checked Out in Grafton

• Remember the Ladies by Gina L. Mulligan
• Murder at the 42nd Street Library: A Mystery by Cornelius Lehane
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
• Lent by Jo Walton
• American Dirt  by Jeanine Cummins
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
• Ordinary Grace: A Nove lby William Kent Krueger
• Starburst by Robin Pilcher
• Second Street Station: A Mary Handley Mystery by Lawrence H. Levy

Top 10 Nonfiction Books Checked Out in Grafton

• Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement: Revolutionary Reformers by Barbara F. Berenson
• Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being by Martin E. P. Seligman
• Finding Chika: A Little Girl, An Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk
• So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book by Tanis Gray
• Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump by Michael Cohen

Top 10 Children’s Books Checked Out in Grafton

• Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty
• A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems
• The Thank You Book by Mo Willems
• Madam President by Lane Smith
• Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
• Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage by Claire Rudolf Murphy
• Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems
• Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
• We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
• I Will Take a Nap!by Mo Willems

Top 10 Teen Books Checked Out in Grafton

• The Cure for Dreamingb y Cat Winters
• Glow by Megan E. Bryant
• Life As We Knew It  by Susan Beth Pfeffer
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
• A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
• Divergent  by Veronica Roth
• Insurgent by Veronica Roth