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
