Most Popular Items of 2022

What did City of Parramatta Libraries members enjoy reading, watching & listening to in 2022? We have put together a list of City of Parramatta Libraries most-borrowed items of 2022!

Our list, includes the top five most popular titles in adult fiction, adult nonfiction, junior fiction, eBooks, eAudiobooks, and DVDs (both adult & junior titles).

Have fun exploring!

Top 5 Fiction Books

  1. Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens
  2. Exiles by Jane Harper
  3. The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  4. It ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
  5. Better off dead by Lee Child

Top 5 Nonfiction Books

  1. Atomic habits by James Clear
  2. The subtle art of not giving a f*ck by Mark Manson
  3. The psychology of money by Morgan Housel
  4. The happiest man on earth by Eddie Jaku
  5. Becoming by Michelle Obama

Top 5 eBooks (adult)

  1. Before you knew my name by Jacqueline Bublitz
  2. The man who died twice by Richard Osman
  3. Klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  4. Still life by Sarah Winman
  5. Worth dying for by Lee Child

Top 5 eAudiobooks (adult)

  1. Atomic habits by James Clear
  2. Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens
  3. A Promised land by Barak Obama
  4. Apples never fall by Liane Moriarty
  5. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Top 5 DVDs (adult)

  1. Game of thrones (Season 8)
  2. Star wars – The last Jedi
  3. Spider-man Homecoming
  4. Avengers Endgame
  5. Dune

KIDS

Top 5 Junior Fiction

  1. The getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 12)
  2. Game time (Hot Dog 4) by Anh Do
  3. Camping time (Hot Dog 5) by Anh Do
  4. Tom Gates: Everything’s Amazing (Sort Of) by Liz Pichon
  5. Crazy weird (WeirDo 6) by Anh Do

Top 5 eBooks

  1. 130-Storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton
  2. The grandest bookshop in the world by Amelia Mellor
  3. Code name bananas by David Walliams
  4. Extra Weird! by Anh Do
  5. 143-Storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton

Top 5 eAudiobooks

  1. Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone
  2. Harry Potter and the half blood prince
  3. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
  4. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
  5. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets

The first, none Harry Potter book at number 8 was Spashy Weird! by Anh Do

Top 5 Kids DVDs

  1. Bluey
  2. The bad guys
  3. Turning red
  4. Lightyear
  5. Encanto