Library patrons in Seattle couldn’t get enough of Bonnie Garmus, Gabrielle Zevin, and Timothy Egan this year, the Seattle Times reports.
The Seattle Public Library shared its lists of the most borrowed books of 2023 with the newspaper.
Garmus, a former Seattle resident, topped the list of the most checked-out adult fiction physical books with her novel Lessons in Chemistry, which also was the most popular novel among library patrons in New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C.
Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow took the No. 2 adult fiction spot, followed by Foster by Claire Keegan, Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano, and Remarkably Bright Creatures by Pacific Northwest native Shelby Van Pelt.
Curtis Sittenfeld’s Romantic Comedy was at No. 6, and R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface took the No. 7 spot. Rounding out the adult fiction list were Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake, Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions For You, and Emma Cline’s The Guest.
Seattle author Egan took the No. 1 spot on the adult nonfiction physical books list for A Fever in the Heartland, while David Grann’s The Wager was at No. 2, followed by Melissa Clark’s Dinner in One, Prince Harry’s Spare, and Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, by America.
Jennette McCurdy’s memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died, took the No. 6 spot, and two books tied for No. 7: Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry and Michela Tartaglia’s Pasta for All Seasons. The final three titles on the list were Kristin Currin and Andrew Merrit’s The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer, Megan Asaka’s Seattle From the Margins, and Noah Galuten’s The Don’t Panic Pantry Cookbook.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
