Attention, book and movie lovers! The San Diego County Library has released its top 15 checkout list for 2017. See if your favorite books, e-books and DVDs from last year made the list.
If they all did, never fear. County librarians can tell you what to watch for in 2018 and help you find your next favorite read. For recommendations, visit in person or go online.
If you didn’t get a chance to read, watch or listen to the library’s top popular picks in 2017, check them out this year. The items below all fall under the “grown-up” category.
Books
- “The Whistler” by John Grisham
- “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins
- “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
- “The Woman in Cabin 10” by Ruth Ware
- “Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel” by Lee Child
- “The Last Mile” by David Baldacci
- “The Wrong Side of Goodbye” by Michael Connelly
- “Truly Madly Guilty” by Liane Moriarty
- “Bullseye” by James Patterson
- “The Crossing” by Michael Connelly
- “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman
- “Rogue Lawyer” by John Grisham
- “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah
- “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult
- “The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” by Marie Kondō
DVDs
- “The 5th Wave”
- “Joy”
- “Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice”
- “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call”
- “Suicide Squad”
- “Captain America, Civil War”
- “Bridge of Spies”
- “Brooklyn”
- “Sully”
- “Star Wars. Episode VII, The Force Awakens”
- “The Big Short”
- “The Revenant”
- “The Huntsman, Winter’s War”
- “The Martian”
- “Game of Thrones. The Complete Fifth Season”
EBooks
- “The Whistler” by John Grisham
- “Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel” by Lee Child
- “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins
- “The Wrong Side of Goodbye” by Michael Connelly
- “Turbo Twenty-Three” by Janet Evanovich
- “Truly Madly Guilty” by Liane Moriarty
- “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead
- “Camino Island” by John Grisham
- “The Last Mile” by David Baldacci
- “The Fix” by David Baldacci
- “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes
- “Rogue Lawyer” by John Grisham
- “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by J.D. Vance
- “The Other Einstein” by Marie Benedict
- “No Man’s Land” by David Baldacci