Every year different books, both old and new, captivate the culture and take over everyone’s reading lists. 2024’s most popular books will become a snapshot in history, capturing the common interests of society at that time.
The Democrat and Chronicle reached out to different libraries within the OWWL Library System, consisting of Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming and Livingston Counties, to see how the year’s most popular books differed, or aligned, across counties and libraries in the region. The OWWL Library System also calculated their own list based on the most popular books across all 42 libraries the system.
At least one library from each county responded, sharing their own version of a 2024 most popular books list. Some feature all of the most circulated books within the year, others include only adult fiction and some highlight all of the most circulated items, including DVDs, video games and children’s books.
See how these lists compare to your own 2024 book favorites. Maybe you’ll recognize one you already read, or gain ideas for books to add to your want-to-read lists.
Here’s a local peek into 2024’s year of reading:
OWWL Library System’s Top 10 Books of 2024
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “Fourth Wing,” Rebecca Yarros
- “The Teacher,” Freida McFadden
- “Iron Flame,” Rebecca Yarros
- “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” Shelby Van Pelt
- “Tom Lake,” Ann Patchett
- “None of This is True: A Novel,” Lisa Jewell
- “A Court of Thornes and Roses,” Sara J. Maas
- “Never Lie,” Freida McFadden
- “It Starts With Us,” Colleen Hoover
ONTARIO COUNTY:
Wood Library Association’s 15 most-popular books of 2024
- “The Frozen River,” Ariel Lawhon
- “Tom Lake,” Ann Patchett
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” James McBride
- “Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea,” Dav Pilkey
- “Lessons in Chemistry,” Bonnie Garmus
- “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” Shelby Van Pelt
- “Hello Beautiful,” Ann Napolitano
- “A Big Guy Took My Ball,” Mo Willems
- “Resurrection Walk,” Michael Connelly
- “Dog Man: Mothering Heights,” Dav Pilkey
- “The Covenant of Water,” Abraham Verghese
- “None of This is True,” Lisa Jewell
- “The Berry Pickers,” Amanda Peters
- “Collaborations,” Dav Pikley
Bloomfield Public Library’s Top 10 most-circulated items of 2024
- “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” Gabrielle Zevin (book)
- “The Taste of Things,” Directed by Tran Anh Hung (movie)
- “The Edge,” David Baldacci (book)
- “Minecraft” (game)
- “Sonic Frontiers” (game)
- “Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom” (game)
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah (book)
- “The Beekeeper,” Directed by David Ayer (movie)
- “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” Susan Collins (book)
- “We Don’t Lose Our Class Goldfish: A Penelope Rex Book,” Ryan T. Higgins (book)
Victor Farmington Library’s most-circulated books of 2024
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “Happy Pig Day!,” Mo Willems
- “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” Shelby Van Pelt
- “The Thank You Book,” Mo Willems
- “The Pigeon Wants a Puppy,” Mo Willems
- “I’m a Frog!,” Mo Willems
- “I Really Like Slop!,” Mo Willems
- “Let’s Go For a Drive,” Mo Willems
- “Watch Me Throw The Ball,” Mo Willems
- “The Frozen River,” Ariel Lawhon
- “The Covenant of Water,” Abraham Verghese
- “Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea,” Dav Pilkey
Geneva Public Library’s Top 5 most-circulated books
- “American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World,” David Baron
- “Dog Man: Fetch-22,” Dav Pilkey
- “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” James McBride
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver
Honeoye Public Library’s Top 11 books of 2024
- “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “Someone Else’s Shoes,” Jojo Moyes
- “Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade,” Janet Skeslien Charles
- “The Measure,” Nikki Erlick
- “The Boston Girl,” Anita Diamant
- “Simply Lies,” David Baldacci
- “Resurrection Walk,” Michael Connelly
- “The Edge,” David Baldacci
- “Three-Inch Teeth,” C.J. Box
- “The Funny Book (BoBo and Pup-Pup),” Vikram Madan (#1 kid’s book)
WAYNE COUNTY:
Macedon Public Library’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ most popular adult books of 2024
- “It Ends With Us,” Colleen Hoover
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “The Wife Upstairs,” Rachel Hawkins
- “The Teacher,” Freida McFadden
- “The Frozen River,” Ariel Lawhon
- “The Inmate,” Freida McFadden
- “Three-Inch Teeth,” C.J. Box
- “The Things We Leave Unfinished,” Rebecca Yarros
- “Do You Remember?,” Freida McFadden
- “First Lie Wins,” Ashley Elston
- “James: A Novel,” Percival Everett
- “Toxic Prey,” John Sandford
- “Target Acquired,” Tom Clancy
Lyons Public Library Top 10 most-circulated fiction books of 2024
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “Lessons in Chemistry,” Bonnie Garmus
- “The Ball at Versailles,” Danielle Steel
- “The Teacher,” Freida McFadden
- “Lone Oaks Crossing,” Janet Dailey
- “Never Too Late,” Danielle Steel
- “The Exchange,” John Grisham
- “Second Act,” Danielle Steel
- “A Discovery of Witches,” Deborah Harkness
- “This Is How It Always Is,” Laurie Frankel
WYOMING COUNTY:
Cordelia A. Greene Library’s Top 3 most-circulated books of 2024
- “Only the Brave,” Danielle Steel
- “Chasing the Horizon,” Mary Connealy
- “Never Too Late,” Danielle Steel
Warsaw Public Library’s Top 10 most-circulated books of 2024
- “The Secrets They Left Behind: A Mystery,” Lissa Marie Redmond
- “A Cold Day in Hell,” Lissa Marie Redmond
- “The Parting Glass,” Lissa Marie Redmond
- “A Means to an End,” Lissa Marie Redmond
- “The Murder Book,” Lissa Marie Redmond
- “The Minecraft Ideas Book: Create the Real World in Minecraft,” Thomas McBrian
- “A Full Cold Moon,” Lissa Marie Redmond
- “I Survived the American Revolution, 1776,” Lauren Tarshis
- “The #1 Lawyer,” James Patterson and Nancy Allen
- “Llama Llama Mess Mess Mess,” Anna Dewdney and Reed Duncan
LIVINGSTON COUNTY:
Avon Free Library’s Top 10 most-circulated adult fiction books of 2024
- “The #1 Lawyer,” James Patterson
- “The Housemaid,” Freida McFadden
- “Starling House,” Alix E. Harrow
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “The Frozen River,” Ariel Lawhon
- “Never Lie,” Freida McFadden
- “Only the Brave,” Danielle Steel
- “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” Shelby Van Pelt,
- “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver
- “The House of Love and Death,” Andrew Klavan
Mount Morris Library’s Top 10 most-circulated adult fiction books of 2024
- “Hard to Kill,” A Jane Smith Thriller,” James Patterson and Mike Lupica
- “Flashpoint: An FBI Thriller,” Catherine Coulter
- “Iron Flame,” Rebecca Yarros
- “Stuart Woods’ Smolder,” Brett Battles
- “The Women,” Kristin Hannah
- “Fatal Intrusion,” Isabella Maldonado and Jeffery Deaver
- “The Heart’s Shelter,” Amy Clipston
- “The Lost Coast: A Novel,” Jesse Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman
- “The Summer We Started Over: A Novel,” Nancy Thayer
- “Bride,” Ali Hazelwood
— Madison Scott is a journalist with the Democrat and Chronicle who edited our Weld Street Project and also did reporting for it. She has an interest in how the system helps or doesn’t help families with missing loved ones. She can be reached at [email protected].
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