Check Out: What Montgomery County Was Reading in April

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out.

For the month of April, the most read books by genre are:

Juvenile Fiction

• In Plain Sight: A Game by Richard Jackson
• Ghost by Jason Reynolds
• Good Night Owl by Greg Pizzoli
• Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! An Alphabet Caper by Mike Twohy

Juvenile Non-Fiction

• National Geographic Kids Everything Predators: All the Photos, Facts, and Fun You Can Sink Your Teeth Into by Blake Hoena
• Lego Play Book: Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life by Daniel Lipkowitz
• Real or Fake?: Far-Out Fibs, Fishy Facts, and Phony Photos to Test for the Truth by Emily Krieger
• Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein

Young Adult

• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Adult Fiction

• The Wrong Side of Goodbye: (A Harry Bosch Novel) by Michael Connelly
• No Man’s Land (John Puller Series) by David Baldacci
• Commonwealth: A Novel by Ann Patchett
• The Whistler by John Grisham

Adult Non-fiction

• Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott
• Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
• Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
• Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco

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