Check Out: What Montgomery County Was Reading in February

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 February, the most read books by genre are:

Juvenile Fiction

• Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
• The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
• Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

• Weird But True! Ripped From the Headlines 2: Real Life Stories You Have to Read to Believe by National Geographic Kids
• Just Joking Animal Riddles: Hilarious riddles, jokes, and more–all about animals! by J. Patrick Lewis
• 125 Cute Animals: Meet the Cutest Critters on the Planet, Including Animals You Never Knew Existed by National Geographic Kids
• Try This! 50 Fun Experiments for the Mad Scientist in You by Karen Young

Young Adult

• Game of Lives (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Three) by James Dashner
• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
• Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

Adult Fiction

• After You: A Novel by Jojo Moyes
• Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
• Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike Novels) by Robert Galbraith
• Slade House: A Novel by David Mitchell

Adult Non-Fiction

• Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running From Madness by Suzy Favor Hamilton
• Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel
• Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman’s Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany by Marie Simon
• The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government by David Talbot

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