Check Out: What Montgomery County Was Reading in January

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 January, the most read books by genre are:

Juvenile Fiction

• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
• Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
• The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
• They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel

Juvenile Non-Fiction

• Real or Fake?: Far-Out Fibs, Fishy Facts, and Phony Photos to Test for the Truth by Emily Krieger
• LEGO Star Wars: Small Scenes From a Big Galaxy by Vesa Lehtimaki
• Pteranodon: The Life Story of a Pterosaur by Ruth Ashby
• Cars, Trains, Ships and, Planes: A Visual Encyclopedia of Every Vehicle by Clive Gifford

Young Adult

• Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) by Neal Shusterman
• A List of Cages by Robin Roe
• The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins
• Beast by Brie Spangler

Adult Fiction

• Cross the Line (Alex Cross) by James Patterson
• Echoes in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, Book 44) by J.D. Robb
• Never Never by James Patterson
• Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner

Adult Non-fiction

• Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferriss
• The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes
• Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen
• Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins

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