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Prince William County Library’s Top 10 of 2024

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On Dec. 27, Prince William County Library released its list of the most popular books of 2024 in several categories, including adult fiction, e-books, biographies and more.

Here are the top 10 in each of the categories the library released:

Top 10 Adult Fiction

  • “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros
  • “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros
  • “The Teacher” by Freida McFadden
  • “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah
  • “West with Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge
  • “None of This is True” by Lisa Jewell
  • “The Housemaid is Watching” by Freida McFadden
  • “Just for the Summer” by Abby Jimenez
  • “Resurrection Walk” by Michael Connelly
  • “The Exchange: After The Firm” by John Grisham

Top 10 E-books

  • “The Women” by Kristin Hannah
  • “None of This Is True” by Lisa Jewell
  • “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros
  • “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros
  • “The Exchange” by John Grisham
  • “Funny Story” by Emily Henry
  • “The Five-Star Weekend” by Elin Hilderbrand
  • “It Starts With Us” by Colleen Hoover
  • “Happy Place” by Emily Henry
  • “Don’t Believe It” by Charlie Donlea

Top 10 Easy and Board Books

  • “The Pigeon Has to Go to School!” by Mo Willems
  • “The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!” by Mo Willems
  • “Fifteen Animals!” by Sandra Boynton
  • “The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?” by Mo Willems
  • “The Sour Grape” by Jory John
  • “The Bad Seed” by Jory John
  • “Creepy Carrots!” by Aaron Reynolds
  • “Pete the Cat’s Groovy Imagination” by Kim Dean
  • “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle
  • “Creepy Pair of Underwear!” by Aaron Reynolds

Top 10 Juvenile Fiction

  • “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer” by Jeff Kinney
  • “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde” by Jeff Kinney
  • “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball” by Jeff Kinney
  • “Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure” by Rachel Renée Russell
  • “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End” by Jeff Kinney
  • “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw” by Jeff Kinney
  • “Dinosaurs Before Dark” by Mary Pope Osborne
  • “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal” by Jeff Kinney
  • “Dragonslayer” by Tui Sutherland

Top 10 DVDs

  • “Oppenheimer”
  • “Barbie”
  • “Aladdin”
  • “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
  • “The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”
  • “Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One”
  • “Wonka”
  • “Encanto”
  • “Sing 2”
  • “The Holdovers”

Top 10 Adult Biography

  • “The Woman in Me” by Britney Spears
  • “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover
  • “Spare” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
  • “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times” by Michelle Obama
  • “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson
  • “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” by Trevor Noah
  • “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning” by Liz Cheney
  • “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir” by Matthew Perry
  • “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird
  • “I’m Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy

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