The Top 10 Books of 2018 (According to My Local Library)
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2018 was a good year for books, and 2019 will most certainly be a great year for books because every year is an excellent year for books. Even though I am currently nose deep into my first book of the year (Becoming by Michelle Obama, in case you were wondering), I still have a foot holding the door to 2018 thanks to a recent email from my library sharing the most borrowed books of 2018. If you are wondering which books the patrons of the Cuyahoga County Public Library couldn’t get enough of, here are the 10 most borrowed books in 2018, listed from the book with the longest wait list to the book that is currently available for check out. Can you guess what’s on the list?
In the latest of the Amos Decker series, Decker and his FBI colleague stumble on a double murder that only Decker can crack, but he finds his previously infallible memory may not be trustworthy after all. (Waitlist: 143)
Enemies are planning an attack on America. While uncertainty and fear grip Washington, there may be a traitor in the cabinet, and the President himself becomes a suspect. Then he goes missing. (Waitlist: 140)
After a tragedy, Annie moves to the cottage where she vacationed as a child and learns how to heal by making a difference to the people around her. (Waitlist: 116)
Noah is finally content after marrying Maggie, and they are both thrilled by the return of Maggie’s long lost daughter, Anna, but Anna’s arrival changes everything. (Waitlist: 95)
After a party, Kerry Dowling is found dead at the bottom of her family pool. The immediate suspect is her boyfriend, but there is also the angry neighbor who wasn’t invited to the party. Aline, Kerry’s older sister, is determined to learn the truth, but she may be putting her own life in danger. (Waitlist: 20)
Finally, a book I’ve heard of! And it was one of my Christmas presents. Like my fellow library patrons, I was intrigued to read a story that takes place close to home about Mia Warren, her daughter, Pearl, and their relationship with their landlords, the Richardson family. (Waitlist: 16)
During wedding season in Nantucket, a lavish wedding ends in disaster, and everyone in the wedding party is a suspect. As the Chief of Police works the case, he discovers every wedding is a minefield and no couple is perfect. (Waitlist: 6)
A shooting in a Portland mall lasts eight minutes, but the effects would last forever for those who lived through it. As the survivors slowly heal, they discover another conspirator is lying in wait, and next time, there might not be a safe place to hide. (Waitlist: 4)
Follow Kait Whittier as she brings a dramatic family saga to screen during the launch of her first television series. (Waitlist: 1)
In the fourth book of the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series, Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a wealthy widow at the Met Gala. Finally, a book that is actually available to read now! (Waitlist: 0)
The Fallen
The President is Missing
Cottage by the Sea
After Anna
I’ve Got My Eyes on You
Little Fires Everywhere
The Perfect Couple
Shelter in Place
The Cast
Every Breath You Take
