This list is overwhelmingly (entirely?) by white authors, though less than half of New York City’s population is white. Here are the most-borrowed adult books from New York Public Library, including the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. 2. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 3. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 4. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid 5. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 6. This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 7. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 8. Book Lovers by Emily Henry 9. Verity by Colleen Hoover 10. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover Notably, all ten top checkouts for children at NYPL were books from Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in Breaking in Books.
