Top books 2024
Top books of 2024
The titles below are the most circulated books, broken down into categories, at Cass District Library in 2024. From sweeping historical fiction, to new worlds teeming with dragons, find your next read here!
TOP CIRCULATING ADULT FICTION
THE WOMEN
by Kristin Hannah
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendship and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire come to define an era.
TOP CIRCULATING ADULT NON-FICTION
HILLBILLY ELEGY: A MEMOIR OF A FAMILY AND CULTURE IN CRISIS
by J.D. Vance
Vance, a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, provides an account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class. J.D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
TOP CIRCULATING ADULT MYSTERY
DIRTY THIRTY
by Janet Evanovich
Trenton, New Jersey’s most underappreciated bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, is back at it again! While taking care of her boyfriend’s giant orange dog, she tracks the former security guard of a local jeweler who supposedly stole a fortune of diamonds. Plum has to keep herself clean when everyone else is playing dirty.
TOP CIRCULATING ADULT SCI-FI
IRON FLAME
by Rebecca Yarros
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die her first year at Basgiath War College – Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she will get through. Her body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, but she still has her wits and a will of iron.
TOP CIRCULATING ADULT WESTERN
THE ANGRY LAND
by WILLIAM JOHNSTONE
The completion of a new railroad line from Colorado to Texas is a dream come true for Smoke Jensen and the other ranches of Big Rock. But this dream turns into their worst nightmare when the first herd they load on to the train is stolen by a vicious gang of kill-crazy rustlers. This is no ordinary train robbery. It’s an inferno of slaughter that includes the friendly rancher who volunteered to take Smoke’s place on the trip. Now Smoke is saddling up and riding out, to get who is responsible for the murder of his friend.
TOP CIRCULATING YOUNG ADULT FICTION
THRONE OF GLASS
by Sarah Maas
In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom.
TOP CIRCULATING GRAPHIC NOVEL
PRETTY GUARDIAN SAILOR MOON
by Naoko Takeuchi, translated by William Flanagan
When Usagi Tsukino learns she is the hero, Sailor Moon, she fights evil and enforces justice in the name of the Moon. The first installment follows Sailor Moon on her journey with the help of her friends, the Sailor Scouts.
TOP CIRCULATING PICTURE BOOK
PETE THE CAT I LOVE MY WHITE SHOES
by Eric Litwin
As he walks down the street, Pete the Cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.
TOP CIRCULATING JUVENILE FICTION
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID NO BRAINER
by Jeff Kinney
In No Brainer, it’s up to Greg to save his crumbling school, before it’s shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn’t exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley, so he isn’t exactly broken up by it. However, when he learns with the school closing he won’t get to see his best friend anymore he quickly changes his tune. Can Greg and his classmates save the school? Or is this the start of a whole new chapter for Greg?
TOP CIRCULATING JUVENILE GRAPHIC NOVEL
DOG MAN GRIME AND PUNISHMENT
by Dav Pilkey
The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all’s not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he’s going to need his entire pack to help. Will he go barking up the wrong tree? Could a cat-headed cop replace Dog Man?
TOP CIRCULATINGJUVENILE NON-FICTION
GREEKING OUT: EPIC RETELLINGS OF CLASSIC GREEK MYTHS
by Kenny Curtis
Based on National Geographic Kids’ Greeking Out podcast, this clever and comical collection of Greek mythology stories, both familiar favorites and brand-new, never-before-aired tales, contains real information about ancient Greece, delivered by the all-knowing Oracle of Wi-Fi.