
In 2022, Buncombe County Public Libraries circulated over 1.5 million items including physical and digital audio books for all age groups. Here’s a quick breakdown of the highest circulating items in our most popular categories.
Most Popular Physical Library Books of 2022
Adult Fiction
- The Lincoln Highway
- Cloud Cuckoo Land
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- The Midnight Library
- The Madness of Crowds
- The Judge's List
- Wish You Were Here
- The Four Winds
- Apples Never Fall
- Shadows Reel
Adult Nonfiction
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
- These Precious Days: essays
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
- The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Human Experience
- Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
- The 1619 Project: a new origin story
- Breath: the New Science of a Lost Art
- Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results
Juvenile Fiction
- Should I Share My Ice Cream?
- A Big Guy Took My Ball
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
- Are You Ready to Play Outside?
- I'm a Frog!
- I Will Take a Nap!
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
- There is a Bird on Your Head!
- Today I Will Fly!
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
Juvenile Non-Fiction & Graphic Novels
- Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
- Dog Man
- Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
- Dog Man Unleashed
- Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
- Dog Man: Fetch-22
- Dog Man and Cat Kid
- Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
- Guts
- Smile
Young Adult Fiction
- The Hunger Games
- Six of Crows
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Catching Fire
- Firekeeper's Daughter
- The Hate U Give
- A Court of Mist and Fury
- Mockingjay
- Crooked Kingdom
Young Adult Non-Fiction
- The Girl from the Sea
- Player's Handbook
- Heartstopper. Volume 2
- Heartstopper. Volume 1
- Monster Manual
- On a Sunbeam
- Dungeon Master's Guide
- The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
- Nimona
- The Prince and the Dressmaker
Most Popular Digital Library Books of 2022
Adult
- The Four Winds: A Novel
- The Girl in His Shadow: A Novel
- The Four Winds: a Novel - audiobook
- Becoming - audiobook
- Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel
- Educated: A Memoir - audiobook
- The Dutch House: A Novel - audiobook
- Where the Crawdads Sing - audiobook
- The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel
- The Whistler: A Novel
Juvenile
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Harry Potter Series, Book 2 - audiobook
- A Wrinkle In Time: Time Quartet, Book 1 - audiobook
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Harry Potter Series, Book 3 - audiobook
- Serafina and the Black Cloak - audiobook
- Dog Days: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 4 - audiobook
- Rodrick Rules: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 2 - audiobook
- Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 6 - audiobook
- Hard Luck: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 8 - audiobook
- The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15)
- The House of Hades: The Heroes of Olympus Series, Book 4 - audiobook
Young Adult
- Shadow and Bone: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 1
- Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (Unabridged edition) - audiobook
- A Snake Falls to Earth
- The Hunger Games: The Hunger Games Series, Book 1 - audiobook
- The Hate U Give - audiobook
- The Book Thief
- Catching Fire: The Hunger Games Series, Book 2 - audiobook
- Midnight Sun: The Twilight Saga, Book 1.5 - audiobook
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Harry Potter Series, Book 4 - audiobook
- Children of Blood and Bone: Legacy of Orisha Series, Book 1 - audiobook