John Grisham tops Orange County Library checkouts in 2018

The Orange County Library System did a year-end roundup of which books were checked out the most through 2018 and shared it on their website, HERE.

It reads as follows:

1. Camino Island by John Grisham
2. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
3. The Fix by David Baldacci
4. The Midnight Line by Lee Child
5. Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown
6. Pugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve
7. The Whistler by John Grisham
8. Fifty Fifty by James Patterson & Candice Fox
9. Haunted by James Patterson & James Born
10. The People vs. Alex Cross by James Patterson

In comparison, the New York Public Library had a much more rich list of finalists.

1. ​​Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
2. Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown
3. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
4. Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward
5. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
6. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
7. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
8. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by​ ​J. D. Vance
9. The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead
10. Exit West: A Novel by Mohsin Hamid

Just saying.