NYPL's Top Checkouts of 2020: World Languages
Here are the books patrons of The New York Public Library have checked out more than any others in 2020. All of them are available on our free e-reader app, SimplyE, as e-books; most are also available as audiobooks. Here are the titles that are also available at the Library in world languages. Read Michelle Obama's Becoming in Albanian, Harry Potter in Hindi, or The Hate U Give in Russian. Some of the titles on the top checkouts list are yet to be translated—please check back in future for new translations.
Adult titles
Where the Crawdads Sing: A Novel by Delia Owens
World languages: Русский | 한국어 | Deutsch | Español
The Nickel Boys: A Novel by Colson Whitehead
World languages: Polski | Español | Deutsch
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
World languages: Русский | Español
Becoming by Michelle Obama
World languages: Русский | Magyar | Español | Português | Català | Deutsch | Shqiptar | 한국어 | עבר׳ת | Italiano | 日本語 | Français | 中文 | العَرَبِية
Normal People: A Novel by Sally Rooney
World languages: Русский | Español | עבר׳ת
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
World languages: Русский
1984 by George Orwell (#1 checkout in Classics)World languages: Español | Français | עבר׳ת | 中文 | 日本語 | Italiano | Deutsch | Polski | Català | العَرَبِية | українська | 한국어 | Русский
Kids Titles
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
World languages: Español | Français | Italiano | Deutsch | Português | 中文 | 한국어 | Polski | עבר׳ת | Русский | 日本語 | العَرَبِي | বাঙালি | हिन्दी | Shqiptar | Svenska | Bahasa Indonesia | Čeština | Nederlands
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
World languages: Русский | Español | 中文 | 日本語 | עבר׳ת | Polski | Français | Português | Italiano
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
World languages: Español | Français
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 14) by Jeff Kinney
World languages: Deutsch
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
World languages: Español | Français | Italiano | Deutsch | עבר׳ת | Русский | 中文 | 日本語 | বাঙালি | हिन्दी | українська | Svenska | Bahasa Indonesia | Čeština | Latin | Nederlands | Polski | Dansk | Português
The Giver by Lois Lowry
World languages: Français | Español | 日本語 | 中文 | עבר׳ת
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4) by Jeff Kinney
World languages: Русский | Français | Español | 日本語 | עבר׳ת | Deutsch
Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) by Jeff Kinney
World languages: Русский | Français | Español | 日本語 | עבר׳ת
The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5) by Jeff Kinney
World languages: Русский | Français | Español | 日本語 | Deutsch
The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 13) by Jeff Kinney
World languages: Español | 日本語 | Svenska | Deutsch
YA Titles
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
World languages: Español | Русский
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
World languages: Русский | Español | Deutsch
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
World languages: Español | Русский | 中文 | Català | Français
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
World languages: Español | 中文 | Русский | Français | Hrvatski | Català | Deutsch
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
World languages: Español | Deutsch
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
World languages: Español | 中文