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NYPL's Top Checkouts of 2021 for Kids & Teens

From familiar series to popular new releases, kids and teens have read a lot in 2021! Here are the most checked out children’s and young adult books of the year. 

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Top Checkouts of 2021 for Kids

See below for The New York Public Library’s top 10 checkouts system-wide for kids in 2021.

#1 Kids: Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 14)

by Jeff Kinney

 

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World Languages: Spanish | Hebrew | Japanese

Book cover of Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 14) by Jeff Kinney.

#2 Kids: Guts

by Raina Telgemeier

 

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World Languages: French

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#3 Kids: Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man #7)

by Dav Pilkey

 

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Accessible: BK

Book cover of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man #7) by Dav Pilkey.

#4 Kids: The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 15)

by Jeff Kinney

 

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World Languages: Spanish

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#5 Kids: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J.K. Rowling

 

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World Languages: Korean | Chinese | Russian | Spanish | French

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#6 Kids: Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone

by J.K. Rowling

 

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#7 Kids: Dog Man: Fetch-22 (Dog Man #8)

by Dav Pilkey

 

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#8 Kids: Sisters

by Raina Telgemeier

 

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Accessible: BK

World Languages: Spanish | French

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#9 Kids: The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)

by Jeff Kinney

 

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#10 Kids: Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild (Dog Man #6)

by Dav Pilkey

 

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Top Checkouts of 2021 for Young Adults

See below for The New York Public Library’s top 10 checkouts system-wide for young adults in 2021.

#1 Teens: Shadow and Bone

by Leigh Bardugo

 

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World Languages: Spanish

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#2 Teens: Midnight Sun

by Stephenie Meyer

 

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World Languages: Spanish

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#3 Teens: We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

 

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World Languages: Russian | Chinese | French

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#4 Teens: One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus

 

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World Languages: German

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#5 Teens: Siege and Storm

by Leigh Bardugo

 

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World Languages: Spanish

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#6 Teens: Crooked Kingdom

by Leigh Bardugo

 

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World Languages: Spanish

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#7 Teens: The Cruel Prince

by Holly Black

 

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#8 Teens: Five Total Strangers

by Natalie D. Richards

 

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#9 Teens: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel

by Suzanne Collins

 

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World Languages: Hebrew

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#10 Teens: One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus

 

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World Languages: Spanish | German

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Discover the Top Checkouts of 2021

As we say goodbye to 2021, The New York Public Library is continuing its annual tradition of bringing you the most checked out books of the year. Though it has been another challenging year, we have been delighted to welcome book lovers safely back to branches across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, while always continuing to bring books and reading to our patrons through our digital services, anywhere, anytime. Here are the books New Yorkers have checked out most in 2021.

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