Last year for the first time we released the top fiction and non-fiction checkouts at Matthews Public Library, and now it’s time to release the 2022 top checkouts! New this year: we’ll also be sharing the top five children’s literature checkouts in picturebooks, middle grade fiction, and teen fiction, so look out for those lists later this week. If you’ve ever wondered what your community is reading, the top checkouts are one indication of popular titles in northern Lebanon County. Read on to find out what your fellow readers have been borrowing. You can find last year’s titles here.

Top Ten Fiction Checkouts of 2022

NOTE: Since the top checkout is the 2022 Lebanon County Reads selection, this list has 11 titles.

1. Mercy House by Alena Dillon

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    …or try these readalikes:

•  Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler
•  Little Night by Luanne Rice
•  The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott

2. Game On: Tempting Twenty-eight by Janet Evanovich

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      …or try these readalikes:

•  A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones   
•  Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak    
•  Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

3. People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

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     …or try these readalikes:

•  The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood    
•  The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
• Shipped by Angie Hockman

4. Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis

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     …or try these readalikes:

• In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
•  One Day In December by Josie Silver
•  Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

5. The Guest List by Lucy Foley

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    …or try these readalikes:

• The Club by Ellery Lloyd
• Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
• An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

6. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Piccoult

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    …or try these readalikes:

• A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
• How To Walk Away by Katherine Center
• The Summer of Lost and Found by Mary Alice Monroe

7. Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

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     …or try these readalikes:

• Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
• That Summer by Jennifer Weiner

8. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

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     …or try these readalikes:

• My Darling Husband by Kimberly Belle
• The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews
• No One Knows by J.T. Ellison

9. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

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…or try these readalikes:

• How To Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams
• If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
• People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

10. Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Reid Jenkins

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…or try these readalikes:

• The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
• The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
• The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett

11. The Judge’s List by John Grisham

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…or try these readalikes:

• Dead Irish by John Lescroart
• Never Tell by Lisa Gardner
• The Third Victim by Phillip Margolin

Please check back tomorrow for the top five non-fiction checkouts of 2022!