Lists are courtesy Los Angeles Public Library, Central library downtown and 72 branches combined.
Here’s what LA was reading, watching and listening to in January:
Top 10 Books
1. Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connelly
2. Fear: Trump in the White House, Bob Woodward
3. Becoming, Michelle Obama
4. The Library Book, Susan Orlean
5. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo
6. Past Tense, Lee Child
7. Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover
8. Lethal White, Robert Galbraith
9. The Witch Elm, Tana French
10. The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
Top 10 DVD
1. Crazy Rich Asians
2. Ant-Man and the Wasp
3. Incredibles 2
4. Skyscraper
5. Mission Impossible: Fallout
6. Ocean’s 8
7. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
8. The Meg
9. Venom
10. Deadpool 2
Top 10 E-Books
1. Becoming, Michelle Obama
2. The Library Book, Susan Orlean
3. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
4. Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover
5. Crazy Rich Asians: Crazy Rich Asians Series, Book 1, Kevin Kwan
6. Nine Perfect Strangers: A Novel, Liane Moriarty
7. Fear: Trump in the White House, Bob Woodward
8. China Rich Girlfriend: Crazy Rich Asians Series, Book 2, Kevin Kwan
9. Dark Sacred Night: Renée Ballard Series, Book 2, Michael Connelly
10. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owensa
Top 10 Songs Downloaded via Freegal*
1. Giant,” Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man
2. “Mystery of Love,” Sufjan Stevens
3. “Timebomb,” Walk the Moon
4. “Almost (Sweet Music),” Hozier
5. “Girl,” Maren Morris
6. No Place,” Backstreet Boys
7. “Baila Baila Baila,” Ozuna
8. “Unshaken,” D’Angelo
9. “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,” Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus
10. “Undecided,” Chris Brown
* “Freegal” music via the Library lets users download and keep up to five songs a month –
it’s seriously free and legal! Check it out at http://lapl.freegalmusic.com
