LA Public Library’s Top Ten: July

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 May:

Top 10 Books

1. Becoming, Michelle Obama
2. The Library Book, Susan Orlean
3. Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover
4. Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connelly
5. Neon Prey, John Sandford
6. The 18^th Abduction, James Patterson
7. Past Tense, Lee Child
8. The Path Made Clear, Oprah Winfrey
9. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, John Carreyrou
10. The American Agent, Jacqueline Winspear

Top 10 DVD

1. Aquaman
2. Glass
3. Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Green Book
5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
6. A Star Is Born
7. The Girl in the Spider’s Web
8. Creed II
9. Mary Poppins Returns
10. Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse

Top 10 E-Books

1. Becoming, Michelle Obama
2. Crazy Rich Asians: Crazy Rich Asians Series, Book 1, Kevin Kwan
3. Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover
4. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
5. The Library Book, Susan Orlean
6. Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel, Celeste Ng
7. Nine Perfect Strangers: A Novel, Liane Moriarty
8. China Rich Girlfriend: Crazy Rich Asians Series, Book 2, Kevin Kwan
9. Dark Sacred Night: Renée Ballard Series, Book 2, Michael Connelly
10. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel, Gail Honeyman

Top 10 Songs Downloaded via Freegal*

1.  “Hold You Now, Vampire Weekend,” feat. Danielle Haim
2. “Bambina,” Vampire Weekend
3. “We Belong Together,” Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim
4. “Sympathy,” Vampire Weekend
5. “Flower Moon,” Vampire Weekend feat. Steve Lacy
6. “Married in a Gold Rush,” Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim
7. “How Long?,” Vampire Weekend
8. “My Mistake,” Vampire Weekend
9. “Rich Man,” Vampire Weekend
10. “Harmony Hall,” Vampire Weekend

* “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

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