Lists are courtesy Los Angeles Public Library, Central library downtown and 72 branches combined.
Top 10 Books
Here’s what LA was reading, watching and listening to:
Top 10 Books
- Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover
- Becoming, Michelle Obama
- The Library Book, Susan Orlean
- A Dangerous Man, Robert Crais
- Three Women, Lisa Taddeo
- Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
- She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey - A Better Man, Louise Penny
- Killer Instinct, James Patterson
- Knife, Jo Nesbo
Top 10 DVD
- Avengers: Endgame
- Captain Marvel
- Shazam!
- Yesterday
- Rocketman
- Men in Black: International
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- Us
- Aladdin
- John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum
Top 10 E-Books
- After the Flood: A Novel, Kassandra Montag
- Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
- Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover
- The Testaments: The Sequel to the Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
- Becoming, Michelle Obama
- City of Girls: A Novel, Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Night Fire: Renée Ballard Series, Book 3, Michael Connelly
- Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel, Celeste Ng
- Normal People: A Novel, Sally Rooney
- The Water Dancer (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Top 10 Songs Downloaded via Freegal*
- “The Bones” (with Hozier), Maren Morris and Hozier
- “Lights Up,” Harry Styles
- “Cry for Me,” Camila Cabello
- “Death Stranding,” CHVRCHES
- “Easy,” Camila Cabello
- “Lonely,” Diplo amd Jonas Brothers
- “RITMO (Bad Boys for Life),” The Black Eyed Peas X J Balvin
- “Haunted Heart,” Christina Aguilera
- “Way Down,” Tim McGraw feat. Shy Carter
- “Tequila Does,” Miranda Lambert
* “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
