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
- The Night Fire, Michael Connelly
- Becoming, Michelle Obama
- The Library Book, Susan Orlean
- Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
- The Tyrant’s Tomb, Rick Riordan
- Three Women, Lisa Taddeo
- Blue Moon, Lee Child
- A Better Man, Louise Penny
- The 19th Christmas, James Patterson
Top 10 DVD
- Avengers: Endgame
- Spiderman: Far From Home
- Yesterday
- Rocketman
- Men in Black International
- Aladdin
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix
- Shazam!
- John Wick: Chapter 3, Parabellum
- The Lion King
Top 10 E-Books
- The Night Fire: Renée Ballard Series, Book 3, Michael Connelly
- Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
- Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover
- Blue Moon: Jack Reacher Series, Book 24, Lee Child
- I’m Not Dying with You Tonight, Gilly Segal
- The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
- Becoming, Michelle Obama
- City of Girls: A Novel, Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Water Dancer: A Novel, Ta-Nehisis Coates
- Normal People: A Novel, Sally Rooney
Top 10 Songs Downloaded via Freegal*
- “Now I’m In It,” HAIM
- “Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles
- “Up All Night,” Khalid
- “Workin’ On It,” Meghan Trainor feat. Lennon Stella & Sasha Sloan
- “Living Proof,” Camila Cabello
- “Hallelujah,” HAIM
- “How Dare You Love,” Miranda Lambert
- “Bluebird,” Miranda Lambert
- “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” John Legend feat. Kelly Clarkson
- “July,” Noah Cyrus & Leon Bridges
* “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
