LA Public Library’s Top Ten: December

Lists are courtesy Los Angeles Public Library, Central library downtown and 72 branches combined.

Library Top 10

Here are the top 10 books, CDs and DVDs loaned, the Los Angeles Public Library. (Physical books are now being listed as well as downloads, as the Library has begun a curbside delivery service, Library to Go, during the pandemic.)

Here are the results for October.



  1. Top 10 Books
  2. I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year, Carol Leonnig
  3. The Burning, Jonathan Kellerman
  4. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency, Michael Wolff
  5. The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny
  6. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, Michael Lewis
  7. Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner
  8. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
  9. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
  10. An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination, Sheera Frenkel
  11. Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys, Joe Coulombe


Top 10 DVDs:

  1. Black Widow
  2. Cruella
  3. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
  4. A Quiet Place Part II
  5. F9: The Fast Saga
  6. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
  7. Those Who Wish Me Dead
  8. The Forever Purge
  9. Free Guy
  10. Nobody


Top 10 E-Books:

  1. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab
  2. The Four Winds: A Novel, Kristin Hannah
  3. Malibu Rising: A Novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid
  4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner
  5. The Midnight Library: A Novel, Matt Haig
  6. The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel, Laura Dave
  7. People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry
  8. Anxious People: A Novel, Fredrik Backman
  9. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, Lori Gottlieb
  10. Klara and the Sun: A Novel, Kazuo Ishiguro


Top 10 Songs

  1. “Easy on Me,” Adele
  2. “Pa Mis Muchachas,” Christina Aguilera, Becky G, Nicki Nicole feat. Nathy Peluso
  3. “Blessed & Free,” Kane Brown & H.E.R.
  4. “Crazy Family,” MeganThee Stallion, Maluma, Rock Mafia
  5. “The Truth,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Isbell, Adia Victoria
  6. “Undeniable,” Kygo feat. X Ambassadors
  7. “Sometimes Salvation,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Isbell, Steve Gorman
  8. “Kid Fears,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Julien Baker
  9. “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Isbell, Brittney Spencer
  10. “Cross Bones Style,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires
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