TCCL Top 10: Most Checked Out Books, Movies and Music of 2021

We are looking back on 2021 with the top 10 most checked out books, music CDs and movies of the year!

Find all the items listed below on these lists broken up by age group: adult (includes music, fiction and nonfiction books, graphic novels, and fiction and nonfiction DVDs), young-adult and tween (includes YA fiction and nonfiction books, graphic novels and DVDs, plus tween fiction and nonfiction books and graphic novels) and children (includes juvenile fiction and nonfiction books)

   

Music CDs: 

1. My Savior by Carrie Underwood
2. Classic Diamonds by Neil Diamond
3. Abbey Road by the Beatles
4. McCartney III by Paul McCartney
5. Where Have You Gone by Alan Jackson
6. Starting Over by Chris Stapleton
7. Harmony by Josh Groban
8. Delta Kream by the Black Keys
9. That’s Life by Willie Nelson
10. Evermore by Taylor Swift

Adult Fiction Books: 

1. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
2. Sooley by John Grisham
3. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
4. 21st Birthday by James Patterson
5. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
6. A Gambling Man by David Balducci
7. Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
8. The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
9. A Time for Mercy by John Grisham
10. Dark Sky by C.J. Box

Adult Nonfiction Books:

1. Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
2. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
3. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
4. Tulsa, 1921: Reporting A Massacre by Randy Krehbiel
5. Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
6. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
7. I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastophic Final Year by Carol Leonnig
8. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Super Easy! By Ree Drummond
9. Keep Sharp: Build A Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta
10. Peril by Bob Woodward

Adult DVDs:

1. News of the World
2. Wonder Woman 1984
3. A Quiet Place: Part II
4. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
5. Nobody b5576460
6. Mulan b5267079
7. Godzilla vs. Kong
8. The Father b5539764
9. Those Who Wish Me Dead
10. French Exit

Adult Nonfiction DVDs:

1. Grant
2. Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten
3. Into the Grand Canyon
4. The Codebreaker
5. Jim Gaffigan
6. Hemingway
7. A History of Scotland
8. Billie
9. Islands of Wonder
10. Australia: Land Beyond Time

Adult Graphic Novels: 

1. Fangs by Sarah Andersen
2. Wachmen by Alan Moore
3. Demon Slayer = Kimetsu No Yaiba: Volume 10, Human and Demon by Koyoharu Gotoge
4. Strange Planet by Nathan Pyle
5. Frank Herbert’s Dune: the Graphic Novel by Brian Herbert
6. Sweat and Soap: Volume 1 by Kintetsu Yamada
7. To Kill A Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham
8. Saga: Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
9. The Way of the House Husband by Kousuke Oono
10. Batman: Three Jokers by Geoff Johns

   

YA Fiction Books:

1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
2. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
3. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes
4. Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
5. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
6. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
7. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Barduga
8. Poisoned by Jennifer Donelly
9. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
10. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

YA Graphic Novels:

1. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
2. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
3. Komi Can’t Communicate: Volume 1 by Tomohito Oda
4. Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Silver Eyes by Claudia Schroder
5. My Hero Academia by Kohei Korikoshi
6. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
7. Demon Slayer = Kimetsu No Yaiba: Volume 12, The Upper Ranks Gather by Koyoharu Gotoge
8. Naruto: Volume 12, The Great Flight! By Masashi Kishimoto
9. The Promised Neverland: Volume 5, Escape by Kaiu Shirai
10. The Promised Neverland: Volume 2, Control by Kaiu Shirai

YA Nonfiction Books:

1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne
2. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
3. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
4. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman
5. Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2020
6. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
8. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
9. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson
10. How to Draw Kawaii Animals in Simple Steps by Yishan Li

YA DVDs:

1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2. Mobile Suit Gundam Trilogy: Movie 2, Soldiers of Sorrow
3. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
4. Veritas, Prince of Truth
5. Porco Rosso
6. Kimagure Orange Road TV
7. Macross Plus
8. Ah! My Goddess: Volume 2, Love Plus One
9. Samurai 7
10. Prom

   

Tween Fiction:

1. The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
2. Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday by Rachel Renee Russell
3. Allies by Alan Gratz
4. Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
5. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
6. Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
7. Sweep: the Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
8. From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
9. Gloom Town by Ronald L. Smith
10. Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star by Rachel Renee Russell

Tween Graphic Novels:

1. New Kid by Jerry Craft
2. The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
3. Smile by Raina Telgemeier
4. Olympians: Zeus, King of the Gods by George O’Connor
5. Sheets by Brenna Thummler
6. Guts by Raina Telgemeier
7. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Volume 6 by Akira Himekawa
8. Might Jack: Book 3, Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
9. Olympians 4: Hades, Lord of the Dead by George O’Connor
10. Olympians 5: Poseidon, Earth Shaker by George O’Connor

   

Children’s Fiction Books:

1. Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
2. The Deep End by Jeff Jinney
3. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal by Jeff Kinney
4. The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
5. Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey
6. The Getaway by Jeff Kinney
7. Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney
8. The Bad Guys in the One?! By Aaron Blabey
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal by Jeff Kinney
10. Bad Kitty: Kitten Trouble by Nick Bruel

Children’s Nonfiction Books:

1. Brick by Brick: Space by Warren Elsmore
2. National Geographic Kids Almanac
3. Minecraft: Guide to Survival by Stephanie Milton
4. The LEGO Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination by Daniel Lipkkowitz
5. LEGO Minifigure: A Visual History
6. Minecraft Maps by Stephanie Milton
7. Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford
8. Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments and Potions by Stephanie Milton
9. Dinosaurs: Fact and Fable by Seymour Simon
10. Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival by Stephanie Milton