Digital Bestsellers

Bestselling Fiction and Nonfiction Titles that are available from one of the library’s digital collections: NC Digital Library & NC Kids Digital Library (both accessed through Libby) or Hoopla Digital. If you aren’t using these resources yet, you’ll need to create a free account and sign on with your library card. For more information on how to start using these collections, call Readers' Services at 336.883.3638 or go to the Downloadable Titles page.

NEWS FOR DIGITAL READERS!

Have you seen the good news? the library will be hosting a discussion with bestselling novelist, Charlie Lovett next Thurs. Oct. 6th at 6:30 p.m. He will be discussing his new release, The Enigma Affair, and he will be selling copies of his books starting at 6 p.m. He will be available to sign books immediately afterwards. Thanks to Bookmarks of Winston-Salem for making this event possible! You can find his books on Libby & Hoopla Digital!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! From September 15 - October 15 explore Hispanic culture, history, and heritage in NC LIVE Collections. A great place to start is the Latinx Reading List from the HomeGrown eBooks Collection. To get to NC Live, on the library's main webpage go to Popular Destinations, choose NC Live (you will be asked to choose your library (High Point Public) and enter your library card number. On the NC Live page, choose eBooks and the HomeGrown collection is the recommended resource at the top.

Hoopla Flex Borrows is the latest way to extend your monthly checkouts!! In addition to the 3 hoopla Instant borrows you receive each month with your High Point Library card, you now will have 20 hoopla Flex borrows you can use on the specially marked hoopla Flex eBooks and Audiobooks. Here's the list of over 1650 titles to choose from!  

REMINDER: The OverDrive app will soon be replaced with Libby, OverDrive’s newer reading app. You can still use the legacy OverDrive app for now, but you will start seeing messages about changing to Libby, so we recommend making the switch to Libby soon. It’s easy to use and full of fun features. Try it today: https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/.

If you need help getting started with these digital offerings, contact Julie at julie.raynor@highpointnc.gov.

Fiction Bestsellers

Bestselling fiction titles for the week of September 25, 2022
  1. Fairy Tale by Stephen King
  2. Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb
  3. Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  4. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester
  5. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
  6. The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
  7. Clive Cussler's Hellburner by Mike Maden, eBook only
  8. Hell and Back by Craig Johnson
  9. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
  10. The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

Nonfiction Bestsellers

Bestselling nonfiction titles for the week of September 25, 2022
  1. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  2. Breaking History by Jared Kushner
  3. Solito by Javier Zamora
  4. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
  5. The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
  6. Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong (on order)
  7. Finding Me by Viola Davis
  8. Think Again by Adam Grant
  9. Diana, William, and Harry by James Patterson and Chris Mooney
  10. Battle for the American Mind by Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin

Children's Picture Book Bestsellers

Bestselling children's picture books for the week of September 25, 2022
  1. Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry (NCDL), eAudio on order
  2. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (NA)
  3. Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds (NCDL), eBook only
  4. The Crayons Trick or Treat by Drew Daywalt (NCDL), eBook only
  5. The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  6. Pig the Monster by Aaron Blabey (NCDL & NC Kids Digital), eBook only
  7. How to Catch a Witch by Alice Walstead (NCDL & Hoopla Digital), eBook only
  8. The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky  by Jory John (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital)
  9. Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  10. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)

Children's Series Bestsellers

Bestselling children's series for the week of September 25, 2022
  1. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes (NCDL)
  2. The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy by Jenny Han (NCDL)
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eBook)
  4. Spy School by Stuart Gibbs (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  5. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (NCDL)
  6. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital)
  7. A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eBook)
  8. Dragon Masters by Tracey West (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eAudio)
  9. Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eBook)
  10. I Survived by Lauren Tarshis (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eAudio)

Middle Grade Bestsellers

Middle Grade Bestsellers for the week of September 25, 2022
  1. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  2. Refugee by Alan Gratz (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eAudio)
  3. Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston (NCDL)
  4. The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton (NCDL)
  5. Ground Zero by Alan Gratz (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eAudio)
  6. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman (NCDL)
  7. Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital)
  8. Pax, Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  9. Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  10. The Cursed Carnival and other Calamities by Rick Riordan, et al (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eBook)

Young Adult Bestsellers

Young Adult Bestsellers for the week of September 18, 2022
  1. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw (Hoopla Digital-eBook)
  2. Hocus Pocus: The Illustrated Novelization by A.W. Jantha, eBook only
  3. The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
  4. Lightlark by Alex Aster (Hoopla Digital-eBook)
  5. Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus
  6. Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
  7. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
  8. The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson, eAudio on order
  9. Loveless by Alice Oseman (Hoopla Digital-eAudio)
  10. Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

Monthly Audio Fiction Bestsellers

Audio Fiction Bestsellers for September 2022
(available from OverDrive, unless otherwise noted)

  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  2. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
  3. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester (see above)
  4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  5. Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
  6. The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (see above)
  7. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
  8. The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs (NA)
  9. The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci (see above)
  10. Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs
  11. Fire and Blood by George R.R. Martin
  12. Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
  13. The It Girl by Ruth Ware
  14. Verity by Colleen Hoover (eBook only)
  15. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Monthly Audio Nonfiction Bestsellers

Audio Nonfiction Bestsellers for September 2022
(available from OverDrive, unless otherwise noted)

  1. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (see above)
  2. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
  3. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
  4. Finding Me by Viola Davis (see above)
  5. What Happened to You? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
  6. Scars and Stripes by Tim Kennedy and Nick Palmisciano
  7. The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
  8. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (eBook only)
  9. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
  10. Breaking History by Jared Kushner (see above)
  11. I'd Like to Play Alone, Please by Tom Segura
  12. Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
  13. Breath by James Nestor
  14. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
  15. The Storyteller by Dave Grohl (see above)