Digital Bestsellers

Bestselling Fiction and Nonfiction Titles that are available from one of the library’s digital collections: NC Digital Library (OverDrive or Libby), Hoopla Digital, or NC Kids 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.

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Fiction Bestsellers

Bestselling fiction titles for the week of January 17, 2021
  1. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
  2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
  3. The Return by Nicholas Sparks
  4. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
  5. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  6. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
  7. A Time for Mercy by John Grisham
  8. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict (eBook only)
  9. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  10. Deadly Cross by James Patterson

Nonfiction Bestsellers

Bestselling nonfiction titles for the week of January 17, 2021
  1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
  2. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
  3. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  4. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
  5. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  6. World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Hoopla) eBook only
  7. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
  8. Bag Man by Rachel Maddow (eBook only)
  9. Breath by James Nestor
  10. Humans by Brandon Stanton (eBook only)

Children's Picture Book Bestsellers

Bestselling children's picture books for the week of January 17, 2021
  1. Little Blue Truck's Valentine by Alice Schertle (NCDL & NC Kids Digital, eBook only)
  2. The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be by Joanna Gaines (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  3. Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eAudio)
  4. The Office: A Day at Dunder Mifflin Elementary by Robb Pearlman (NCDL-eBook only)
  5. How to Catch a Unicorn by Adam Wallace (NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital-eAudio)
  6. Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang (NCDL & NC Kids Digital, eBook only)
  7. The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin (NCDL & NC Kids Digital)
  8. Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery (on order)
  9. The Couch Potato by Jory John (NC Kids Digital)
  10. Dear Girl by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital)

Children's Series Bestsellers

Bestselling children's series for the week of January 17, 2021
  1. Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital)
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (NCDL, NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital)
  3. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (NCDL & NC Kids Digital & Hoopla Digital)
  4. Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (NCDL-eBook & NC Kids Digital-eBook)
  5. The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (NCDL)
  6. Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (NCDL)
  7. Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights by Scott Cawthon (Hoopla Digital-eAudio only)
  8. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix by Ann M. Martin (NCDL-eBook & NC Kids Digital-eBook)
  9. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (NCDL, NC Kids Digital-eAudio & Hoopla Digital-eAudio)
  10. Folk of the Air by Holly Black (NCDL)

Monthly Audio Fiction Bestsellers

Audio Fiction Bestsellers for January 2021
(available from OverDrive, unless otherwise noted)

  1. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (see above)
  2. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
  3. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (see above)
  4. Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
  5. Brushfire by Craig Alanson (NA)
  6. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (see above)
  7. A Time for Mercy by John Grisham (see above)
  8. The Stand by Stephen King
  9. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (see above)
  10. Daylight by David Baldacci
  11. The Awakening by Nora Roberts
  12. The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
  13. Where the Crawdads Sing by Celia Owens (see above)
  14. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab (see above)
  15. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Monthly Audio Nonfiction Bestsellers

Audio Nonfiction Bestsellers for January 2021
(available from OverDrive, unless otherwise noted)

  1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (see above)
  2. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (see above)
  3. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (see above)
  4. Untamed by Glennon Doyle (see above)
  5. Becoming by Michelle Obama (see above)
  6. Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
  7. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
  8. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
  9. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
  10. Breath by James Nestor (see above)
  11. The Best of Me by David Sedaris
  12. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (eBook only)
  13. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (Hoopla Digital)
  14. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  15. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (eBook only)