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CPL’s Most Popular Books of 2023
What books did Chicagoans read most in 2023? Take a look back at the most popular titles for adults, teens and kids.
In Memoriam: Writers Who Left Us in 2023
As we celebrate the end of another year, let's take a moment to honor the many writers we lost over the course of 2023.
CPL’s Most Popular Books of 2022
What books did Chicagoans read most in 2022? Take a look back at the most popular titles for adults, teens and kids.
CPL’s Most Popular Books of 2021
What were Chicagoans reading in 2021? Take a look back at the most popular titles for adults, teens and kids.
CPL’s Most Popular Books of 2020
Before we completely close the door on 2020, we're looking back at the most popular books of the year as measured by checkouts and hold requests at Chicago Public Library. While the COVID-19 pandemic and election campaigns initially may have distracted from reading, many people later settled into social distancing and clearly started reading in…
Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Books of the 2010s?
Romantic comedies, side-splitting works of humor, literary sensations, buzzy movie and TV adaptations, thrilling works of true crime: The past decade brought us a diverse range of books that shaped our reading and revved up our book clubs. We decided to take a look back at the big books that defined the decade in pop…
April 2020 Reading Challenge: The TBR Pile
Many readers have a stash of books they hope to find the time to read on their nightstand or around the house. Sometimes that to-be-read (TBR) pile is just a list at the back of the mind. Now with people sheltering in place around the world, many readers have been inspired to tackle those books…
5 Articles: The Future of Chicago’s Climate
If there's one thing the "Windy City" is known for, it's the ability of Chicagoans to adapt to changes in the weather. It's always one of the most popular topics of conversation around town. With rising ocean levels, forest fires and drought dominating coverage of changing climate patterns in other parts of the country, sometimes…
CPL’s Most Popular Books of 2019
Which books were most popular at Chicago Public Library in 2019? As usual, the lists are dominated by buzzy bestsellers from the previous year or two, but some 2019 titles were immediately popular enough to make the lists. Books published early in the year have more of a chance to chart for the whole year…
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