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Lisa F
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January 4, 2021

These are the books Worthington Libraries patrons flocked to last year!
Following are 20 of the library's most checked-out titles of 2020:
Owens , Delia
Where the Crawdads Sing
2018
Viewed with suspicion in the aftermath of a murder, Kya Clark, who has survived alone for years in a marsh near the North Carolina coast, becomes targeted by unthinkable forces.
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Evanovich, Janet
Twisted Twenty-Six
2019
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is challenged to protect one of her own when her suddenly widowed grandmother is targeted by ruthless gangsters.
Grisham, John
Camino Winds
2020
Novelist Mercer Mann’s continued efforts to find literary inspiration on idyllic Camino Island are complicated by mysterious intrigues.
Obama, Michelle
Becoming
2018
B OBAMA MICHELLE
This intimate and uplifting memoir by the former First Lady of the United States chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
Patterson, James
Criss Cross
2019
An ominous message by a copycat killer forces Alex Cross and John Sampson to investigate whether an innocent man has been executed.
Westover, Tara
Educated: A Memoir
2018
B WESTOVER TARA
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, the author recounts her childhood and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
Patterson, James
Born, James O.
Lost
2020
Tasked with combating international crime, Detective Tom Moon searches for two Russian nationals who have built a vast, powerful European crime syndicate that reaches into Miami.
Roberts, Nora
Hideaway
2020
Years after escaping a kidnapper with the help of a young man, a Hollywood hopeful pursues healing in Ireland before she is compelled to return to Los Angeles, where she encounters unexpected opportunities in love and vengeance.
Moyes, Jojo
The Giver of Stars
2019
Volunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships.
Patterson, James
DuBois, Brendan
The Summer House
2020
Investigating four Army Rangers who have been implicated in the destruction of a luxurious summer lake resort, Army Major and former NYPD cop Jeremiah Cook is stonewalled by local law enforcement and dangerous secrets.
Baldacci, David
Walk the Wire
2020
When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble.
Hollis, Rachel
Girl, Wash Your Face
2018
248.843 HOL
Drawing from her life experiences as a lifestyle guru, the author presents a guide to becoming a joyous, confident woman by breaking the cycle of negativity and burnout and pursuing a life of exuberance.
McCullough, David
The Pioneers
2019
977 MCC
Recounts the story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest ideals.
Ng, Celeste
Little Fires Everywhere
2017
Fighting an ugly custody battle with a tenant who has little regard for the strict rules of their progressive Cleveland suburb, a straitlaced family woman who is seeking to adopt a baby becomes obsessed with exposing the tenant's past.
Patchett, Ann
The Dutch House
2019
A tale set over the course of five decades traces a young man’s rise from poverty to wealth and back again as his prospects center around his family’s lavish Philadelphia estate.
Wingate, Lisa
Before We Were Yours
2017
Learning her grandmother was a victim of the corrupt Tennessee Children's Home Society, attorney and aspiring politician Avery Stafford delves into her family's past and begins to wonder if some things are best kept secret.
Steinbeck, John
Of Mice and Men
2002
An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream.
Robb, J. D.
Golden in Death
2020
Homicide detective Eve Dallas investigates the springtime murder of a beloved pediatrician by an unknown killer who hid a deadly toxin inside a small, golden egg.
King, Stephen
The Institute
2019
Abducted youth Luke Ellis is imprisoned in an inescapable institute, where children with the abilities of telekinesis and telepathy are subjected to torturous manipulation.
Whitehead, Colson
The Nickel Boys
2019
Follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
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