What was the Estes Valley reading and watching in 2021?

The Library’s collections are built to reflect your needs and interests. Every check-out is a vote for the types of materials you enjoy. Here are the top check-outs in major categories for the year 2021. Click the titles below to link to the Library Catalog, and reserve or download these popular titles.

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Top New Fiction

1. Too close to home by Andrew Grant
2. Unrestricted access:  new and classic short fiction by James Rollins
3. Klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 
4. The heathens by Ace Atkins 
5. Golden girl by Elin Hilderbrand

Top New Nonfiction

1. Occasionally eggs: simple vegetarian recipes for every season by Alexandra Daum
2. Eat better, feel better: my recipes for wellness and healing, inside and out by Giada De Laurentiis
3. The anti-inflammatory plan: prevent and reduce chronic inflammation to guard against ill health by Anoushka Davy
4. Forget the Alamo: the rise and fall of an American myth by Brian Burrough
5. A wild idea by Jonathan Franklin

Top New Large Print

1. Ocean prey by John Sandford
2. Animal instinct by David Rosenfelt
3. A gambling man by David Baldacci
4. Death with a double edge by Anne Perry
5. Unfinished business by J. A. Jance

Top Storybooks for kids

1. Ellie’s dragon by Bob Graham
2. Rain before rainbows by Smriti Prasadam-Halls
3. Tad by Benji Davies
4. High voltage by Frank Berrios
5. Maisy goes to preschool by Lucy Cousins

Top Teen Books

1. Shadow and bone by Leigh Bardugo
2. A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J. Mass
3. Throne of glass by Sarah J. Mass
4. The beautiful by Renee Ahdieh
5. War storm by Victoria Aveyard

Top DVDs

1. The Crown (Season 3)
2. Little Women (2019)
3. The art of racing in the rain 
4. The call of the wild 
5. Greenland 

Top e-Books for download

1. The four winds by Kristin Hannah
2. Disappeared by Linda Castillo
3. Camino winds by John Grisham
4. Run for cover by Michael Ledwidge
5. A promised land by Barack Obama

Top e–audiobooks for download

1. The four winds by Kristin Hannah
2. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
3. The midnight library by Matt Haig
4. Death without company by Craig Johnson
5. Dark sky by C.J. Box

Top movies for streaming

1. New in town
2. The apartment
3. From time to time
4. The help
5. Love Sarah

Top music for streaming

1. Essential Too by Dougie Maclean
2. The Essential Dougie Maclean
3. Eagles live
4. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
5. Kidz Bop Greatest Hits!