Cultural Watch

Women Wrote Most of the NYPL’s Most Popular Books in 2015

(DNAINFO)  Nicole Levy | December 28, 2015 — Nine out of the top ten books checked out from the New York Public Library’s 92 branches in 2015 were written by women, according to a list posted online by the library on Monday.

Readers in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island borrowed Jodi Picoult’s psychological thriller “Leaving Time” more than any other book in the system.

Their second favorite selection in 2015 was Paula Hawkins’ debut mystery novel, “The Girl on the Train,” destined for the silver screen next year.

In the third place was “Go Set a Watchman,” the controversial earlier draft of — and eventual sequel to — Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Source: Women Wrote Most of the NYPL’s Most Popular Books in 2015 – Midtown – DNAinfo.com New York