Books and Reading
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Information to help you find a book to read.
Spend some time browsing the links on the left to find suggestions for a good book to read. We enjoy reading just as much as you do and we'd love to talk to you about books. Stop into the library to see our displays of featured books, or talk to a librarian about what you're reading, or to get ideas on what to read next.
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As we look back at 2012, the following titles are some of the adult books checked out most at the Alton Public Library:
- False Pretenses by Kathy Herman
- Home Front by Kristin Hannah
- he Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
- Chasing the Sun by Tracie Peterson
- Coming Home by Karen Kingsbury
- Dangerous Mercy by Kathy Herman
- The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
- The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark
- Loving by Karen Kingsbury
- Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson
- Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
- 11th Hour by James Patterson
- Guinness World Records 2012
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These junior fiction and young adult books were checked out most at the Alton Public Library during 2012 :
- The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney
- The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
- The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The Sisters Club by Megan McDonald
- My Weird School Series by Dan Gutman
- Legend by Marie Lu
- We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
- The Ranger’s Apprentice Series by John Flanagan
- The Kane Chronicles Series by Rick Riordan
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The following titles made the ten top movies of 2012 to be checked out:
- We Bought a Zoo
- Dolphin Tale
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins
- The Help
- Courageous
- Moneyball
- The Vow
- Hop
- Captain America-The First Avenger
- The Smurfs
