What New Yorkers Were Reading

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 20, 2021

Lynn Lobash, associate director of reader services at the New York Public Library, shares the most-checked-out books in 2021 in all the boroughs and listeners call in with their own, and their book club's, favorites.  The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet tops the list for Manhattan and Brooklyn – while The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah won out in Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.  

 

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