December 28, 2017
With 2018 just days away, the Marathon County Public Library is reflecting upon the last year. Included in that reflection is looking at the top items checked out in several different categories, including nonfiction books.
This year's top 10 took readers to various places in time and covered a variety of topics. Readers were sent back to World War I and the sinking of the Lusitania; they visited a couple who hid people from the Nazis at their zoo during World War II; they learned techniques for tidying up their lives and becoming better people; and they learned about poverty-stricken families trying to keep a roof over their heads in Milwaukee.
Take a look at MCPL's top 10 list of the most checked-out nonfiction books of 2017. Did your favorite make the cut?
"1. HILLBILLY ELEGY: A MEMOIR OF A FAMILY AND CULTURE IN CRISIS"
"2. DEAD WAKE: THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA"
"3. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE"
"4. THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP: THE JAPANESE ART OF DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING"
"5. THE WHOLE30: THE 30-DAY GUIDE TO TOTAL HEALTH AND FOOD FREEDOM"
"6. KILLING THE RISING SUN: HOW AMERICA VANQUISHED WORLD WAR II JAPAN "
"7. MYSTERIOUS GIRLFRIEND X 2"
"8. TRIM HEALTHY MAMA COOKBOOK: EAT UP AND SLIM DOWN WITH MORE THAN 350 HEALTHY RECIPES"
"9. EVICTED: POVERTY AND PROFIT IN THE AMERICAN CITY"
"10. SLOW COOKER TO THE RESCUE"
Dan Richter / Library Marketing Specialist