Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Katie Cadiao
County of San Diego Communications Office
Is ‘reading more’ one of your New Year’s Resolutions for 2023? If so, San Diego County Library is one of the best places to get you started on your reading goals.
SDCL offers books, movies, magazines, movies and more. Both digital copies and physical materials are available for checkout.
Getting a library card is free and easy. Just visit one of the library’s 33 branch locations, or apply for a digital card online.
Record-breaking checkouts
You’ll be in great company with your 2023 reading challenge. SDCL patrons checked out more than four million digital copies of e-books, audio books and digital magazines in 2022.
That’s a new record for SDCL, making it one of the most-used digital collections in the nation.
Digital downloads have gained in popularity in the last years, in part due to the pandemic. SDCL issued close to 40,000 library cards in 2022 and most of these new customers used the library’s digital services.
Top checkouts
Still need some more motivation to get you started? SDCL has released its top 10 checkout lists for 2022. Get some inspiration for your 2023 reading list and see if your favorite books, audio books and movies from last year made the cut.
Adult Books (e-book and physical book checkouts combined)
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Apples Never Fall by Lianne Moriarty
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Downloadable audiobooks:
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Apples Never Fall by Lianne Moriarty
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Movies:
Ghostbusters Afterlife
Spider-Man, No Way Home
Dune
Encanto
Uncharted
No Time to Die
The Batman
The Matrix, Resurrections
Venom, Let There Be Carnage
The Dry
Teen fiction:
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Heartstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Children’s books
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Greg Heffley’s Journal by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Deep End by Jeff Kinney
Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
Dog Man, Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club Perspectives by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man, Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey
Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney
Cat Kid Comic Club, On Purpose by Dav Pilkey
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