As usual books by celebrities and entertainers dominate the most borrowed books in our subject. There are new titles by Howard Stern, John Waters, Chelsea Handler, Patti Smith, Tan France, Elton John, Jonathan Van Ness, and Ali Wong. Perhaps most remarkable is the enduring popularity of Trevor Noah's memoir Born A Crime which appeared on our previous lists of January 2017, November 2017 and May 2018. It was the most borrowed book of all by far.
Hamilton: The Revolution continues to be a sensation. New Yorker critic Emily Nussbaum's essay collection I Like To Watch is also a popular read. Michael Shnayerson's Boom, an exposé of the contemporary art market, has also found a wide readership. An older title like Barbarian Days, William Finnegan's surfing memoir has had steadily high circulation for four years.
A couple of more than titles that are more than 40 years old are also on this list. A Pattern Language is still considered to be revolutionary approach to architecture and design. We recently reordered multiple copies of Jim Bouton's baseball classic Ball Four and its return to many branches has been welcomed by San Francisco readers.
Happy reading.
Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau, 2016).
Howard Stern Comes Again (Simon & Schuster, 2019).
Hamilton: The Revolution: Being The Complete Libretto Of The Broadway Musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter (Grand Central Publishing, 2016).
Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom Of A Filth Elder by John Waters (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019).
Life Will Be The Death Of Me: ... And You, Too! by Chelsea Handler (Spiegel & Grau, 2019).
Year Of The Monkey by Patti Smith (Alfred A. Knopf, 2019).
Naturally Tan by Tan France with Caroline Donofrio (St. Martin's Press, 2019)
I Like To Watch: Arguing My Way Through The TV Revolution by Emily Nussbaum (Random House, 2019.
Me by Elton John (Henry Holt and Company, 2019).
Over The Top: A Raw Journey To Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness (HarperOne, 2019).
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice For Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong (Random House, 2019).
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan (Penguin Press, 2015).
Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, And The Rise Of Contemporary Art by Michael Shnayerson (PublicAffairs, 2019).
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel (Oxford University Press, 1977).
Ball Four: The Final Pitch by Jim Bouton (Turner, 2014).
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