What Whitefish Bay Reads: The Most Checked Out Books Of 2021

WHITEFISH BAY, WI — As summer dawns in Whitefish Bay, many are likely scouting for their next book to read in the sun. The Whitefish Bay Public Library, with 55,804 total books in its collection, may be a great spot to find that next read.

The library released its 2021 annual report in May, ranking the top 10 fiction and non-fiction books that people checked out last year. Over 232,000 items were rented from the library, according to the report.

Here are the top 10 fiction books people checked out in Whitefish Bay in 2021:

1. "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah.
2. "Midnight Library" by Matt Haig.
3. "Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman.
4. "Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett.
5. "The Breaker" by Nick Petrie.
6. "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell.
7. "Leave the World Behind" by Rumaan Alam.
8. "The Last Thing He Told Me" by Laura Dave.
9. "Send for Me" by Lauren Fox.
10. "Beach Read" by Emily Henry.

Here are the top 10 non-fiction books people checked out in Whitefish Bay in 2021:

1. "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle.
2. "Caste: Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson.
3. "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama.
4. "What Happened to You" by Bruce D. Perry.
5. "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo.
6. "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah.
7. "Wintering" by Katherine May.
8. "Educated" by Tara Westover.
9. "When Harry Met Minnie" by Martha Teichner.
10. "Keep Sharp" by Sanjay Gupta.

The library's collection has grown quite a bit since its founding in 1937. The spot had just 1,600 books when it first opened. Its new location came to be in 2002, the library's annual report said.