Post Date: 12/28/2021 11:10 AM

by Emily

Happy New Year, book lovers! We librarians love this time of year because it gives us the opportunity to play with some of our favorite things: data and lists! Throughout the year, we're tracking what our patrons read in order to ensure our collection reflects what they want and need. But the end of the year is even more exciting because we get to look at what titles our patrons read the most over the past 12 months! This year was interesting since most of our borrows came from our digital reading apps – cloudLibrary and hoopla digital – rather than our print books. So we've included not one, but THREE top 10 lists for you: the most-read books on cloudLibrary, on hoopla, and in print in 2021! Without further ado, here are West Palm Beach's top 10 reads of 2021:

1. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
2. The Last Flight by Julie Clark
3. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
4. A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
5. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
6. Sooley by John Grisham
7. The Hard Way by Lee Child
8. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
9. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
10. Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

Read More:

https://www.wpb.org/Home/Components/News/News/2349/

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

WPBF 25 News viewers are showing us their holiday lights and decorations along the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach County.

Upload pictures or video of your lights to wpbf.com/upload for a chance to see them here and on-air.

See Gallery:

https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-holiday-lights-decorations-christmas/38556128

Thousands of people took over Downtown West Palm Beach this weekend as they laced up and headed to the Garden of Life Palm Beaches Marathon.

The races all started and finished by the Meyer Amphitheater on Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach.

Course Maps:

• Sun Run 5K Challenge
• 10K
• Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay

For more on frequently asked questions, click here.

Winners:

-Madlen Kappeler is the female winner of the half-marathon.

-Colton Lawson is the male winner of the half-marathon.

-Katalin Nagy is the female winner of the full-marathon.

-Jaelin Funk is the male winner of the full-marathon.

Read More:

https://www.wpbf.com/article/palm-beach-marathon-what-you-need-to-know/38442739