instant access to 15 popular eBooks<\/a> from March 19 to 22. The Brooklyn Public Library also occasionally offers unlimited access to a title and, when possible, purchases additional e-licenses.<\/p>\nNow, here’s a breakdown of the books with the longest wait times in New York City (note: this is just a snapshot in time because it changes so frequently, and remember, you can loan most books for three weeks or 21 days)<\/p>\n
The top 10 holds at NYPL<\/p>\n
For each title, the number of holds ranges from approximately 1,000 to 7,000, as per the library.<\/p>\n
Print and e-book:<\/p>\n
\nThe Correspondent by Virginia Evans
\nTheo of Golden by Allen Levi
\nStrangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
\nHeart the Lover by Lily King
\nMy Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
\nWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
\nThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
\nKin by Tayari Jones
\nAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
\nProject Hail Mary by Andrew Weir
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The top 10 holds at Queens Public Library<\/p>\n
Print:<\/p>\n
\nTheo of Golden by Allen Levi – 314 holds
\nThe Correspondent by Virginia Evans – 273 holds
\nProject Hail Mary by Andrew Weir – 186 holds
\nMy Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney – 161 holds
\nJudge Stone by Viola Davis – 153 holds
\nStrangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden – 129 holds\u00a0
\nHeated Rivalry by Rachel Reid – 127 holds
\nThe Housemaid by\u00a0Freida McFadden – 117 holds
\nDear Debbie by\u00a0Freida McFadden – 102 holds
\nHalf His Age by\u00a0Jennette McCurdy – 97 holds
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Digital:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe Correspondent by Virginia Evans – 1107 total holds
\nA Court of Thorns and Roses by\u00a0Sarah J. Maas – 881 total holds
\nThe Night We Met\u00a0by\u00a0Abby Jimenez – 685 total holds
\nMy Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney – 683 total holds
\nTheo of Golden by Allen Levi – 585 total holds
\nMy Friends by\u00a0Fredrik Backman – 580 total holds
\nHeart the Lover\u00a0by\u00a0Lily King – 543 total holds
\nProject Hail Mary by Andrew Weir – 506 total holds
\nThe Wedding People by\u00a0Alison Espach – 485 total holds
\nWild Dark Shore by\u00a0Charlotte McConaghy – 321 total holds
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Brooklyn Public Library<\/p>\n
Print<\/p>\n
\nThe Correspondent by\u00a0Virginia Evans –\u00a01,095 holds
\nHeart the Lover by\u00a0Lily King –\u00a01,005 holds
\nStrangers: A Memoir of Marriage\u00a0by\u00a0Belle Burden – 801 holds
\nProject Hail Mary by\u00a0Andy Weir –\u00a0651 holds
\nThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u00a0by\u00a0Kiran Desai –\u00a0638 holds
\nFlesh by\u00a0David Szalay –\u00a0556 holds
\nMy Friends by\u00a0Fredrik Backman –\u00a0501 holds
\nWild Dark Shore by\u00a0Charlotte McConaghy –\u00a0480 holds
\nLost Lambs by\u00a0Madeline Cash –\u00a0427 holds\u00a0
\nThe Let Them Theory: A Life-changing Tool That Millions Of People Can\u2019t Stop Talking About\u00a0by\u00a0Mel Robbins – 422 holds
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e-books (digital)<\/p>\n
\nThe Correspondent by\u00a0Virginia Evans –\u00a01,835 holds
\nProject Hail Mary by\u00a0Andy Weir –\u00a01,308 holds
\nHeart the Lover by\u00a0Lily King –\u00a01,185 holds
\nStrangers: A Memoir of Marriage\u00a0by\u00a0Belle Burden –\u00a01,088 holds
\nThe Night We Met\u00a0by\u00a0Abby Jimenez\u00a0– 910 holds
\nThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u00a0by\u00a0Kiran Desai – 724 holds
\nWild Dark Shore by\u00a0Charlotte McConaghy- 698 holds
\nTheo of Golden\u00a0by Allen Levi –\u00a0685 holds
\nAtmosphere\u00a0by\u00a0Taylor Jenkins Reid –\u00a0568 holds
\nMy Friends by\u00a0Fredrik Backman –\u00a0549 holds
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Book Riot has good tips<\/a>\u00a0for when you’re wading through the library hold blues, including learning to love the delightful surprise you get when a book is finally available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’ve all been there\u2014you go to check out a book at the library or on your e-reader and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1739,4305,9,24,55,54,2480,56,904],"class_list":{"0":"post-184894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-categories-things-to-do","9":"tag-more-free","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-city-news","14":"tag-news-city-life","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}