More than 725,000 items were checked out of the Tempe Public Library in 2023, and some of them were difficult to keep on the shelves.

The library has put together a list of the top five items readers and viewers wanted to read and see from fiction to nonfiction, digital to DVDs.

Agree or not, here’s a glimpse of 2023 at the Tempe library:

TOP 5 FICTION

1.   Verity by Colleen Hoover
2.  Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
3.  Book Lovers by Emily Henry 
4.  The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
5.  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

TOP 5 NONFICTION

1.  Spare by Prince Harry
2.  Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
3.  I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
4.  Atomic Habits by James Clear
5.  The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. Van der Kolk
 

1.  The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems
2.  Hunches in Bunches by Dr. Seuss
3.  The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems
4.  Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems
5.  The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
 
TOP 5 MOVIES

1. Top Gun: Maverick
2.  Ferris Bueller's Day Off 
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. Jurassic World  Dominion 
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home

TOP 5 AUDIOBOOKS

1.  Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
2.  I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
3.  Spare by Prince Harry
4.  Atomic Habits by James Clear
5.  Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

We’d like to invite our readers to submit their civil comments on this issue. Email AZOpinions@iniusa.org.