The top adult fiction checkout is David Baldacci’s psychological thriller Simply Lies. Photo by John Lee/WYPR.
The top adult fiction checkout is David Baldacci’s psychological thriller Simply Lies. Photo by John Lee/WYPR.

During the first six months of this year, the hot reads at the Baltimore County Public Library include a psychological thriller, an unprecedented royal memoir and a wimpy kid’s diary.

Author Jeff Kinney has been cranking out Diary of a Wimpy Kid books since 2007.

“It’s a classic,” said Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, the C.E.O of the Baltimore County Public Library. “It’s a perennial favorite.”

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