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Seattle's Favorite Books Are Anti-Trump, Written By Women: Data

According to data from the Seattle Public Library, Seattleites love books by women and ones that make Donald Trump look bad.

SEATTLE, WA - According to data from the Seattle Public Library system, readers in Seattle love to hate Donald Trump, are rediscovering late science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin, and enjoy fiction written by women.

For several months, Michael Wolff's Trump expose "Fire and Fury" topped the list, only to be replaced in May by James Comey's new Trump-bashing memoir. But fiction stalwarts like Tayari Jones' "An American Marriage" and Meg Wolitzer's "The Female Persuasion" stayed in the top ten for several months on end.

Here are the top 10 most-borrowed books for the first five months of 2018:

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January

  1. "Manhattan Beach" by Jennifer Egan
  2. "Artemis" by Andy Weir
  3. "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
  4. "The Rooster Bar" by John Grisham
  5. "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff
  6. "Smitten Kitchen Every Day" by Deb Perelman
  7. "The Ninth Hour" by Alice McDermott
  8. "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
  9. "No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin
  10. "The Whole30 Fast & Easy: 150 Simply Delicious Recipes For Your Whole30" by Melissa Hartwig

February

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  1. "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff
  2. "The Woman In the Window" by AJ Finn
  3. "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones
  4. "The Wedding Date" by Jasmine Guillory
  5. "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah
  6. "The Power" by Naomi Alderman
  7. "The Immortalists" by Chloe Benjamin
  8. "Manhattan Beach" by Jennifer Egan
  9. "Artemis" by Andy Weir
  10. "Smitten Kitchen Every Day" by Deb Perelman

March

  1. "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff
  2. "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah
  3. "Sunburn" by Laura Lippman
  4. "The Woman In the Window" by AJ Finn
  5. "The Immortalists" by Chloe Benjamin
  6. "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones
  7. "Manhattan Beach" by Jennifer Egan
  8. "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" by Margareta Magnusson
  9. "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
  10. "No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin

April

  1. "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff
  2. "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover
  3. "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah
  4. "The Female Persuasion" by Meg Wolitzer
  5. "The Woman In the Window" by AJ Finn
  6. "The Immortalists" by Chloe Benjamin
  7. "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones
  8. "Sunburn" by Laura Lippman
  9. "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership" by James Comey
  10. "The Perfect Nanny" by Leila Slimani

May

  1. "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership" by James Comey
  2. "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover
  3. "Varina" by Charles Frazier
  4. "Natural Causes" by Barbara Ehrenreich
  5. "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones
  6. "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah
  7. "Sunburn" by Laura Lippman
  8. "The Woman In the Window" by AJ Finn
  9. "The Female Persuasion" by Meg Wolitzer
  10. "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" by Margareta Magnusson

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