This is 99% invisible.

I'm Roman Mars.

January of 2020

marked the New York Public Library's 125th anniversary. And to celebrate, they published a list of the 10 most checked out books in the history of the library.

And there's one thing about the list that you really can't help but notice right away.

That's our producer Joe Rosenberg.

It's made up almost entirely of children's books.

So the snowy day, the cat in the hat, where the wild things are,

Charlotte's web.

Dan Coise is a writer at sleep.

To kill a mockingbird, arguably a children's book, also on the list.

Well, I mean, I read it as a kid, I'm not sure.

Anyway.

Fine, but come on, Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone,

the very hungry caterpillar?

The only books, quote unquote, for adults adults on this list are 1984,

Fahrenheit 451, and How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

Love that that book is still on there.

All told seven of the ten books were for kids.

Taken together, they were checked out over two and a half million times.

But at the very bottom of the list, Dan Coise noticed this little footnote.

And it just said, you know, fun fact, Good Night Moon.

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