Library News

Our stats are rolling in, and we've compiled some of our most borrowed/accessed books, music, magazines and languages below!

Most Borrowed Books: Adults

• “The ghost orchid” / Jonathan Kellerman. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Harbor lights : stories” / James Lee Burke. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The secret” / Lee Child and Andrew Child. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Obsession” / Stuart Woods and Brett Battles. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The edge” / David Baldacci. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Too late : a novel” / Colleen Hoover. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The summer book club” / Susan Mallery. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The exchange : after The Firm” / John Grisham. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The night island” / Jayne Anne Krentz. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Judgement prey” / John Sandford. library catalog, cloudLibrary

Most Borrowed Books: Young Adults

• “The sea of monsters” / Rick Riordan. library catalog, cloudLibrary,
• “Wrecker” / Carl Hiaasen. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Smile” / Raina Telgemeier. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The lightning thief” / Rick Riordan. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The battle of the Labyrinth” / Rick Riordan. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “A good girl's guide to murder” / Holly Jackson. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The summer I turned pretty” / Jenny Han. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Caraval” / Stephanie Garber. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The assassin's blade : the Throne of glass novellas” / Sarah J. Maas. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “If he had been with me” / Laura Nowlin. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The cruel prince” / Holly Black. library catalog, cloudLibrary

Most Borrowed Books: Children

• “The baby-sitters club” / Ann M. Martin ; a graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier, Gabriela Epstein. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Twenty thousand fleas under the sea” / written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey as George Beard and Harold Hutchins. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The scarlet shedder” / written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “No brainer” / by Jeff Kinney. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871” / based on the novel by Lauren Tarshis ; graphic novel adaptation by Georgia Ball. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Cat kid comic club. 5, Influencers” / words, illustrations, and artwork by Dav Pilkey. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “The nature club” / Rebecca Elliott. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Spy School : the graphic novel” / Stuart Gibbs ; illustrated by Anjan Sarkar. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Pizza my heart” / Mika Song. library catalog, cloudLibrary
• “Do you want to build a snowman?” / lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez ; illustrated by Mingjue Helen Chen. library catalog, cloudLibrary

Flipster

Digital access to the most popular magazines. If prompted to enter "Patron Number," use your library card barcode. 

Top 10 downloaded/accessed magazines in Flipster this year:

1. People
2. Consumer Reports
3. New Yorker
4. Real Simple
5. The Week Magazine
6. Southern Living
7. Kiplinger's Personal Finance
8. TIME Magazine
9. The Atlantic Monthly
10. Bon Appétit

hoopla®

Digital access to thousands of movies, TV shows, music, audiobooks, ebooks and comic books and Craftsy craft classes. With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.

Top 10 downloaded/accessed music albums in hoopla:

1. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY, Taylor Swift
2. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Various Artists
3. 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [DELUXE], Taylor Swift
4. Traveller, Chris Stapleton
5. 80s Mixtape, Various Artists
6. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Chappell Roan
7. The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
8. The Greatest Showman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Various Artists
9. Lover, Taylor Swift
10. Peaceful Piano, Various Artists

Mango Languages

Mango Languages is self-paced language-learning system (web/app), offering more than 70 world languages and dialects, English language learning, and assorted specialty courses to meet specific subject matter interests. Mango Languages has a conversational approach that teaches practical/useful communication skills in every lesson and activity.

In 2024, our Mango users most frequently accessed:

1. Spanish (Latin American)
2. French
3. Italian
4. English
5. Portuguese (Brazilian)
6. Greek (Modern)
7. German
8. Japanese
9. Russian
10. Spanish (Castilian)