Shelfie Recap 2024: Your Year on the Shelf

As the year comes to a close, let’s take a look back at what you checked out for your shelf in 2024. Reminisce about some of your favorites, or discover something to add to your list in the new year. 

Your top books of the year were:

• The Women by Kristin Hannah (Top Requested & Circulating Title)
• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Top Teen Title)
• Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega (Top Junior High Title)
• I Will Surprise My Friend by Mo Willems (Top Early Reader Title)

Your most read author was Freida McFadden, with 3 titles in the top 20. 
Your top music artist was Taylor Swift, with 6 albums in the top 30.
The youth series that couldn’t be beat this year (and every other year) was Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants. 

Your favorite series to binge read was Fourth Wing (book 1) and Iron Flame (book 2) of The Empyrean series. These were the top two circulated science fiction and fantasy books.

You discussed 65 movies and books with your library community across all age groups this year, including Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang, Maya and the Robot  by Eve L. Ewing, and a movie discussion of Standing Up, Falling Down.

Library staff couldn’t stop talking about James by Percival Everett, and Mario video games were top checkouts. 

​To see more of your top checkouts of the year, view the Shelfie Recap on YouTube (below) or Instagram.