Top Checkouts of 2024

So, what did NCW check out the most in 2024?

Popular authors topped most of the categories of checkouts of physical materials this year. Kristen Hannah’s The Women was the overall top checkout. The prequel to The Hunger Games series The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was the top young adult fiction checkout. And Dav Pilky’s Dogman books and Jeff Kinney’s Diary of Wimpy Kid books were the most popular for children.

Adult

Fiction

1. The Women by Kristin Hannah
2. Three-inch Teeth by CJ Box
3. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Nonfiction

1. The Demon Unrest by Erik Larson
2. The Wager by David Grann
3. A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan

Biography

1. Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
2. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
3. An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Graphic Novels

1. Pusheen, the Cat’s Guide to Everything by Claire Belton
2. Children of the Whales, Vol. 1 by Abi Umeda
3. Blue Lock 1 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro

Audiobooks

1. The Secret by Lee Child
2. The Exchange by John Grisham
3. Storm Watch by C.J. Box

Book Club Kits

1. The Clovis Dig by Teri Fink
2. The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts
3. Pushed by Ana Maria Spagna

Young Adult

Fiction

1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
3. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Graphic Novels

1. Heartstopper Vol. 5 by Alice Oseman
2. unOrdinary Vol. 1 by uru-chan
3.  Blackwater by Jeanette Arroyo and Ren Graham

Juvenile

Fiction

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid No Brainer by Jeff Kinney
2. The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
3. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney

Graphic Novels

1. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shredder by Dav Pilkey
2. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey
3. Cat Kid Comic Club Influencers by Dav Pilkey

Picture Books

1. The Duckling Gets a Cookie by Mo Willems
2. Sparkly New Friends by Heather Ayris Burnell
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

En Español

Ficción

1. En agosto nos vemos by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
2. Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas by Irene Solá
3. Ningún reloj cuenta esto by Cristina Rivera Garza

No ficción

1. Orgullo prieto by Tenoch Huerta
2. Inglés para latinos by William C. Harvey
3. Sueños lúcidos by Javier Garcia Campayo

DVD

Adult

1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2. Oppenheimer
3. Barbie

Juvenile

1. Wonka
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Elemental