SJPL’s Top Checkouts of 2024

#1 Overall

Regardless of Age, Genre, and Format

Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
by Dav Pilkey

Top Checkouts By Age

Adults

#1 Adults Title
The Woman in Me
by Britney Spears

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Happy Place by Emily Henry
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Yellowface by R.R. Kuang
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Teens (YA)

#1 Teens (YA) Title
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Powerless by Lauren Roberts

Children

#1 Children Title
Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
by Dav Pilkey

Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations by Dav Pilkey
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer by Jeff Kinney
Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers by Dav Pilkey
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder by Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose by Dav Pilkey

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