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Off the back of Spotify Wrapped, we recently asked our Selwyn Libraries team to provide us with some statistics for the most popular book read by library members this year.

While there are a few popular titles, there’s one book which has a special place in our communities’ hearts.

Selwyn’s most popular book this year was ‘The Women’ by Kristin Hannah, which also came out on top for eAudiobooks listened to by Selwyn Library members in 2024. It was checked out 295 times and loaned 150 times as an eAudiobook.

The most loaned children’s book of the year is the 1997 classic ‘The Adventures of Captain Underpants: the first epic novel’ by Dav Pilkey, checked out 128 times.

If you’re a library member and enjoy watching shows on Selwyn Libraries’ e-resource streaming platform Kanopy, you were most likely watching Father Brown Season 1, which topped the chart at 178 plays and up to 3,850 minutes.

In total Selwyn Libraries members streamed up to 242,000 minutes of shows and movies on Kanopy, which equates to ten days of back-to-back streaming – a good effort!

For more fun Selwyn Library statistics, check out the video on our Facebook page

Last modified: 08 Jan 2025 4:16pm