It’s been another good year for young adults at SCFPL! Here are some highlights about items for young adults that circulated at our library this year.
1070 young adult physical items were checked out by our patrons. Of those, 61% were owned by the St Croix Falls Library, and 39% were owned by one of our 54 partner libraries. 57% were books, 32% were graphic novels, 10% were audiobooks, 0.6% were DVDs, and 0.5% were video games. (For the curious: unlike some libraries in the area, we don’t separate young adult DVDs from adult DVDs, so all the videos that were labeled as being for young adults came from other libraries.)
And now for the top lists:
Top YA books:
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (6 checkouts each)
- The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Susanne Collins, and Ranger’s Apprentice #5: The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan (5 checkouts each)
- Ranger’s Apprentice #2: The Burning Bridge and #6: The Siege of Macindow by John Flanagan; Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Susanne Collins (4 checkouts each)
Top YA graphic novels and manga:
- The Legend of Zelda by Akira Himekawa (6 checkouts)
- DC Showcase: Aquaman, My Hero Academia #2 and My Hero Academia #3 by Kohei Horikoshi, Naruto volumes #1-3 by Masashi Kishimoto, Crumbs by Danie Stirling, Library Wars: Love & War #1, Library Wars: Love & War #2, and Library Wars: Love & War #4 by Kiiro Yumi, Death Note All-in-One Edition by Tsugumi Oba, Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance #2 by Reki Kawahara, If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie, One Piece #20 and One Piece #21 by Eiichiro Oda, Bone Omnibus and Bone #6: Old Man’s Cave by Jeff Smith (3 checkouts each)
Top YA audiobooks:
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (5 checkouts)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (4 checkouts)
- The River by Gary Paulsen, The Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson, Seraphina by Rachael Hartman, and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (3 checkouts each)