What happened with teens at the library this year? Plenty of fun stuff! People checked out 792 items aimed at teens, of which 478 were books, 277 were graphic novels/manga/manhwa, 26 were audiobooks, 8 were video games, and the remainder were items like DVDs and our Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit. Here are the most frequently checked out items for the YA crew:
Books
- Tie: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell and Sunrise on the Reaping by Susanne Collins (7 checkouts each)
- The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins (5 checkouts)
- Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas; The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan; Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; and The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (4 checkouts each)
- Massive tie: We Were Liars by e. lockhart; The Sorcerer of the North, The Siege of Macindaw, and The Red Fox Clan by John Flanagan; Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens; Scythe by Neal Shusterman; A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson; What the River Knows by Isabel ; Heir of Fire and Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas; The Trap by Andrew Xia Fukuda; Mockingjay by Susanne Collins; Radio Silence by Alice Osterman; The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan; 16 & Pregnant by Lala Thomas (3 checkouts each)
Book Authors
- John Flanagan (The Ranger’s Apprentice) (36 checkouts)
- Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass, Crescent City) (28 checkouts)
- Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games) (21 checkouts)
- Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson, Magnus Chase, Heroes of Olympus, Trials of Apollo, etc) (20 checkouts)
Graphic Novels
- Hooky vol. 1 by Míriam Bonastre Tur (4 checkouts)
- Hooky vols. 2 and 3 by Míriam Bonastre Tur, Aquaman by DC Comics, and Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio (3 checkouts each)
- Massive tie: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nahisi Coates, Paper Girls vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, Blades of Furry vol. 1 by Emily Erdos, Brownstone by Samuel Teer, Sweet Tooth vols. 1 and 2 by Jeff Lemire, Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang, March book 1 by John Lewis, Wires and Nerve vol. 1 by Marissa Meyer, Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries (2 checkouts each)
Manga and Manhwa
- Attack on Titan vol. 1 by Isayama Hajime (6 checkouts)
- Oshi no Ko vol. 1 by Akasaka Aka (3 checkouts)
- Massive tie: The Promised Neverland vols. 1 and 2 by Shirai Kaiu, Spy x Family vols. 1, 9, and 13 by Endo Tatsuya, Komi Can’t Communicate vols. 3 and 4 by Oda Tomohito, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon vol. 1 by Takeuchi Naoko, My Hero Academia vol. 1 by Horikoshi Kohei, and Witch Hat Atelier vol. 13 by Shirahama Kamome (2 checkouts each)
Manga/Manhwa Serieses
- One Piece by Oda Eiichiro (32 checkouts)
- Spy x Family by Endo Tatsuya (16 checkouts)
- Attack on Titan by Isayama Hajime and My Hero Academia by Horikoshi Kohei (13 checkouts each)
- Witch Hat Atelier by Shirahama Kamome (12 checkouts)
- Sailor Moon by Takeuchi Naoko (9 checkouts)
- Komi Can’t Communicate by Oda Tomohito and Oshi no Ko by Akasaka Aka (8 checkouts each)
Audiobooks
- Messenger by Lois Lowry (3 checkouts)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2 checkouts each)
Video Games: 1 Switch game, 7 Wii games, all different. (You can get PS5 and PS4 and XBox One games too!)