Alabama libraries experienced a significant increase in borrowing in 2024, with Jefferson County libraries leading the way. Digital borrowing saw a particularly strong rise. Thrillers dominated the most popular physical rentals in Birmingham, while historical fiction also made an appearance in both physical and digital lists.
In fact, 2024 was a big year for libraries, as Alabamians borrowed more from libraries in 2024 than in 2023. One of the state’s largest public libraries even set a new record for digital borrowing.So which books were the most popular? Let’s check it out.2024 was a banner year for borrowing in the Birmingham area, especially for digital check-outs. Public libraries in Jefferson County lent out more than 1 millionLibraries in Jefferson County saw total circulation top 3.9 million in 2024, a 5.
“For physical media, libraries typically purchase multiple copies of new releases to fill holds placed by library users as efficiently as possible,” Tobin Cataldo, the executive director of the Jefferson County Library Cooperative, said in an email to AL.com. “Libraries will typically purchase fewer digital copies as the price difference between physical and digital can be significant. The result is that for some titles, the wait time can be longer.
While there were some commonalities between the Huntsville and Birmingham areas, the top five lists overall look pretty different.Click here.“The Women,” which was popular in the Birmingham area too, was the single most checked-out physical library book in theThe four most popular books there were all historical fiction, including two books by Hannah and “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2023.
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