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North Central Washington residents checked out, downloaded and streamed more than 1.4 million books, movies, and other materials from NCW Libraries in 2023.
That number nearly doubles the 710,395 total checkouts from 2022, when the library district was still emerging from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It’s exciting to see that library use has rebounded so strongly in 2023,” said Summer Hayes, Associate Director of Programs and Resources for NCW Libraries. “It’s clear that, despite the disruptions to daily routines that resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic, the library continues to be a highly valued resource for our diverse communities.
Here’s a look at what NCW Libraries’ patrons read, watched and listened to most last year:
Top Checkouts
Fiction Book: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver- Nonfiction Book: A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
- Memoir: Spare by Prince Harry
- Audiobook: Nothing to Lose by J.A. Jance
- Ebook: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Young Adult Book: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Children’s Book: Dogman: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey
- DVD: Top Gun: Maverick
- Music CD: The Greatest Showman (movie soundtrack)
2023 by the Numbers
Total checkouts (physical and digital): 1,414,859
- Physical Books: 587,559
- Digital Materials: 490,883
- Audiobooks: 11,945
- DVDs: 200,190
- Music CDs: 5,174
- Mail Order packages: 35,525
- Visitors to libraries: 652,021
- New Library Cards issues: 9,483
- Library of Things: 2,297
For additional information about location, hours of operation, and special events at Chelan and Manson Public Libraries, click the links below.
Chelan Library
Manson Library
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Chelan Public Library
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