Bethlehem’s
Most Borrowed 2024
It’s been a busy year of borrowing at Bethlehem Public Library, but some items went out more than others. We’ve tallied up some of the most-loved loans of 2024, broken down by category and based on the number of times those items were checked out.
As we head into 2025 and start lining up our reading goals for the new year, it seemed like a good time to share some of your most-loved loans of 2024.
Up first is our most borrowed novel: “The Women” by Kristin Hannah. This historical fiction blockbuster tells the story of Frances “Frankie” McGrath, a young nurse who serves in the United States Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. It was also the top pick for e-books and e-audiobook, too!
The most borrowed DVD of 2024? “Oppenheimer,” a drama about the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. What will we watch in 2025?
As we examine the impact of smartphones, social media and overprotective parenting, this title rose to the top of non-fiction checkouts in 2024: “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” by Jonathan Haidt.