Elgin County Library 2024 Top Check Outs on a background of books on shelves

As 2024 draws to an end we thought it would be fun to take a look at what the most popular books of 2024 were, according to you, Elgin County readers.

The most checked out book of 2024, with 429 readers across all formats, was THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah!

If you haven’t read it yet, don’t worry, get your hands on a copy asap:

Graphic novels are having their moment! Elgin County kids love a great series too:

Dog Man series

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Baby-Sitters Little Sister series

The Baby-Sitters Club series

Wings of Fire series

Our youngest readers love these characters:

The Berenstain Bears

Bluey

Peppa Pig

Elephant and Piggie

Paw Patrol

Most popular Elgin Reads titles in 2024

Elgin Reads, is our no-strings digital book club. We choose a book each month that we make available to you on Libby with no wait times for the entire month! Then we welcome you to drop into the Elgin Reads Facebook Group the last week of the month to chat about the book, or not!

Our most popular Elgin Reads titles this year were:

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

And as a bonus for the month of December 2024 we are offering these titles through Libby with no wait times again, just in case you missed them earlier in the year! This is in addition to our title pick for the month: The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson.

What are we excited for in 2025?

And that’s a wrap on 2024! Hop over to our social media accounts to share with us what your favourite read of the year was. We love getting recommendations from you!