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Hamilton Public Library hits record 1 million digital book checkouts

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The Hamilton Public Library has reached a record one million digital book checkouts in 2020.

The figure includes eBook and eAudiobook checkouts and makes the Hamilton Public Library a top public library system worldwide in total digital circulation.

“Hamilton is a city of readers,” said Lisa Weaver, director of collections for the library.

“Hamiltonians are the reason we’ve reached this milestone – and two months earlier than expected.”

The library has released the list of the top titles borrowed in its digital collection this year.

The Top 10 eBook titles:

  1. Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel by Waubgeshig Rice
  2. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  3. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  4. Nine Perfect Strangers: A Novel by Liane Moriarty
  5. Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
  6. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  7. The Reckoning: A Novel by John Grisham
  8. Blue Moon: Jack Reacher Series, Book 24 by Lee Child
  9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Harry Potter Series, Book 1 by JK Rowling
  10. The Guardians: A Novel by John Grisham

The Top 10 eAudiobook titles:

  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Harry Potter Series, Book 1 by JK Rowling
  2. You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
  3. Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel by Waubgeshig Rice
  4. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
  5. The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders
  6. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
  7. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  8. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Alan Singer
  9. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  10. Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis

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