Amor Towles’ “The Lincoln Highway†– Lincoln’s One Book One Lincoln selection and a really great 10-day adventure that starts in Nebraska – was the most checked-out book from Lincoln City Libraries last year.
The 1,243 times library patrons checked out the 588-page novel was among 2.8 million items checked out from Lincoln’s eight branches and the Lied Bookmobile. That’s a 4.3% increase in circulation of print materials over 2021.
Some other statistical trivia: Patrons visited library web pages over a million times last year and borrowed nearly 700,000 items electronically.
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The top 10 most popular books in 2022 and how many times they were checked out, following “The Lincoln Highway, are (drum roll): “Sparks Like Stars†by Nadia Hashimi (805); “Sparring Partners†by John Grisham (610); “The 6:20 Man†by David Baldacci (522); “Where the Crawdads Sing†by Delia Owens (504); “Run, Rose, Run†by Dolly Parton and James Patterson (484); “The Hotel Nantucket†by Erin Hilderbrand (473); “Dream Town†by David Baldacci (471); “Shattered†by James Patterson (463); and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days†by Jeff Kinney (456).