Discover the top Auckland Libraries checkouts in 2024
It’s official – Aucklanders are enthusiasts of books written by fellow New Zealanders!
Discover the most-borrowed books that made their way from Auckland Council Libraries into the homes and hearts of Aucklanders in 2024.
The year saw a rise in the popularity of Kiwi authors, with half of the 10 most borrowed books written by New Zealanders. Leading the charge and taking the top spot for 2024 was Olivia Spooner’s popular war-time love story, The Girl from London.
Three memoirs by New Zealanders also made the top ten list, thanks to the success of 2024 We Read Auckland / Ka Pānui Tātou Tāmaki Makaurau. The festival featured 16 must-read local stories in the highly revered Bestie collection, showcasing some of the most in-demand books in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Geronimo Stilton returned as a fan favourite in the children's fiction universe, taking the number two spot, with Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas under the Sea knocking Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from the top.
Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing reigned number one in adult eAudio books, a triumphant ascension from second place in 2023.
Meanwhile, JK Rowling's timeless favourites, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, were the two most-borrowed kids’ eAudio books in 2024.
Keep reading to discover the full list of Auckland’s most-borrowed library books, just in time for summer reading!
Top adult books 2024 (physical loans)
- The girl from London by Olivia Spooner*
- The secret by Lee Child
- The exchange by John Grisham
- The edge by David Baldacci
- Everything is beautiful and everything hurts by Josie Shapiro
- On call by Ineke Meredith*
- Lessons in chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Traitors gate by Jeffrey Archer
- The last secret agent: the untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines by Pippa Latour*
- Did I ever tell you this? A memoir by Sam Neill
* Titles included in the We Read Auckland 2024 Bestie collection
Top adult eBooks 2024
- The women by Kristin Hannah
- The midnight library by Matt Haig
- Don't believe it by Charlie Donlea
Top adult eAudio books 2024
- Fourth wing by Rebecca Yarros
- 101 essays that will change the way you think by Brianna West
- Iron flame by Rebecca Yarros
Top kids’ books 2024 (physical loans)
- Dog man: twenty thousand fleas under the sea by Dav Pilkey
- The gem gang (Geronimo Stilton, reporter #14) by Geronimo Stilton
- Dog man: fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey
Top kids’ eBooks 2024
- Stacey's mistake by Ellen T. Crenshaw, Ann M. Martin
- Claudia and the bad joke by Arley Nopra, Ann M. Martin
- Winter turning by Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes
Top kids’ eAudio books 2024
- Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets by J K Rowling
- Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling
- The world's worst teachers by David Walliams
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