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NPL Wrapped 2024

It’s that time of year again: NPL Wrapped 2024!!!!
See below the top-5 most checked-out books by genre that Norwich readers couldn’t get enough of this year.

FICTION

  1. The Women – Kristin Hannah
  2. The Hunter – Tana French
  3. James – Percival Everett
  4. Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
  5. The Frozen River – Ariel Lawhon

MYSTERY

  1. The Ghost Orchid – Jonathan Kellerman
  2. Daughter of Mine – Megan Miranda
  3. The Unquiet Bones – Loreth Anne White
  4. The Comfort of Ghosts – Jacqueline Winspear
  5. Everyone on This Train is a Suspect – Ernest Cunningham

SCIENCE FICTION

  1. Iron Flame – Rebecca Yarros
  2. A Psalm for the Wild-Built – Becky Chambers
  3. Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros
  4. The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown
  5. The Three-Body Problem – Cixin Liu

BIOGRAPHY

  1. Chasing Beauty – Natalie Dykstra
  2. Grief is for People – Sloane Crosley
  3. Landlines – Raynor Winn
  4. The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
  5. The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn

NONFICTION

  1. 10-Minute Strength Training Exercise for Seniors – Ed Deboo
  2. An Unfinished Love Story – Doris Kearns Goodwin
  3. Forever Strong – Gabrielle Lyon
  4. The Backyard Bird Chronicles – Amy Tan
  5. The Demon of Unrest – Erik Larson

YOUNG ADULT

  1. Heartstopper Volume 3 – Alice Oseman
  2. Heartstopper Volume 5 – Alice Oseman
  3. Heartstopper Volume 1 – Alice Oseman
  4. Gather – Kenneth Cadow
  5. The Mona Lisa Vanishes – Nicholas Day

CHILDREN’S

  1. The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and the Bad Joke – Arley Nopra
  2. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas – Dave Pilkey
  3. Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows – Asia Citro
  4. The Baby-Sitters Club: Dawn and the Impossible Three – Gale Galligan
  5. Francine Pascal’s Sweet Valley Twins: Choosing Sides – Nicole Andelfinger