Feb 12, 2021 - News

The ebooks Des Moines has read throughout the coronavirus pandemic

Jason Clayworth,
Linh Ta

Illustration of an electronic book. — Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

Des Moines residents checked out 262,509 eBooks or eAudiobooks from the public library in 2020, library staffers told us.

By the numbers: That’s up more than 40% from the previous year, as physical circulation plummeted about 50%.

Top eBooks:

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

Top eAudiobooks :

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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