Most Popular in 2024
Library staff have compiled reports to discover 2024's popular items at Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi. The books are listed in order of how many times they were borrowed this year.
- The Secret Lee Child and Andrew Child
- No Plan B Lee Child and Andrew Child
- Did I Ever Tell You This? Sam Neill [NZ]
- The women Kristin Hannah
- No Brainer Jeff Kinney
- The exchange John Grisham
- The spy coast Tess Gerritsen
- Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton [NZ]
- The last devil to die Richard Osman
- Spot goes to school Eric Hill
- The Gruffalo's child Julia Donaldson
- The 13-storey treehouse Andy Griffiths
- The year of the locust Terry Hayes
- The bullet that missed Richard Osman
- Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 : the eleventh epic novel Dav Pilkey
- Spare Prince Harry
- The last secret agent : my untold story of life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson [NZ]
- Upside down Danielle Steel
- Hairy Maclary's hat tricks Lynley Dodd
- Think twice Harlan Coben
Top in 2024
Top in 2024
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