MENOMONIE – The Menomonie Public Library recently posted their Top Checkouts from 2024 on their website.
In a statement from the library staff, “As we begin a new year (Hi, 2025!) it’s wonderful to reflect on all the fun we’ve had at the Library this past year. You checked out all kinds of books, puzzles, movies, puppets and more.
“For the curious among us, enjoy our top 10 checkout lists at MPL from 2024. Maybe you’ll find yourself a little somethin’ to check out in 2025. All of us at the Library look forward to another year of exploring our materials, connecting and building community together.”
In the adult non-fiction section, Justin Whitnel Earley’s 2019 title, The Common Rule earned the top spot. In the adult fiction category, author Frieda McFadden cleaned up with five of the top 10 selections by Menomonie readers, including the top book, The Teacher, published in 2024. McFadden claimed not only the top selection, but Nos. 2, 3, 5, and 7.
For those not yet attached to the streaming likes of Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video or Disney+, the library offers racks of DVDs, with the 2023 release of The Holdovers, a film featuring Paul Giamatti.
In the early education Children’s Checkouts, who could not fall for the cute and cuddly Ermine puppet the library has available to take home. Library hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Children’s Checkouts
Ermine Puppet
Beaked Dragon Puppet
Bluey Floor Puzzle
Llama Llama ABC by Anna Dewdney
Miss Banks Pulls Lots of Pranks!(Playaway) by Dan Gutman
Rockets Puppy Friends by Tad Hills
Look, It’s Moo Moo Cow by Camilla Reid
Brown Bear and Friends ABC Inspired by the Bill Martin/Eric Carle original
Bear Hugs from Brown Bear and Friends
Griffin Puppet
Adult Non-Fiction
The Common Rule by Justin Whitmel Earley
Secret Wisconsin by Tom Manus
Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia Yang
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
Never Leave the Dogs Behind by Brianna Madia
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Making a House a Home by Suzanna Salk
Organized Living by Shira Gill
Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners by Elena Paravantes
Adult Fiction
The Teacher by Freida McFadden
One by One by Freida McFadden
Never Lie by Freida McFadden
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden
The Secret by Lee Child & Andrew Child
The Coworker by Freida McFadden
Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
DVDs
The Holdovers
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Wonka
Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part One
Among Wolves
The Hunger Games the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Barbie
Muzzle
A Haunting in Venice
Oppenheimer
