WORCESTER – CW Mars, a digital library consortium of 158 libraries in Central and Western Massachusetts, announced on Wednesday that it surpassed two million digital book checkouts in 2022 for the second consecutive year. CW Mars, which includes Worcester Public Library and Shrewsbury Public Library, is 21st of all public library consortia.
The leader in digital checkouts in 2022 was Los Angeles Public Library, which became the first system to ever surpass 10 million digital checkouts.
CW Mars also released its 2022 most borrowed titles. The most borrowed ebooks from the CW Mars digital collection in 2022 were:
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
The top 5 audiobooks from the CW Mars digital collection in 2022 were:
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Learn more about how to use the CW Mars collection here.