It is entirely possible that Lady Pole,  your friendly South Branch Librarian missed the memo that year-in-review posts are to come before the year ends. Despite being bombarded with year-end lists throughout the month of December, and despite having created a similar post last year in December, I somehow still managed to think that a look back at 2016 belongs at the beginning of 2017. Thus, the first Saturdays @ the South post of the New Year is a retrospect of the South Branch of the old year.

While I mentioned already that I’m eager to leave 2016 in the rear-view mirror, one thing I never have trouble looking back on is the year in book and media that have gone out from the South Branch.
It’s fun for me to see what has been the most popular and that information, in turn, helps me decide what to purchase during the coming year. Thanks to the very helpful folks at NOBLE who were kind enough to pull the data for me, I have a few “top 10” lists on what has been the most popular at the South Branch. And, because (as I’ve mentioned a few times before) I love infographics, I’ve put together those lists in infographic form. (Also, if you’re not as into infographics as I am, I’ve collected them on a Pinterest board.) So for your edification and enjoyment, here are the greatest hits from the South Branch from 2016:

Did your favorites make the list? Are you surprised by what you found here? There were a couple of surprises for me, including the fact that 2 of the non-fiction books that were the most popular this year can only be found at the South Branch and are not available anywhere else in the NOBLE catalog.

Till next week, dear readers, I’ll continue to review what’s going on at the South Branch to ensure that it serves the needs of our community the best it possibly can and so we can make it an even better library in 2017.