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Like everyone else it seems, theLouisville Free Public Library has shared its end-of-the-year Wrap. But rather than telling the story of a Brat summer, LFPL's Wrap shows an incredible number of books borrowed.

Here's a look at LFPL patrons' 2024 borrowing habits by the numbers:

3,129,433 physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks
142,387 DVD/Blu-Rays
3,733 board games
15,346 laptops
77 telescopes — yep, you read that right. Turns out LFPL lends out a lot more than books.

But LFPL wasn't just lending out books this year — it was also investing in major renovation projects on several of its branches. A $1.5 million grant by the James Graham Brown Foundation this year helped fund the ongoing restoration of the Parkland and Portland libraries, along with overhauls to the award-winning main branch.