April 2022 ILL Activity

During April 2022 there were 11,554 requests filled through the NHAIS ILL System by 235 separate libraries.

The median number of requests filled by a single library last month was 45 (so half filled more and half filled fewer). There were 32 libraries that filled at least one, but fewer than 10 requests. Seventeen libraries filled 100 or more requests last month. Nearly all  of the filled requests last month (99.8%) were for books.

What was being requested? Here are the top 10 titles for which requests were filled in April 2022:

1. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig   (#9 last month)
   
2. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
3. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict    
4. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave   
5. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams    
6. There was a tie:
   Look to the Mountain by LeGrand Cannon 
   A Good Neighborhood by Therese Fowler   
7. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman    
8. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (#1 last month)
   
9. There was a tie:
   Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (#4 last month)
   Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips    
10. Another tie:
    The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel   
    Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown 
    Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce