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Is MELSA becoming the first library system to have a 5-PEAT? Being OverDrive’s highest circulating consortium five years running, check out MELSA’s top circulated titles for 2025!
For the fifth year in a row, the Metropolitan Library Agency Service (MELSA) is Overdrive’s top-circulating consortium, having a total of 13.98M checkouts throughout 2025 and over 400,000 users. The largest regional library system by population in Minnesota, MELSA works with eight metro library systems and over 100 public library locations to ensure high-quality resources and programming for patrons across the region.
MELSA’s blueprint for success includes a dedicated team of library professionals from both MELSA and its member libraries that curate diverse and quality collections, always available titles for patrons to check out, and a community focus that guides their efforts to ensure accessibility and relevance.
Check out their most circulated titles for the past year below! You can check these out on the Libby app, your local library, or MNLINK (links provided for MNLINK).
- Fresh Water for Flowers
- Informed Risk
- The Guest List
- The Most Eligible Lord in London
- Hopeless Romantic
- Fairy Godmothers, Inc.: A Hilarious and Charming Feel-Good Read
- Pride and Pleasure
- Already Home
- The Arrangement
- Nightchaser
While there might be some wait times for these popular titles, you can check out MELSA's collection of “always available” titles on the Libby app, which consists of comics and collections from Minnesota and independent authors.
