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Having worked at a library (and I have no horse in this race) I've seen books get checked out once and be ruined and I've seen books last a few years. YA and children's books get far less checkouts before they must be recycled. However, we had paperbacks that had been dropped in the tub, kicked through mud, had coffee spilled on and so on that became unreadable.
I would not say 26 is any kind of average, especially compared to a hardback, although two years for a YA is not unreasonable. A popular YA such as Harry Potter? Our library ordered 5 copies of each volume. I think two of those lasted under a year.
It really varies by book and patrons.
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