What books are Canadian library patrons loving so far in 2022? Using LibraryData, BookNet’s national library collection and circulation analysis tool, we were able to identify the most loaned and most held titles overall and by Canadian contributors.
Another thing we learned from analyzing library circulation data from January and February 2022, is that the subject that saw the largest increase in loans month-over-month was Juvenile at 38% with Fiction being next at 1%.
In the Non-Fiction category, there was a decrease of 41% in the number of loans month-over-month, similar to the performance of the Young Adult category which saw a decrease of 35%. Overall loans decreased by 2% from January to February in Canadian libraries.
Top 10 most-loaned titles
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin & various
The Presence Process by Michael Brown
The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
The Wrong Carlos by James Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark
Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
Plants vs. Zombies series by Paul Tobin & various
Top 10 most-loaned Canadian titles
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny 🍁
State of Terror by Louise Penny 🍁 and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good 🍁
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield 🍁
Indian in the Cabinet by Jody Wilson-Raybould 🍁
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad 🍁
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena 🍁
Fight Night by Miriam Toews 🍁
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson 🍁
The Push by Ashley Audrain 🍁
Top 10 most-held titles as of Feb. 27, 2022
The Maid by Nita Prose 🍁
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton 🍁
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad 🍁
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Judge's List by John Grisham
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Top 10 most-held Canadian titles as of Feb. 27, 2022
The Maid by Nita Prose 🍁
State of Terror by Louise Penny 🍁 and Hillary Rodham Clinton
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad 🍁
Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer 🍁
Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard 🍁
Fight Night by Miriam Toews 🍁
The Strangers by Katherena Vermette 🍁
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good 🍁
Indian in the Cabinet by Jody Wilson-Raybould 🍁
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield 🍁
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