Most circulated Canadian books of 2025

We’ve shared the most circulated books and the bestselling books of 2025. And now we’re moving our focus to book buying and borrowing for books by Canadian contributors.

The following lists are based on circulation data in Canada from December 30, 2024 to December 28, 2025, according to LibraryData, BookNet’s national sales tracking service for the Canadian English-language trade book market.

A quick note about the lists: LibraryData uses ISBN clusters to track circulation, holds, etc. in the system. This differs from SalesData, which reports data at a per-ISBN level. We do this because of how libraries report their collection data to us — their data is broken out by their Catalog ID or record. Each record can contain multiple ISBNs, often all of the editions of a single work. When you use the library, you put a hold on a copy of Pride and Prejudice, for example, and you usually don't mind which particular edition or ISBN you receive — just that you get the first available copy! Some clusters may contain ISBNs for different but related works. For example, occasionally all of the titles in a series or set may be clustered as a single work.

Top 10 most circulated Canadian Fiction books of 2025

1. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny 🍁

2. The Maid by Nita Prose 🍁

3. This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune 🍁

4. One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune 🍁

5. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune 🍁

6. The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose 🍁

7. What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena 🍁

8. The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue 🍁

9. Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena 🍁

10. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny 🍁

You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Most Circulated Titles in Canada in 2025 – Canadian Fiction.

This list features five titles from last year’s list, including The Maid by Nita Prose, which, up until 2024, had been #1 for three years, and it’s now #2.

Romance and Mystery make up the majority of the subjects, with three titles falling under each category.

Top 10 most circulated Canadian Non-Fiction books of 2025

1. Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 🍁

2. Values by Mark Carney 🍁

3. Outlive by Peter Attia MD 🍁 and Bill Gifford

4. The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté MD 🍁 and Daniel Maté 🍁

5. At a Loss for Words by Carol Off 🍁

6. Ducks by Kate Beaton 🍁

7. Every Salad Ever by Greta Podleski 🍁

8. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad 🍁

9. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 🍁

10. The War We Won Apart by Nahlah Ayed 🍁

You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Most Circulated Titles in Canada in 2025 – Canadian Non-Fiction.

Four Non-Fiction titles returned to the top 10: Outlive by Peter Attia MD and Bill Gifford, The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté MD and Daniel Maté, Ducks by Kate Beaton, and Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry.

Greta Podleski’s Every Salad Ever and Mark Carney’s Values also made it to the Non-Fiction bestselling books of 2025.

Top 10 most circulated Canadian Juvenile and Young Adult books of 2025

1. The Baby-sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin 🍁

2. I Survived graphic novel series by Lauren Tarshis 🍁

3. Guinness World Records series by Guinness World Records

4. Sonic the Hedgehog series by Ian Flynn 🍁

5. Robert Munsch collection

6. Scaredy Squirrel series by Mélanie Watt 🍁

7. PAWS series by Nathan Fairbairn 🍁; illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn 🍁

8. Adventure Time series by Pendleton Ward, Kate Leth 🍁, et al.

9. Witches of Brooklyn series by Sophie Escabasse 🍁

10. Sparks! series by Ian Boothby 🍁; Illustrated by Nina Matsumoto 🍁

You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Most Circulated Titles in Canada in 2025 – Canadian Juvenile & Young Adult.

This year’s list is almost identical to 2024’s, except for the appearance of the I Survived graphic novel series by Lauren Tarshis and the Guinness World Records series.

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