A variety of books, ebooks, and audiobooks were in high demand in 2024.
That comes from Vancouver Island Regional Library, who have put together a list of the top 10 most popular titles taken by residents throughout all of their 39 branches. This includes ones in the Comox Valley, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Cowichan Valley, and the North Island.
They say these titles range in genres as part of four different lists.
In the top 10 most popular adult print fiction, The Women by Kristin Hannah holds the top spot. The book follows a young nurse who served in the US Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War.
Demon Copperhead: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver and The Exchange: After the Firm by John Grisham hold the number two and three spots respectively in that list.
For the adult non-fiction list, the Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté is number one, with Britney Spear’s own memoir called The Woman in Me at number eight. In the number 10 slot is Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, which was later adapted into a film directed by Martin Scorsese.
The most popular Ebook among library visitors was Don’t Believe It by Charlie Donlea, a thriller-mystery, while the most popular audiobook being Rebecca Yarros’s best-selling romantasy Fourth Wing.
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