Last month we explored the most-loaned books of Fall 2019, but as we head into a new year, we wanted to find out which titles readers are anxiously awaiting their turn to read!
We identified the titles with the highest hold counts in the Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Juvenile/YA categories based on BNC LibraryData-tracked holds in Canada at the close of the week ending Dec. 22, 2019.
A note on LibraryData data: Some of the entries below are entire series, while others are individual titles. Libraries report their circulation data based on how ISBNs are catalogued in their systems. Because some libraries catalogue multiple books in a series together, the circulation data we receive is catalogued together as well. Looking for more information on how this works? You can learn more about what we call ISBN Clusters here.
10 most-anticipated Fiction books
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 🇨🇦
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Guardians by John Grisham
The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
Blue Moon by Lee Child
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
Reproduction by Ian Williams 🇨🇦
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
10 most-anticipated Non-Fiction books
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 🇨🇦
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Body by Bill Bryson
Educated by Tara Westover
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
Me by Elton John
Inside Out by Demi Moore
Dear Girls by Ali Wong
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter 🇨🇦
10 most-anticipated Juvenile and YA books
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey
For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Boy-Crazy Stacey by Ann M. Martin
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan
Legacy by Shannon Messenger
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
10 most-anticipated Canadian books
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 🇨🇦
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 🇨🇦
Reproduction by Ian Williams 🇨🇦
A Better Man by Louise Penny 🇨🇦
The Innocents by Michael Crummey 🇨🇦
Akin by Emma Donoghue 🇨🇦
Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson 🇨🇦
The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter 🇨🇦
Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin 🇨🇦
The Billionaire Murders by Kevin Donovan 🇨🇦
How will 2020 shake out for library books across Canada? You'll have to stay tuned to find out. If you're interested in more information on the intersection of book buying and borrowing, check out our study Borrow, Buy, Read: Library Use and Book Buying in Canada. And if you work at a library that's interested in our LibraryData project, find out how you can start sending us your circulation data!
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