Did you know that the sales of Fiction / Women print books increased 55% in the last five years in the Canadian market? In today’s instalment of our Subject spotlight series we share insights into the sales and library circulation of this subject category using data collected via our SalesData and LibraryData services.
Buying Fiction / Women
Looking at the sales of Fiction / Women titles in the second quarter of 2022 vs. 2021, we see that books that fall in this subject category sold more in 2021. That being said, the year-over-year difference in sales decreased as the months passed, in April the year-over-year difference was 17%, in May 13%, and in June 2%. This means that while sales were lower in 2022 compared to 2021, the sales of Fiction / Women titles increased 48% from April 2022 to June 2022.
Borrowing Fiction / Women
When it comes to borrowing, the story is different — 2022 was a better year for library circulation of FIction / Women compared to 2021.
Overall, year-over-year loans increased by 41% and renewals increased by 53%. Looking at loans by month, we see that the most significant increase happened in June 2022 when loans were 69% higher than the previous year. The same is true for renewals, in June 2022 renewals saw the highest increase compared to 2021 at 117%.
Focusing on 2022, we see that loans of Fiction / Women increased by 37% from April to June and renewals increased by 31%. In 2021, loans saw a decrease of 7% by the end of the quarter, renewals decreased by 31%.
Reading Fiction / Women
Here are the top selling and top borrowed Fiction / Women titles from the second quarter of 2022.
Top borrowed
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Top selling
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 🍁
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
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Until next time!
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