What books did Canadian library patrons love in 2024? In this blog post, we share lists of the most circulated books by Canadian contributors in the Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Juvenile & Young Adult subject categories.
The following lists were created based on data from January 1, 2024, to December 1, 2024, using LibraryData, BookNet’s national library collection and circulation analysis tool.
A quick note about the Juvenile and Young Adult 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 2024
The Maid by Nita Prose 🍁
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune 🍁
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose 🍁
Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena 🍁
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune 🍁
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang 🍁
Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny 🍁
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt 🍁
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall 🍁
I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay 🍁
You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Most Circulated Titles in Canada in 2024 – Canadian Fiction.
The Maid by Nita Prose is the most circulated Canadian Fiction title for the third year in a row. Other authors who were also present in last year’s list are Louise Penny and Heather Marshall.
Top 10 most circulated Canadian Non-Fiction books of 2024
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 🍁
Outlive by Peter Attia MD 🍁 and Bill Gifford
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté MD 🍁 and Daniel Maté 🍁
Ducks by Kate Beaton 🍁
Closer Together by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau 🍁
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein 🍁
Fire Weather by John Vaillant 🍁
The Road Years by Rick Mercer 🍁
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley 🍁
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 🍁
You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Most Circulated Titles in Canada in 2024 – Canadian Non-Fiction.
Six Non-Fiction titles from last year’s lists returned to the top 10. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry moved from its number three position in last year’s lists to number one and The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté MD and Daniel Maté moved from number one to number three.
Malcolm Gladwell made it to the Non-Fiction bestselling books of 2024 with a different title, Revenge of the Tipping Point. Peter Attia’s Outlive also appears on that list. They’re the only two Canadian titles that made it to the bestselling Non-Fiction top 10.
Top 10 most circulated Canadian Juvenile and Young Adult books of 2024
The Baby-sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin
Sonic the Hedgehog series by Ian Flynn 🍁
Robert Munsch collection
Adventure Time series by Pendleton Ward, Kate Leth 🍁, et al.
Scaredy Squirrel series by Mélanie Watt 🍁
Sparks! series by Ian Boothby 🍁; Illustrated by Nina Matsumoto 🍁
Witches of Brooklyn series by Sophie Escabasse 🍁
PAWS series by Nathan Fairbairn 🍁; illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn 🍁
Whatever After series by Sarah Mlynowski 🍁
The Lunch Club series by Dom Pelletier 🍁
You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Most Circulated Titles in Canada in 2024 – Canadian Juvenile & Young Adult.
This year’s list is similar to last year’s top 10 except for the appearance of The Baby-sitters Club series, the Witches of Brooklyn series, the PAWS series, and The Lunch Club series.
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Using LibraryData, we’ve identified the most circulated Canadian titles of 2024.