Victorians are big readers and big library users. Greater Victoria Public Library members borrowed the highest number of items, per capita, in the country as measured by the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.

To cap off the year, GVPL has compiled a list of the top ten most borrowed books in 2017 from all 11 library branches.

Two Canadians made the top ten. Madeleine ThienB次元官网网址檚 Do Not Say We Have Nothing, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor GeneralB次元官网网址檚 Award, claimed the top spot, and mystery writer Louise Penny, closed off the list at number 10 with A Great Reckoning, the latest book in the Armand Gamache mystery series.

Paula HawkinsB次元官网网址檚 Into the Water came in at number two, the spot she held on GVPLB次元官网网址檚 2016 list with her book The Girl on the Train.

B次元官网网址淗awkins was able to capitalize on the fame of her first novel and get another book out when readers were hungry for more,B次元官网网址� says Rina Hadziev, GVPLB次元官网网址檚 coordinator of collections and technical services.

Hadziev notes there are other familiar names on the 2017 list. B次元官网网址淛ohn Grisham and Michael Connelly appear twice. They both published books in the late fall of 2016 and in mid-2017, so seeing both books appear isnB次元官网网址檛 surprising. They are popular authors, and they are prolific.B次元官网网址�

Mysteries and thrillers dominate the list. Says Hadziev: B次元官网网址淥ur community loves a good mystery.B次元官网网址漈itles for your 2018 reading list

Are you adventurous, creative, curious or an epicurean? GVPL produced personalized reading lists for all interests. Take the libraryB次元官网网址檚 quiz at , then enjoy recommendations to read, watch, listen and learn.

Greater Victoria Public LibraryB次元官网网址檚 Most Borrowed Books of 2017

B次元官网网址� Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

B次元官网网址� Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (Girl on Train was #2 checked out in 2016)

B次元官网网址� The Whistler by John Grisham

B次元官网网址� Camino Island by John Grisham

B次元官网网址� Night School by Lee Child

B次元官网网址� The Late Show by Michael Connelly

B次元官网网址� The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

B次元官网网址� The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

B次元官网网址� The Fix by David Baldacci

B次元官网网址� A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

B次元官网网址� Jessica Woollard is a communications officer with the Greater Victoria Public Library