As 2024 draws to a close, the Vancouver Island Regional Library has released a list of the books borrowed most by Islanders this year.
Based on data from 39 branches, which include those in Sooke and Sidney to the Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii, from thrillers to fantasies, here are the books Islanders read the most in 2024.
Adult print fiction: The Women by Kristin Hannah
Set in 1965, this novel tells the story of 23-year-old nursing student Frances McGrath, who lives a sheltered life on Coronado Island. But when her brother ships out to fight in Vietnam, she follows suit, joining the Army Nurse Corps. Soon, however, McGrath is faced with a world she has never experienced B次元官网网址� one swirling with violence, destruction and political division.
Demon Copperhead: a Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
Tom Lake: a Novel by Ann Patchett
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Secret by Lee Child
The Covenant of Water: a Novel by Abraham Verghese
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
Adult print non-fiction: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Mate
Written by a Canadian physician with decades of clinical experience, The Myth of Normal examines the causes of stress and trauma in an increasingly health-obsessed society.
Fire Weather: the Making of a Beast by John Vaillant
Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
Breath: the New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Outlive: the Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: an Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Wager: a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
EBooks: DonB次元官网网址檛 Believe It by Charlie Donlea
Mystery lovers rejoice. In this hard-to-put down novel, a filmmaker works help clear the name of a woman convicted of murder, but soon suspects she may be part of a sinister game.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor
The Women: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Random in Death by J.D. Robb
Payback in Death by J.D. Robb
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
Tom Lake: a Novel by Ann Patchett
Digital audiobooks: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A story full of magic, love, romance and loss, this fantasy story follows a student attending a war college, where she masters of the art dragon riding.
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
The Locked Door by Freida McFadden
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Twisted Love by Ana Huang
