The yearB次元官网网址檚 most borrowed books at some of CanadaB次元官网网址檚 biggest libraries include B次元官网网址淭he WomenB次元官网网址� by Kristin Hannah and B次元官网网址淔ourth WingB次元官网网址� by Rebecca Yarros.
The Toronto Public Library says many of its most-borrowed books for 2024 centre on strong female characters.
B次元官网网址淔ourth WingB次元官网网址� and its sequel B次元官网网址淚ron FlameB次元官网网址� top the list at the TPL, which is the nationB次元官网网址檚 largest and busiest library system.
The books, which were both published last year, are part of the Empyrean series, fantasy romance novels about a heroine named Violet Sorrengail who attends a war college for dragon riders.
HannahB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Women,B次元官网网址� which was released in February, is No. 2 on TorontoB次元官网网址檚 list, but it tops lists at the Halifax Public Library and the Saskatoon Public Library.
The 2022 novel B次元官网网址淟essons in ChemistryB次元官网网址� by Bonnie Garmus was also popular at all three libraries, coming in second in Toronto, third in Halifax and fifth on SaskatoonB次元官网网址檚 list of adult fiction books.
Top-performing non-fiction titles at the three libraries include B次元官网网址淎tomic HabitsB次元官网网址� by James Clear, a self-help book published in 2018 that argues tiny changes can have a big impact.
The Toronto Public Library also released its most-borrowed Canadian titles, and local author Carley Fortune features prominently.
Two of her romance novels top the list: B次元官网网址淭his Summer Will Be Different,B次元官网网址� published this year, and last yearB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淢eet Me at the Lake,B次元官网网址� while her 2022 debut B次元官网网址淓very Summer AfterB次元官网网址� comes in 10th.
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press
