As we welcome in the new year, the Guelph Public Library has shared its most borrowed books of 2024.
The top adult fiction book? The Women by Kristen Hannah, which was also the top book at the Cambridge Public Library.
In adult non-fiction, the Driver’s Handbook and the Guinness Book of Records always top the list.
Besides that, popular non-fiction interests seem to range from living a long life to eating good food, hiking, and knowing what Britney Spears has been up to.
The full list of most borrowed adult fiction and non-fiction are below. Did your favourite make the list?
Adult Fiction Books
- The Women by Kristen Hannah
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- First Lie Wins by Ashley Elton
- Resurrection Walk by Micheal Connelly
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Adult Non-Fiction Books
- Outlive: the Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
- The myth of normal: trauma, illness and healing in a toxic culture by Gabor Mate
- 5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food by Jamie Oliver
- Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: a memoir by Matthew Perry
- Doppelganger: a trip into the mirror world by Naomi Klein
- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
- My name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
- Waterloo, Wellington & Guelph hikes: 35 loop routes by Nicola Ross
- The Menopause Manifesto: own your health with facts and feminism by Dr. Jen Gunter
- Run Towards the Danger: confrontations with a body of memory by Sarah Polley
In terms of junior materials, series like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey and Baby-sitters Club by Ann M. Martin tend to outshine other titles, said Michelle Campbell, deputy CEO of the GPL.
For picture books, Dinosaur Party (Peppa Pig) and The Pigeon Has to Go to School by Mo Willems topped the list for 2024.
Campbell added non-book items like disc golf sets, headphones, Ontario Parks passes, mobile hotspots, tablets and radon detectors were also very popular in 2024.
