Here's the most borrowed items from the Guelph Public Library in 2023

The Royal City wanted to know more about the royal family since Prince Harry’s book Spare made number one on the top non-fiction books borrowed from the Guelph Public Library.

In 2023 there was a total circulation of 1,885,099 transactions (does not include ebooks or audiobooks) at the Guelph Public Library. The number is up about 3.1 per cent from 2022 which had 1,815,792 transactions.

Here is the top 10 list for most checked out non-fiction books:

1. Spare by Prince Harry
2. The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
3. The Official MTO Driver’s Handbook
4. Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
5. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
6. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
7. Breath: The Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor 
8. Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
9. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
10. The Menopause Manifesto by Dr. Jen Gunter

The top 10 list for most checked out fiction books:

1. A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
4. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
5. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
6. Homecoming by Kate Morton
7. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
8. Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
9. Happy Place by Emily Henry
10. The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham

As for children’s books here are the top 10 most checked out:

1. Dog Man: Fetch 22 by Dav Pilkey
2. Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations by Dav Pilkey
3. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey
4. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey
5. Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
6. Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose by Dav Pilkey
7. The Pigeon Will Ride The Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems
8. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pilkey
9. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
10. Guts by Raina Telegmeir

The top 10 most checked out DVDs were:

1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. Ticket to Paradise
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
4. A Man Called Otto
5. Black Adam
6. Women Talking
7. The Fabelmans
8. Tár
9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
10. The Whale

The Library of Things are the top 10 items checked out at the library that aren’t books and they were:

1. Mobile hotspot
2. Ontario Parks pass
3. Disc golf set
4. Ozobot kit
5. Aranet4 CO2 monitor
6. Traffic Jam floor puzzle
7. Day at the Museum puzzle
8. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventure Begins cooperative board game
9. Snail’s Pace Race board game
10. Radon Detector