Most-anticipated library books of Winter 2019

Last month we explored the most-loaned books of Fall 2019, but as we head into a new year, we wanted to find out which titles readers are anxiously awaiting their turn to read!

We identified the titles with the highest hold counts in the Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Juvenile/YA categories based on BNC LibraryData-tracked holds in Canada at the close of the week ending Dec. 22, 2019.

A note on LibraryData data: Some of the entries below are entire series, while others are individual titles. Libraries report their circulation data based on how ISBNs are catalogued in their systems. Because some libraries catalogue multiple books in a series together, the circulation data we receive is catalogued together as well. Looking for more information on how this works? You can learn more about what we call ISBN Clusters here. 

10 most-anticipated Fiction books

1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 🇨🇦

2. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

3. The Guardians by John Grisham

4. The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

5. Blue Moon by Lee Child

6. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

7. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

8. A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci

9. Reproduction by Ian Williams 🇨🇦

10. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

10 most-anticipated Non-Fiction books

1. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 🇨🇦

2. Becoming by Michelle Obama

3. The Body by Bill Bryson

4. Educated by Tara Westover

5. Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

6. Me by Elton John

7. Inside Out by Demi Moore

8. Dear Girls by Ali Wong

9. Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

10. The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter 🇨🇦

10 most-anticipated Juvenile and YA books

1. Guts by Raina Telgemeier

2. Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney

3. Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey

4. For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey

5. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

6. Boy-Crazy Stacey by Ann M. Martin

7. The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

8. The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan

9. Legacy by Shannon Messenger

10. Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

10 most-anticipated Canadian books

1. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 🇨🇦

2. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 🇨🇦

3. Reproduction by Ian Williams 🇨🇦

4. A Better Man by Louise Penny 🇨🇦

5. The Innocents by Michael Crummey 🇨🇦

6. Akin by Emma Donoghue 🇨🇦

7. Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson 🇨🇦

8. The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter 🇨🇦

9. Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin 🇨🇦

10. The Billionaire Murders by Kevin Donovan 🇨🇦

How will 2020 shake out for library books across Canada? You’ll have to stay tuned to find out. If you’re interested in more information on the intersection of book buying and borrowing, check out our study Borrow, Buy, Read: Library Use and Book Buying in Canada. And if you work at a library that’s interested in our LibraryData project, find out how you can start sending us your circulation data!