News and Stories

The results are in! We’ve tallied up the titles you, our patrons, borrowed the most in 2022. We have the top 10 most popular adult fiction print titles, Young Adult books, Children’s books, eBooks and digital audiobooks.

See what book lovers across our Vancouver Island Regional Library system borrowed this past year and find inspiration for your next read.

Top 10 most popular adult print titles:

1. Dream Town by David Baldacci
2. One Step Too Far: A Novel by Lisa Gardner
3. The Match by Harlan Coben
4. The Judge’s List by John Grisham
5. The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
6. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
7. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
8. State of Terror: A Novel by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton
9. Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child
10. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny

Top 10 Most Popular YA (Young Adult) Novels:

1. Heartstopper. Volume 3 by Alice Oseman
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3. The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Barnes
4. Heartstopper. Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
5. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
6. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
7. Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline
8. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
9. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
10. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Top 10 Most Popular Children’s Books:

1. The Hospital Dog by Julie Donaldson
2. An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 4 by Moe Willems
3. Think Big! By Robert Munsch
4. Dog Man. For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dave Pilkey
5. Dog Man. Grime and Punishment. By Dave Pilkey
6. Dog Man. Fetch-22. By Dave Pilkey
7. Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot by Dave Pilkey
8. Dog Man. Mothering Heights. By Dave Pilkey
9. Peppa Pig and the Earth Day Adventure 
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney

Top 10 Most Popular EBooks of 2022:

1. The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly
2. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
3. The Break by Katherena Vermette
4. Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child
5. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
6. State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton
7. The Last thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave
8. The Judge’s List by John Grisham
9. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
10. The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

The Top 10 Most Popular Digital Audiobooks of 2022:

1. The Girl in His Shadow (unabridged) by Audrey Blake
2. An Accidental Death (unabridged) by Peter Grainger
3. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (unabridged) by Michael Singer
4. Until Leaves Fall in Paris (unabridged) by Sarah Sundin
5. The Four Winds: A Novel (unabridged) by Kristin Hannah
6. Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (unabridged) by Tonya Kappes
7. Pieces of Her (unabridged) by Karin Slaughter
8.  False Witness (unabridged) by Karin Slaughter
9. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think (unabridged) by Brianna Wiest
10. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer