Top Titles Borrowed from the Library in 2018
January 10, 2019
New Year, new you! Check out the most popular titles in 2018 (and find a new read, watch or listen to kick start your 2019):
| Top 10 Fiction | ||
| Title | Author | |
| 1 | Camino Island | Grisham, John |
| 2 | The Late Show | Connelly, Michael |
| 3 | Glass Houses | Penny, Louise |
| 4 | The Fix | Baldacci, David |
| 5 | Don’t Let Go | Coben, Harlan |
| 6 | Two Kinds of Truth | Connelly, Michael |
| 7 | The Midnight Line | Child, Lee |
| 8 | End Game | Baldacci, David |
| 9 | The Rooster Bar | Grisham, John |
| 10 | A Great Reckoning | Penny, Louise |
| Top 10 Non-Fiction | ||
| Title | Author | |
| 1 | Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House | Wolff, Michael |
| 2 | The Hidden Life of Trees: What they Feel, How they Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World | Wohlleben, Peter |
| 3 | Forgiveness: A Gift from my Grandparents | Sakamoto, Mark |
| 4 | The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing | Kondo, Marie |
| 5 | Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood | Noah, Trevor |
| 6 | A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership | Comey, James B., Jr. |
| 7 | Precious Cargo: My Year Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077 | Davidson, Craig |
| 8 | Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Gawande, Atul |
| 9 | Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis | Vance, J. D. |
| 10 | Educated: A Memoir | Westover, Tara |
| Top 10 Teen Titles | ||
| Title | Author | |
| 1 | The Marrow Thieves | Dimaline, Cherie |
| 2 | Turtles All the Way Down | Green, John |
| 3 | The Hate U Give | Thomas, Angie |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 | Rowling, J. K. |
| 5 | La Belle Sauvage | Pullman, Philip |
| 6 | The Fault in our Stars | Green, John |
| 7 | Carve the Mark | Roth, Veronica |
| 8 | The Giver | Lowry, Lois |
| 9 | Six of Crows | Bardugo, Leigh |
| 10 | Renegades | Meyer, Marissa |
| Top 10 Children’s Titles | ||
| Title | Author | |
| 1 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down | Kinney, Jeff |
| 2 | The Wizard’s Wand: The Ninth Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy | Stilton, Geronimo |
| 3 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway | Kinney, Jeff |
| 4 | Thea Stilton and the Venice Masquerade | Stilton, Thea |
| 5 | I Will Take a Nap! | Willems, Mo |
| 6 | The Hunt for the Hundredth Key | Stilton, Geronimo |
| 7 | I Really Like Slop! | Willems, Mo |
| 8 | No Time to Lose: the Fifth Journey Through Time | Stilton, Geronimo |
| 9 | The Treasure of the Sea | Stilton, Geronimo |
| 10 | Thea Stilton and the Madagascar Madness | Stilton, Thea |
| Top 10 eBooks | ||
| Title | Author | |
| 1 | Make Me: Jack Reacher Series, Book 20 | Child, Lee |
| 2 | Small Wars: A Jack Reacher Story | Child, Lee |
| 3 | Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir | McGaha, Jennifer |
| 4 | 15th Affair: Women’s Murder Club Series, Book 15 | Patterson, James |
| 5 | Fool Me Once | Coben, Harlan |
| 6 | The Last Mile: Amos Decker Series, Book 2 | Baldacci, David |
| 7 | The Guilty: Will Robie Series, Book 4 | Baldacci, David |
| 8 | The Girl on the Train | Hawkins, Paula |
| 9 | Deep Down: A Jack Reacher Story | Child, Lee |
| 10 | Fetching Raymond: A Story from the Ford County Collection | Grisham, John |
| Top 10 eAudiobooks | ||
| Title | Author | |
| 1 | Night School: Jack Reacher Series, Book 21 (unabridged) | Child, Lee |
| 2 | 15th Affair: Women’s Murder Club Series, Book 15 (unabridged) | Patterson, James |
| 3 | The Black Box: Harry Bosch Series, Book 16 (unabridged) | Connelly, Michael |
| 4 | Rogue Lawyer: A Novel (unabridged) | Grisham, Jon |
| 5 | Deep Down: A Jack Reacher Novella (unabridged) | Child, Lee |
| 6 | Make Me: Jack Reacher Series, Book 20 (unabridged) | Child, Lee |
| 7 | Career of Evil: Cormoran Strike Series, Book 3 (unabridged) | Galbraith, Robert |
| 8 | The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel (unabridged) | Gaiman, Neil |
| 9 | The Gods of Guilt: Mickey Haller Series, Book 5 (unabridged) | Connelly, Michael |
| 10 | Glass Houses: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series, Book 13 (unabridged) | Penny, Louise |
Why These Titles are Popular?
Local Librarian for Vancouver Island Regional Library, Steinunn Benjaminsson, comments that customers really loved their dark, suspenseful stories in 2018. These are mainly fast-moving, gripping reads that temporarily whisk you away for some exciting escapism.
“The fact that four authors appear more than once on these lists tells me that many of our readers really know what they like and happily turn to their favourite authors over and over again.”
In the non-fiction category, Benjaminsson adds, “The popularity of these non-fiction titles, half of which are biographies, illustrates how fascinated we are by the life experiences of others. The riveting cultural and political climate south of our nation’s border has clearly also inspired VIRL’s readers this year.”
Benjaminsson also notes that it’s no surprise that children’s book authors, Mo Willems and Jeff Kinney, made the top 10: “Comedy is always king. Willems writes books that are funny enough to make grown-ups genuinely laugh out loud and Kinney really ‘gets’ kids’ humour.”
