Most borrowed ebooks in 2023

[issybird]

The following is Libby's list of the most circulated ebooks in 2023, based on data from 16,000 libraries:

• Fiction: “Verity,” by Colleen Hoover.
• Nonfiction: “Spare,” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.
• Romance: “Verity,” by Colleen Hoover.
• Mystery & Thriller: “Verity,” by Colleen Hoover.
• Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Fourth Wing,” by Rebecca Yarros.
• Historical Fiction: “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” by Anthony Doerr.
• Biography & Memoir: “Spare,” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.
• History: “Spare,” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

Somewhat more granular lists would have been more interesting! At least granular enough to sift out the two dupes.

The New York Public Library's ranked list of most borrowed books in any medium:

1. “Lessons in Chemistry,” by Bonnie Garmus.
2. “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” by Gabrielle Zevin.
3. “Spare,” by Prince Harry.
4. “Book Lovers,” by Emily Henry.
5. “Verity,” by Colleen Hoover.
6. “Yellowface,” by R.F. Kuang.
7. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride.
8. “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
9. “It Ends with Us,” by Colleen Hoover.
10. “Daisy Jones & the Six,” by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

A little more scope with this.

[drofgnal]

I’ve read two off that list. Lessons in Chemistry, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, which I thought was ok, but a letdown from All the Light We Can Not See.