Here are the Toronto Public Library’s most borrowed books of 2020
Here are the Toronto Public Library’s most borrowed books of 2020
Torontonians borrowed a record eight million audio and ebooks this year By Kevin Ritchie
Samuel Engelking
Michelle Obama’s Becoming memoir topped the list of the most-borrowed books at the Toronto Public Library (TPL) for a second year in a row.
As with most sectors in 2020, it was an unusual year for the library, leading to unusual trends in borrowing habits. Four of this year’s top 10 books are 2019 titles, including the year’s most borrowed book.
Last year’s titles carried over partly because the pandemic forced many publishers to delay big 2020 titles to 2021. And with physical branches closed for parts of the year, digital borrowing shot up by 32 per cent over the previous year.