Rakuten Kobo is the worldwide quantity two participant within the e-reader house, subsequent to the Amazon Kindle. Thousands and thousands of individuals purchase e-books on their Kobo and skim them every day. Do you ever marvel what the overwhelming majority of Canadians are studying on their Kobo? The corporate has simply issued its annual 2024 E book Report.
Household Day (February 19) was Canada’s most-read day this yr. This excessive level led to a shocking spring stoop for our e-book fanatics as Canadians took benefit of the top of winter. Nevertheless, our audiobook aficionados stayed constant all year long, listening to the equal of over 8,732 years in 2024.
Leaning into Studying
Canadians turned to digital studying this yr to coach themselves on well timed subjects, leading to a six % improve in non-fiction studying in comparison with 2023. Whereas movie star memoirs took centre stage final yr, this yr, Canadians regarded to the previous and the long run with historical past and self-help books like The Artwork Thief by Michael Finkel and Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy.
Novel Inspirations
As with final yr, page-to-screen diversifications continued to draw new readers, with a few of the yr’s largest on-screen hits drawing inspiration from the web page. After Shōgun dominated the awards circuit, the hit present’s followers couldn’t get sufficient – main the 1975 novel by A.L. Sadler that it was primarily based on to see a 1281 % improve in readership. The Concept of You by Robinne Lee and Apples By no means Fall by Liane Moriarty additionally noticed readers flock to their supply materials in droves this yr with will increase of 892 per cent and 497 per cent respectively, whereas Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us stayed regular as essentially the most learn page-to-screen adaptation.
#BookTok and the Maas Impact
Due to a lift from #BookTok, Romantasy reigned supreme in 2024 – with Sarah J. Maas holding court docket with six titles on the highest 20 bestselling eBooks of the yr and 4 of the yr’s high 10 bestselling fiction books. Whether or not you’re group Rhysand or Tamlin, we are able to all agree that that’s an achievement worthy of Feyre’s coronary heart!
Canada’s high 10 bestselling eBooks of 2024
- The Misplaced Bookshop by Evie Woods
- The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
- Babel by R.F. Kuang
- Home of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
- Traitors Gate by Jeffrey Archer
- A Courtroom of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
- A Courtroom of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- A Courtroom of Wings and Smash by Sarah J. Maas
Canada’s high 10 bestselling audiobooks of 2024
- The Misplaced Bookshop by Evie Woods
- The Ladies by Kristin Hannah
- A Courtroom of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.Ok. Rowling
- The Highland Women at Conflict by Helen Yendall
- The Manor Home by Gilly Macmillan
- Her Secret Conflict by Pam Lecky
- The Yacht by Sarah Goodwin
- The Traitors by C. A. Lynch
- The Full Poppy Conflict Trilogy by R.F. Kuang
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the previous fifteen years. Newspapers and web sites such because the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Publish and the New York Occasions have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
