Canadian female authors have topped the charts for the most-read books in the Comox Valley last year, according to Vancouver Island Regional Library.

In addition, a Comox Valley author has also cracked the top-10 list with her sixth novel.

VIRL recently released its most-read books of 2022, and in the Comox Valley - which includes titles specific to Comox, Cumberland and Courtenay branches - Louise Penny鈥檚 The Madness of Crowds was the most-read book in the adult list.

That was followed by Canadian authors Miriam Toews鈥檚 Fight Night and Michelle Good鈥檚 Five Little Indians. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny鈥檚 State of Terror: A Novel took the fourth spot while Comox Valley鈥檚 Emily St. John Mandel鈥檚 sixth novel, Sea of Tranquility rounded out the top five.

In the sixth spot was Lee Child鈥檚 Better Off Dead, followed by Anthony Doerr鈥檚 Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel, Brit Bennett鈥檚 The Vanishing Half, Kristin Hannah鈥檚 The Four Winds and Michael Connelly鈥檚 The Dark Hours.

The local list follows fairly closely with VIRL鈥檚 most popular library books throughout their system borrowed throughout the year.

Visit to see the top 10 lists for young adult, children鈥檚 books, ebooks and digital audiobooks for 2022.

VIRL is the fifth largest library system in British Columbia and has 39 branch libraries and more than five million items circulated.

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