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Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in September '26. Ft. top 10 from @biblioasis.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and @invisibooks.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadians borrowed in September 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11–50. Based on reports from August 30 to September 27, 2026.
October 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in August '26. Ft. top 10 from @biblioasis.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadians borrowed in August 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11–50. Based on reports from August 2 to 30, 2026.
September 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in July '26. Ft. top 10 from @biblioasis.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, & @coachhousebooks.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadians borrowed in July 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11–50. Based on reports from July 5 to August 2, 2026.
August 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in June '26. Ft. top 10 from @invisibooks.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, & @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadians borrowed in June 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11–50. Based on reports from May 31 to June 28, 2026.
July 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
Thanks to BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in May '26. Ft. top 10 from @invisibooks.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, & @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadians borrowed in May 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11–50.
June 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in March 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @invisibooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social & @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadians borrowed in April 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11–50.
May 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in March 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, & @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadian's borrowed in March 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11–50.
April 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in February 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @invisibooks.bsky.social, and @coachhousebooks.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadian's borrowed in February 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.
March 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in January 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadian's borrowed in January 2026. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.
February 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in December 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, & @coachhousebooks.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadian's borrowed in December 2025. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in October 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
A graphic featuring the top 50 independently published books Canadian's borrowed in November 2025. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in October 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.
Graphic of what indie books Canadian's borrowed in October 2025. The top 10 books are represented by their covers, followed by a list of books 11 - 50.
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in Sept 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social & @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social.
A poster reading "What indie books did Canadians borrow in September 2025?" Featuring the covers of the top 10 most-borrowed books: The Sleeping Car Porter, The Marrow Thieves, Dandelion, Moon of the Crusted Snow, What I Know About You, Jonny Appleseed, Retirement Income for Life, Indigenous Rights in One Minute, Scarborough, Denison Avenue.
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in Aug 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, and @biblioasis.bsky.social.
A poster reading "What indie books did Canadians borrow in August 2025?" Featuring the covers of the top 10 most-borrowed books: The Marrow Thieves, Dandelion, Moon of the Crusted Snow, What I Know About You, Retirement Income for Life, Scarborough, Encampment, Beneath Dark Waters, Off Menu, The Notebook.
September 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Cdns. borrowed most in July 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @biblioasis.bsky.social.
A poster reading "What indie books did Canadians borrow in July 2025?" Featuring a top 10 with the covers of Dandelion, Moon of the Crusted Snow, Fifteen Dogs, The Marrow Thieves, What I Know About You, Retirement Income for Life, The Notebook, Herman Classics, Beneath Dark Waters, and Denison Avenue.
August 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Cdns. borrowed most in June 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @biblioasis.bsky.social.
A poster reading "What indie books did Canadians borrow in June 2025?" Featuring a top 10 with the covers of Dandelion, Moon of the Crusted Snow, Scarborough, What I Know About You, The Marrow Thieves, The Notebook, The Sleeping Car Porter, Fifteen Dogs, Denison Avenue, and A Perfect Day for a Walk.
July 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Cdns. borrowed most in May 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, & Véhicule Press.
A poster reading "What indie books did Canadians borrow in May 2025?" Featuring the covers of the top 10: Dandelion, What I Know About You, Scarborough, Denison Avenue, Moon of the Crusted Snow, The Sleeping Car Porter, The Notebook, The Marrow Thieves, Retirement Income for Life, and Hotline.
June 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from independent lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in April 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, & @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.
A poster reading "What Indie Books did Canadians Borrow in April 2025?" There is a list of fifty titles; the top 10 pictured at the top are Dandelion, Denison Avenue, What I Know About You, Moon of the Crusted Snow, The Notebook, Fifteen Dogs, The Sleeping Car Porter, The Marrow Thieves, Retirement Income for Life, and All Our Ordinary Stories.
May 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from independent lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in March 2025. Feat. a top 10 from @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, & @biblioasis.bsky.social.
A poster graphic reading "What Indie Books did Canadians Borrow in March 2025?" with a top 10 of Dandelion, What I Know About You, Butter Honey Pig Bread, Moon of the Crusted Snow, Denison Avenue, The Marrow Thieves, The Notebook, Fifteen Dogs, The Sleeping Car Porter, and Retirement Income for Life.
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from independent literary publishers Canadians borrowed most in February 2025. Feat. a top 10 from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @cormorantbooks.bsky.social.
A poster reading "What Indie Books did Canadians Borrow in February 2025?" Featuring a top 10 of What I Know About You, Moon of the Crusted Snow, Dandelion, Butter Honey Pig Bread, Denison Avenue, Giraffe and Bird, March Roars, Retirement Income for Life, The Sleeping Car Porter, and The Marrow Thieves.
March 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
lpgcanada.bsky.social
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here are the 50 books from independent literary publishers Canadians borrowed most in January 2025. Feat. a top 10 from @ecwpress.bsky.social, Coach House Books, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @biblioasis.bsky.social, and @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
A poster reading: "What indie books did Canadians borrow in January 2025? Featuring a top 10 of Denison Avenue, The Sleeping Car Porter, What I Know About You, Moon of the Crusted Snow, Giraffe and Bird, The Marrow Thieves, Scarborough, Crosses in the Sky, Retirement Income for Life, and Butter Honey Pig Bread.
February 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
infodocket.bsky.social
#Canada: Most Circulated #Books 2025 (via BookNet Canada) www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/researc... #libraries #librarydata #lists
January 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
isawlibrary.bsky.social
*NEW* ISAWLib Blog: Federico Di Pasqua describes his experiments with #generativeAI looking to make @isawnyu.bsky.social data and collections more accessible and useful. He also publishes his draft code for the “ISAW AI Librarian.” #librarydata #nextgenreference isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
Experimenting with the ISAW AI Librarian
A guest blog post by Federico Di Pasqua, who spent several weeks in the ISAW during the Fall 2024 term experimenting with deploying generative AI to find potential avenues for making ISAW Library coll...
isaw.nyu.edu
December 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
laurab7.bsky.social
Most circulated books of 2023 among Canadian library patrons. www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/researc...
Most circulated books of 2023 — BookNet Canada
Using LibraryData, we’ve identified the most circulated titles of 2023.
www.booknetcanada.ca
December 14, 2023 at 2:44 PM
librarieshacked.bsky.social
A very nice data blog and a reminder that the loans data collected as part of administration of PLR is the most powerful dataset the library and reading sector have, and should be open data, published in as close to real-time as possible.

#LibraryData #OpenData
jmswallow.bsky.social James Swallow @jmswallow.bsky.social · Feb 9
New blog: Something Borrowed (2025 Edition) - looking at my Top Ten library loans, with thanks to @britishlibrary.bsky.social & the PLR team!
jswallow.com/something-bo...
Public Lending Right UK & Ireland
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM