Octavia Butler Interest Spikes, Ina Garten Is Top-Searched Memoir
Google Trends reports on books has issued the following data. All data is based on the U.S. unless otherwise stated
Books & Reading
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“fantasy series” searches are at an all-time high, and Piranesi was the top-trending fantasy book searched in the past 90 days
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Search interest in the late-Pasadena born author, Octavia E. Butler, hit a five year high following the Eaton fire in Altadena
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Goodreads search-interest hit an all-time high in January and overtook search interest in Wattpad for the first time in a decade in 2025
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Search interest in “booktok movies” doubled in the past week, and Better Than The Movies was a breakout related search
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“Book boyfriend” was a top-searched “boyfriend meaning” search in the past week, and “allison holker book” was the top-trending “book boyfriend” in the past week
MAP: Ina Garten was the top-searched memoir in the past month
Top searched “books about…”
Past week, US
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Kindness
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Love
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Greek mythology
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Depression
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Friendship
Top trending books
Past week, US
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Inner Excellence, by Jim Murphy
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Fallen, by Lauren Kate
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Wings of Starlight, by Allison Saft
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Onyx Storm, by Rebecca Yarros
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James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
MAP: graphic novels were searched +25% more than romance novels in the past month
