TORONTO—  Readership of comics and graphics novels surged in 2022 as compared with 2021. This was true for both Fiction and Non-Fiction books. Fictional comics and graphic novels saw higher readership in both print (15% in 2022 vs. 3% in 2021) and ebook formats (16% in 2022 vs. 2% in 2021). Non-Fiction comics and graphic novels also saw an increase for print (12% in 2022 vs. 7% in 2021) and ebook readership (10% in 2022 vs. 6% in 2021). Across all formats, readers are buying less and borrowing more in 2022 compared with 2020. This trend is most pronounced for print books. In 2022, 52% of readers paid for their print books, compared to 61% in 2020.