MOST BORROWED TITLES JULY 2008 – JUNE 2009
Contents Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult & Children Combined) Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult) Most Borrowed Children’s Fiction Titles Most Borrowed Non-Fiction Titles (Adult) Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction Titles Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Adult) Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Children)
Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult & Children Combined)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. James Patterson Sail Century 2008 2. Linwood Barclay No Time for Goodbye Orion 2008 3. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 7th Heaven Century 2008 4. James Patterson & Howard Roughan You’ve Been Warned Headline 2007 5. Sadie Jones The Outcast Chatto & Windus 2008 6. Lee Child Nothing to Lose Bantam 2008 7. Patricia Cornwell The Front Little Brown 2008 8. Harlan Coben Hold Tight Orion 2008 9. John Grisham The Appeal Century 2008 10. Joanna Trollope Friday Nights Bloomsbury 2008 11. Kate Morton The House at Riverton Pan 2007 12. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend Orion Children’s 2006 13. Ian Rankin Exit Music Orion 2007 14. James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge The Quickie Headline 2007 15. Ian Rankin Doors Open Orion 2008 16. Danielle Steel Rogue Bantam 2008 17. Kathy Reichs Devil Bones William Heinemann 2008 18. Margaret Cezair-Thompson The Pirate’s Daughter Headline Review 2008 19. Julia Gregson East of the Sun Orion 2008 20. Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns Bloomsbury 2007
Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. James Patterson Sail Century 2008 2. Linwood Barclay No Time for Goodbye Orion 2008 3. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 7th Heaven Century 2008 4. James Patterson & Howard Roughan You’ve Been Warned Headline 2007 5. Sadie Jones The Outcast Chatto & Windus 2008 6. Lee Child Nothing to Lose Bantam 2008 7. Patricia Cornwell The Front Little Brown 2008 8. Harlan Coben Hold Tight Orion 2008 9. John Grisham The Appeal Century 2008 10. Joanna Trollope Friday Nights Bloomsbury 2008 11. Kate Morton The House at Riverton Pan 2007 12. Ian Rankin Exit Music Orion 2007 13. James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge The Quickie Headline 2007 14. Ian Rankin Doors Open Orion 2008 15. Danielle Steel Rogue Bantam 2008 16. Kathy Reichs Devil Bones William Heinemann 2008 17. Margaret Cezair-Thompson The Pirate’s Daughter Headline Review 2008 18. Julia Gregson East of the Sun Orion 2008 19. Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns Bloomsbury 2007 20. Maeve Binchy This Year it will be Different Orion 2007
Most Borrowed Children’s Fiction Titles
Author Title Publisher Year 1. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend Orion Children’s 2006 2. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman Orion Children’s 2007 3. Claire Freedman and Ben Cort Aliens Love Underpants Simon & Schuster 2007 4. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) My Sister Jodie Doubleday 2008 5. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Bloomsbury 2007 6. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry Meets the Queen Orion Children’s 2004 7. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter Dolphin 2002 8. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry’s Underpants Dolphin 2003 9. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry Robs the Bank Orion Children’s 2008 10. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry and the Mega- Mean Time Machine Dolphin 2005 11. Francesca Simon (illus David Pace) Horrid Henry and Other Stories Orion Children’s 1995 12. Joseph Delany The Spook’s Apprentice Red Fox 2005 13. Julia Donaldson (illus Axel Scheffler) Gruffalo Macmillan Children’s 1999 14. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick Orion Children’s 2005 15. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry’s Christmas Cracker Orion Children’s 2006 16. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry’s Revenge Dolphin 2001 17. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse Orion Children’s 2004 18. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb Orion Children’s 2003 19. Lucy Cousins Maisy, Charley and the Wobbly Tooth Walker 2006 20. Julia Donaldson (illus Axel Scheffler) The Gruffalo’s Child Macmillan Children’s 2005
Most Borrowed Non-Fiction Titles (Adult)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. Delia Smith Delia’s How to Cheat at Cooking Ebury 2008 2. Tim Butcher Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart Vintage 2008 3. Paul O’Grady At My Mother’s Knee Transworld 2008 4. Clarissa Dickson Wright Spilling the Beans Hodder & Stoughton 2007 5. Dawn French Dear Fatty Century 2008 6. Griff Rhys Jones Semi-detached Penguin 2007 7. Frances Osborne The Bolter Virago 2009 8. Julie Walters That’s Another Story Weidenfeld & Nicolson2008 9. Bill Bryson The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Doubleday 2006 10. Nigella Lawson Nigella Express Chatto & Windus 2007 11. Sheila Hancock Just Me Bloomsbury 2008 12. Home Office Life in the United Kingdom TSO 2007 13. Michael Parkinson Parky Hodder & Stoughton 2008 14. Peter Kay The Sound of Laughter Century 2006 15. Gervase Phinn The Heart of the Dales Michael Joseph 2007 16. Richard Dawkins The God Delusion Bantam Press 2006 17. Carol Klein Grow Your Own Veg Mitchell Beazley 2007 18. Cherie Blair Speaking for Myself Little Brown 2008 19. Christine Padesky & Dennis Greenberger Mind Over Mood Guilford Press 1995 20. Jamie Oliver Jamie’s Ministry of Food Michael Joseph 2008
Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction Titles
Author Title Publisher Year 1. Lauren Child Charlie and Lola’s Opposites Orchard 2007 2. Mick Inkpen One Year with Kipper Hodder Children’s 2007 3. David McKee Elmer’s First Counting Book Anderson 2007 4. Lauren Child Charlie and Lola’s Colours Watts 2007 5. Mick Inkpen One Year with Kipper Hodder Children’s 2006 6. Lucy Cousins Maisies Big Flap Book Walker Books 2007 7. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Jacky Daydream Doubleday 2007 8. Lauren Child Charlie and Lola’s Things Orchard 2007 9. Lauren Child Charlie and Lola’s Shapes Orchard 2007 10. illus Annie Kubler Peek-a-book: Nursery Games Child’s Play 2005 11. Lauren Child Charlie and Lola’s Animals Watts 2007 12. Lauren Child Charlie and Lola’s Numbers Orchard 2007 13. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Totally Jacqueline Wilson Doubleday 2007 14. Stella Blackstone (illus Christopher Corr) My Granny Went to Market Barefoot 2006 15. illus Kate Merritt The Wheels on the Bus Ladybird 2005 16. Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt Alphabet Ice Cream Puffin 2007 17. Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt Alphabet Ice Cream Puffin 2006 18. Mick Inkpen Kipper’s A to Z Hodder Children’s 2002 19. Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt Alphabet Ice Cream Penguin 2008 20. Dawn Sirett Animals Dorling Kindersley 2008
Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Adult)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. J D Salinger Catcher in the Rye Penguin 1994 2. Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca Virago 2003 3. Daphne Du Maurier Jamaica Inn Virago 2003 4 Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Vintage 2004 5. Agatha Christie Elephants Can Remember HarperCollins 2002 6. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Vintage 2005 7. Daphne Du Maurier Frenchman’s Creek Virago 2003 8. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Arrow 1989 9. Daphne Du Maurier Hungry Hill Virago 2008 10. Agatha Christie Sad Cypress HarperCollins 2001 11 Agatha Christie After the Funeral HarperCollins 2001 12. Daphne Du Maurier Mary Anne Virago 2004 13. Daphne Du Maurier My Cousin Rachel Virago 2003 14. Daphne Du Maurier The Glass-blowers Virago 2004 15. Daphne Du Maurier The House on the Strand Virago 2003 16. Agatha Christie The Clocks HarperCollins 2002 17. Agatha Christie Dead Man’s Folly HarperCollins 2002 18. Daphne Du Maurier The Scapegoat Virago 2004 19. Georgette Heyer Footsteps in the Dark Arrow 2006 20. Daphne Du Maurier The Parasites Virago 2005
Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Children)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The BFG Puffin 2001 2. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Danny the Champion of the World Puffin 2001 3. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Puffin 2001 4. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Witches Puffin 2001 5. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) James and the Giant Peach Puffin 2001 6. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Matilda Puffin 2001 7. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Enormous Crocodile Puffin 2001 8. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Puffin 2001 9. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The BFG Penguin 2007 10. J R R Tolkien (illus David Wyatt) The Hobbit Collins 1998 11. Ian Beck Chicken Licken OUP 2003 12. Michael Bond Paddington Here and Now HarperCollins 2008 13. Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Puffin 2005 14. Dodie Smith (illus David Roberts) The Hundred and One Dalmations Egmont 2006 15. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Twits Cape 2003 16. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) George’s Marvellous Medicine Cape 2003 17. Michael Bond (illus R W Alley) Paddington in the Garden HarperCollins 2008 18. Ian Beck The Tortoise and the Hare OUP 2003 19. Hilda Offen The Wizard’s Warning Happy Cat 2007 20. C S Lewis (illus Pauline Baynes) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins 1998
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