100 MOST BORROWED BOOKS (Metropolitan Boroughs)

July 2000 – June 20021

ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

1 0593039777 The Thursday friend Catherine Cookson Bantam 1999 2 0593042875 The blind years: a novel Catherine Cookson Bantam 1998

3 0593040929 The bonny dawn Catherine Cookson Bantam 1996 Harry Potter and the chamber 4 0747538484 J. K. Rowling Bloomsbury 1999 of secrets 5 0593042212 The solace of sin Catherine Cookson Bantam 1998 6 0752814478 Tara Road Maeve Binchy Orion 1998

7 0593034767 The desert crop Catherine Cookson Bantam 1997 Harry Potter and the 8 0747532745 J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury 1997 philosopher's stone 9 0749397543 Captain Corelli's mandolin Louis de Bernieres Minerva 1995 10 0747219990 Tomorrow the world Josephine Cox Headline 1998

11 059301359x The year of the virgins Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1993 12 0593041259 The bondage of love Catherine Cookson Bantam 1997

13 0718144082 Second wind Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1999 14 0593041887 The lady on my left: a novel Catherine Cookson Bantam 1997

15 0593034732 Riley Catherine Cookson Bantam 1998

16 0316646377 Little, Brown 1999 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Bloomsbury 17 074754624x J. K. Rowling 2000 fire Children's 18 0747220921 The whispering years Harry Bowling Headline 1999 Barbara Taylor 19 0002256940 A sudden change of heart HarperCollins 1998 Bradford 20 074722000x The gilded cage Josephine Cox Headline 1999

21 0316644404 Patricia Cornwell Little, Brown 1998 22 0316846791 Southern cross Patricia Cornwell Little, Brown 1999

23 0593028546 A ruthless need Catherine Cookson Bantam 1995 24 0747249598 Love me or leave me Josephine Cox Headline 1998

25 0747249571 Cradle of thorns Josephine Cox Headline 1997 Harry Potter and the prisoner 26 0747542155 J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury 1999 of Azkaban 27 0593042905 A house divided Catherine Cookson Bantam 1999 Angela's ashes: a memoir of a 28 000649840x Frank McCourt Flamingo 1997 childhood 29 1857970004 The copper beech Maeve Binchy Orion 1992 30 0593019369 Justice is a woman Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1994

31 0002258013 Tell me your dreams Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1998 32 0752804510 Evening class Maeve Binchy Orion 1996

33 0747220913 When the pedlar called Harry Bowling Headline 1998 34 0718143515 Field of thirteen Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1998

35 0593040708 Bittersweet Danielle Steel Bantam Press 1999 36 0718142454 10-lb penalty Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1997

37 0747220018 Somewhere, someday Josephine Cox Headline 1999 38 0747213755 The devil you know Josephine Cox Headline 1996

39 0712678212 The street lawyer John Grisham Century 1998 40 0593040759 Granny Dan Danielle Steele Bantam Press 1999

41 0316883344 Unnatural exposure Patricia Cornwell Little, Brown 1997 42 0593034309 Malice Danielle Steel Bantam 1996 Jacqueline Wilson: ill 43 0440862310 Glubbyslyme Yearling 1995 Jane Cope 44 0684821303 You belong to me Mary Higgins Clark Simon & Schuster 1998

45 0747213852 Love me or leave me Josephine Cox Headline 1998 46 0593028481 The upstart Catherine Cookson Bantam 1996

47 0593034791 The obsession Catherine Cookson Bantam 1995 Jacqueline Wilson: ill 48 0440863562 Bad girls Yearling 1997 Nick Sharratt 49 074721381x Cradle of thorns Josephine Cox Headline 1997 Harry Potter and the prisoner 50 0747546290 J. K. Rowling Bloomsbury 2000 of Azkaban 51 0712678263 The testament John Grisham Century 1999 52 1857979508 The glass lake Maeve Binchy Orion 1994

53 0593040724 Irresistible forces Danielle Steel Bantam 1999 54 0593042298 Kate Hannigan's girl Catherine Cookson Bantam 2000

55 0593014340 My beloved son Catherine Cookson Bantam 1991 56 0333747127 The breaker Minette Walters Macmillan 1998

57 0099245027 The testament John Grisham Arrow 1999 58 0752809636 Evening class Maeve Binchy Orion 1996

59 0593043618 The Klone and I Danielle Steel Bantam 1998 60 0684821311 We'll meet again Mary Higgins Clark Simon & Schuster 1999

61 0593040716 The ghost Danielle Steel Bantam Press 1997 62 0593040694 The long road home Danielle Steel Bantam 1998

63 0747222681 Stay as sweet as you are Joan Jonker Headline 1999

64 0712661360 The partner John Grisham Century 1997 65 0593034392 Mirror image Danielle Steel Bantam 1998

66 0593040740 Special delivery Danielle Steel Bantam 1997 67 0593038800 The branded man Catherine Cookson Bantam 1996

68 0316882534 Hornet's nest Patricia Cornwell Little, Brown 1997 69 0747223017 Wishes and tears Dee Williams Headline 1999

70 0751520268 Hornet's nest Patricia Cornwell Warner 1998 71 0747220239 When the wind blows James Patterson Headline Feature 1998

72 0593022572 Accident Danielle Steel Bantam 1994 73 0091801338 Harm done Ruth Rendell Hutchinson 1999

74 0747213283 Living a lie Josephine Cox Headline 1995 Jacqueline Wilson: + ill 75 0440863023 Mum-minder Yearling 1994 Nick Sharratt Jacqueline Wilson: ill 76 0440863112 The suitcase kid Yearling 1993 Nick Sharratt 77 0751519170 Patricia Cornwell Warner 1997

78 033376157x The remorseful day Colin Dexter Macmillan 1999 Barbara Taylor 79 0002241536 Dangerous to know HarperCollins 1995 Bradford 80 074453058x Where's my teddy? Jez Alborough Walker 1992

81 0718137531 Come to grief Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1995 82 0002256606 The best laid plans Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1997

83 075152543x Black notice Patricia Cornwell Warner 2000

84 0752838245 Scarlet Feather Maeve Binchy Orion 2000 85 0747220379 The ties that bind Lynda M. Andrews Headline 1999 Barbara Taylor 86 000224151x Everything to gain HarperCollins 1994 Bradford 87 0747222673 Try a little tenderness Joan Jonker Headline 1998 88 071813754x To the hilt Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1996

89 0593040082 Sweet Rosie Iris Gower Bantam 1999

90 0747213801 Miss you forever Josephine Cox Headline 1997 91 071266131x The runaway jury John Grisham Century 1996

92 0747220026 Rainbow days Josephine Cox Headline 2000 93 0333637712 Monsoon Wilbur Smith Macmillan 1999 Jacqueline Wilson: ill 94 0440863686 The illustrated mum Corgi Yearling 2000 Nick Sharratt Behind the scenes at the 95 0552996181 Kate Atkinson Transworld 1996 museum Barbara Taylor 96 0002256053 Power of a woman HarperCollins 1997 Bradford 97 0434009407 Hannibal Thomas Harris Heinemann 1999 98 074724958x Miss you forever Josephine Cox Headline 1998 99 0002326760 A place of execution Val McDermid HarperCollins 1999

100 0718136039 Wild horses Dick Francis M. Joseph 1994

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