MOST BORROWED TITLES JULY 2016 - JUNE 2017

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 Audio Titles (Adult) Most Borrowed Audio Titles (Children)

Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult & Children Combined)

Author Title Publisher Year

1. Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train Doubleday (Hardback) 2015 2. Make Me Bantam (Hardback) 2015 3. Lee Child Night School Bantam 2016 4. Lee Child Personal Bantam 2014 5. Lee Child Make Me Bantam (Paperback) 2016 6. Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train Black Swan(Paperback) 2016 7. Peter Robinson When the Music’s Over Hodder & Stoughton 2016 8. Cometh the Hour Macmillan 2016 9. James Patterson Bullseye Century 2016 10. David Baldacci The Last Mile Macmillan 2016 11. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Puffin 2015 12. Jojo Moyes After You Penguin 2016 13. Mark Billingham Die of Shame Little Brown 2016 14. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid Puffin 2008 15. Jeffrey Archer This Was a Man Macmillan 2016 16. James Patterson Never, Never Century 2016 17. Milly Johnson Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage Simon & Schuster 2016 18. Even Dogs in the Wild Orion 2015 19. The Crossing Orion 2015 20. (illus Tony Ross) Grandpa’s Great Escape HarperCollins 2015

Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult)

Author Title Publisher Year

1. Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train Doubleday (Hardback) 2015 2. Lee Child Make Me Bantam (Hardback) 2015 3. Lee Child Night School Bantam 2016 4. Lee Child Personal Bantam 2014 5. Lee Child Make Me Bantam (Paperback) 2016 6. Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train Black Swan(Paperback) 2016 7. Peter Robinson When the Music’s Over Hodder & Stoughton 2016 8. Jeffrey Archer Cometh the Hour Macmillan 2016 9. James Patterson Bullseye Century 2016 10. David Baldacci The Last Mile Macmillan 2016 11. Jojo Moyes After You Penguin 2016 12. Mark Billingham Die of Shame Little Brown 2016 13. Jeffrey Archer This Was a Man Macmillan 2016 14. James Patterson Never, Never Century 2016 15. Milly Johnson Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage Simon & Schuster 2016 16. Ian Rankin Even Dogs in the Wild Orion 2015 17. Michael Connelly The Crossing Orion 2015 18. Peter James Love You Dead Macmillan 2016 19. Harlan Coben Fool Me Once Century 2016 20. John Grisham Rogue Lawyer Hodder & Stoughton 2015

Most Borrowed Children’s Fiction Titles

Author Title Publisher Year 1. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Puffin 2015 2. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid Puffin 2008 3. David Walliams (illus Tony Ross) Grandpa’s Great Escape HarperCollins 2015 4. David Walliams (illus Tony Ross) The World’s Worst Children HarperCollins 2016 5. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Puffin 2009 6. (illus Quentin Blake) The BFG Puffin 2016 7. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Puffin 2016 8. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Puffin 2013 9. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck Puffin 2015 10. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Puffin 2010 11. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Puffin 2016 12. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Puffin 2012 13. David Walliams (illus Quentin Blake) HarperCollins 2010 14. Liz Pichon The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Scholastic 2011 15. David Walliams (illus Tony Ross) HarperCollins 2011 16. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Puffin 2009 17. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Bloomsbury 2014 18. Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel Puffin 2014 19. David Walliams (illus Quentin Blake) The Boy in the Dress HarperCollins 2009 20. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Twits Puffin 2016 Most Borrowed Non-Fiction Titles (Adult)

Author Title Publisher Year

1. Bill Bryson The Road to Little Dribbling Doubleday (Hardback) 2015 2. Joe Wicks Lean in 15: The Shape Plan Bluebird 2016 3. Bill Bryson The Road to Little Dribbling Black Swan (Paperback) 2016 4. Joe Wicks Lean in 15: The Shift Plan Bluebird 2015 5. Marie Kondo The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Vermilion 2014 6. Jamie Oliver Save with Jamie Michael Joseph 2013 7. Michael Mosley The 8-week Blood Sugar Diet Short Books Ltd 2015 8. Jamie Oliver Super Food Family Classics Michael Joseph 2016 9. Driving Standards Agency The Official DSA Theory Test for Car Drivers TSO 2012 10. Jo Scarratt-Jones & Helena Caldon Eat Well for Less BBC Books 2016 11. Ella Mills Woodward Deliciously Ella Every Day Yellow Kite 2016 12. Davina McCall Davina’s 5 Weeks to Sugar-free Orion 2015 13. Steve Peters The Chimp Paradox Vermilion 2012 14. Mark Williams & Danny Penman Mindfulness Piatkus 2011 15. Si King & Dave Myers The Hairy Dieters Fast Food Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2016 16. Ella Mills Woodward Deliciously Ella Yellow Kite 2015 17. Mary Berry Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect DK 2014 18. Driver & Vehicle Standards The Official DVSA Theory Test for Agency Car Drivers TSO 2015 19. Joe Wicks Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan Bluebird 2016 20. Sue Perkins Spectacles Penguin 2016

Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction Titles

Author Title Publisher Year 1. Julia Donaldson (illus Axel Scheffler) My First Gruffalo Spot and Say Macmillan Children’s 2015 2. Julia Donaldson (illus Axel Scheffler) Counting Macmillan Children’s 2016 3. Lauren Holowaty Peppa’s First Words Ladybird 2016 4. Julia Donaldson (illus Axel Scheffler) Colours Macmillan Children’s 2016 5. Anna Milbourne (illus Simona Dimitri) Peep Inside Space Usborne 2016 6. Sebastien Braun Can You Say it Too? Brrr! Brrr! Nosy Crow 2016 7. Axel Scheffler Pip and Posy: Look and Say Nosy Crow 2015 8. Fiona Watt (illus Stella Baggot) Baby’s Very First Play Book Animal Words Usborne 2016 9. Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s ABC Puffin 2015 10. Follow the Trail: Trucks DK 2016 11. Mike Brownlow (illus Simon Rickerty) Ten Little Dinosaurs Orchard Books 2015 12. Rebecca Gerlings Peppa Pig: Colours with Peppa Ladybird 2015 13. Sebastien Braun Can You Say it Too? Twit! Twoo! Nosy Crow 2015 14. Rod Campbell Early Starters: Who’s That? Macmillan Children’s 2016 15. Rebecca Gerlings Peppa Pig: Shapes with Peppa Ladybird 2015 16. Kes Gray (illus Jim Field) How Many Legs? Hodder Children’s 2016 17. Follow the Trail: Wild Animals DK 2016 18. Dawn Sirett Follow the Trail: Farm DK 2016 19. Rod Campbell Early Starters: 123 Macmillan Children’s 2015 20. Rod Campbell Early Starters: Let’s Name Macmillan Children’s 2016

Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Adult)

Author Title Publisher Year 1. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Arrow 2010 2. Agatha Christie The Double Clue and other Hercule Poirot Stories HarperCollins 2016 3. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Arrow 1989 4. J D Salinger The Catcher in the Rye Penguin 2010 5. Daphne du Maurier Rebecca Virago 2003 6. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Arrow 2015 7. John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men Penguin 2006 8. Nineteen Eighty-four Penguin 2008 9. Aldous Huxley Brave New World Vintage Classics 2007 10. George Orwell Animal Farm Penguin 2008 11. Daphne du Maurier My Cousin Rachel Virago 2003 12. J D Salinger The Catcher in the Rye Penguin 1994 13. George Orwell Animal Farm Penguin 2000 14. George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-four Penguin 2004 15. Agatha Christie And Then There Were None HarperCollins 2015 16. Graham Greene Brighton Rock Vintage Classics 2004 17. Daphne du Maurier Jamaica Inn Virago 2003 18. Agatha Christie Postern of Fate: A Tommy & Tuppence Mystery HarperCollins 2014 19. William Golding Lord of the Flies Faber & Faber 1997 20. Graham Greene Our Man in Havana Vintage Classics 2001

Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Children)

Author Title Publisher Year 1. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The BFG Puffin 2016 2. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Matilda Puffin 2016 3. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) George’s Marvellous Medicine Puffin 2016 4. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Puffin 2016 5. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Witches Puffin 2013 6. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Matilda Puffin 2013 7. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The BFG Puffin 2013 8. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) James and the Giant Peach Puffin 2013 9. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) George’s Marvellous Medicine Puffin 2013 10. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Twits Puffin 2007 11. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Puffin 2013 12. C S Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe HarperCollins 2009 13. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Great Mouse Plot Puffin 2016 14. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) George’s Marvellous Medicine Puffin 2016 15. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) George’s Marvellous Medicine Puffin 2014 16. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Fantastic Mr Fox Puffin 2014 17. J R R Tolkien The Hobbit HarperCollins 2013 18. Enid Blyton (illus Jamie Littler) Five and a Half-term adventure Hodder 2014 19. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Fantastic Mr Fox Puffin 2016 20. Arthur Ransome Swallows and Amazons Vintage 2012

Most Borrowed Audio Titles (Adult)

Author Title Publisher Year

1. Lee Child (read by Jeff Harding) Make Me Soundings Audio 2015 2. Lee Child (read by Jeff Harding) Personal Soundings Audio 2014 3. Dan Brown (read by Paul Michael) Inferno W F Howes 2013 4. Paula Hawkins (read by Claire Corbett, Louise Briely, India Fisher) The Girl on the Train Magna Story Sound 2015 5. Jeffrey Archer (read by Alex Jennings) Best Kept Secret ISIS Audio 2013 6. Ellie Dean (read by Penelope Freeman) While We’re Apart Soundings Audio 2015 7. Katie Flynn (read by Anne Dover) A Summer Promise Soundings Audio 2015 8. Lyn Andrews (read by Julie Maisey) Heart and Home Soundings Audio 2016 9. Anne Baker (read by Julie Maisey) Daughters of the Mersey Soundings Audio 2013 10. Anne Baker (read by Anne Dover) Liverpool Gems Soundings Audio 2016 11. Rita Bradshaw (read by Anne Dover) The Colours of Love Soundings Audio 2015 12. Jeffrey Archer (read by Alex Jennings) Cometh the Hour ISIS Audio 2016 13. Sophie Hannah (read by Julian Rhind-Tutt) The Monogram Murders HarperColins 2014 14. Pam Evans (read by Julie Maisey) The Apple of Her Eye Soundings Audio 2015 15. Robert Galbraith (read by Robert Glenister) The Cuckoo’s Calling ISIS Audio 2013 16. Peter James (read by Jamie Glover) Dead Man’s Grip W F Howes 2012 17. Ian Rankin (read by James MacPherson) Even Dogs in the Wild W F Howes 2016 18. Benita Brown (read by Janine Birkett) Counting the Days Soundings Audio 2014 19 Rosie Goodwin (read by Charlie Sanderson) The Soldier’s Daughter W F Howes 2015 20. Anna Jacobs (read by Penelope Freeman) Peppercorn Street Soundings Audio 2015

Most Borrowed Audio Titles (Children)

Author Title Publisher Year

1. David Walliams (read by David Walliams, Nitin Ganatra, ) Grandpa’s Great Escape HarperCollins 2015 2. David Walliams (read by David Walliams, Maggie Steed, Nitin Ganatra) HarperCollins 2014 3. David Walliams (read by David Walliams) HarperCollins 2011 4. David Walliams (read by David Walliams) HarperCollins 2012 5. David Walliams (read by David Walliams, Matt Lucas) Billionaire Boy HarperCollins 2011 6. David Walliams (read by David Walliams) Demon Dentist HarperCollins 2013 7. David Walliams (read by David Walliams Matt Lucas) Mr Stink HarperCollins 2010 8. Jeff Kinney (read by Ramon De Ocampo) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules W F Howes 2009 9. Jeff Kinney (read by Ramon De Ocampo) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw W F Howes 2009 10. Judith Kerr (read by Andrew Sachs, Geraldine McEwan) The Big Mog CD HarperCollins 2003 11. Jeff Kinney (read by Ramon De Ocampo) Diary of a Wimpy Kid W F Howes 2012 12. Jeff Kinney (read by Dan Russell) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Penguin 2015 13. David Walliams (read by David Walliams, Nitin Ganatra) The World’s Worst Children HarperCollins 2016 14. Terry Pratchett (read by Julian Rhind-Tutt) Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Stories 2014 15. Jeff Kinney (read by Dan Russell) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Penguin 2015 16. David Walliams (read by David Walliams) Demon Dentist HarperCollins 2013 17. Emma Thompson (read by Emma Thompson) The Further Tales of Peter Rabbit Warne 2016 18. J K Rowling (read by Stephen Fry) Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince Bloomsbury 2011 19. Jeff Kinney (read by Dan Russell) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel Puffin 2012 20. David Walliams (read by David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Morwenna Banks, Nitin Ganatra, Ellen Thomas) The Midnight Gang HarperCollins 2016

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