Most Borrowed Authors July 2016 - June 2017

MOST BORROWED AUTHORS JULY 2016 - JUNE 2017

(Adult & Children Combined)

1. James Patterson A 2. Julia Donaldson C 3. Daisy Meadows C 4. Roald Dahl C 5. Roderick Hunt C 6. Francesca Simon C 7. M C Beaton A 8. Adam Blade C 9. Nora Roberts A 10. Jacqueline Wilson C 11. Anna Jacobs A 12. Lee Child A 13. Danielle Steel A 14. David Walliams C 15. David Baldacci A 16. Fiona Watt C 17. Michael Morpurgo C 18. Claire Freedman C 19. Enid Blyton C 20. Jeff Kinney C 21. Jeanne Willis C 22. Lucy Cousins C 23. Holly Webb C 24. Clive Cussler A 25. Peter James A 26. John Grisham A 27. Michael Connelly A 28. Harlan Coben A 29. Ann Cleeves A 30. Kes Gray C 31. Liz Pichon C 32. Jeffrey Archer A 33. Ian Rankin A 34. Mick Inkpen C 35. Terry Deary C 36. Peter Bently C 37. Giles Andreae C 38. J D Robb A 39. Alexander McCall Smith A 40. David McKee C 41. J K Rowling A/C

42. Agatha Christie A 43. Peter May A 44. Tony Ross C 45. Dilly Court A 46. Eric Hill C 47. Susan Lewis A 48. Steve Smallman C 49. Katie Flynn A 50. Valerie Thomas C 51. Val McDermid A 52. Peter Robinson A 53. Erica James A 54. Rosie Banks C 55. Janet & Allan Ahlberg C 56. Tracey Corderoy C 57. David Melling C 58. Santa Montefiore A 59. Rosie Goodwin A 60. Lauren Child C 61. Linwood Barclay A 62. Debbie Macomber A 63. Rachel Renee Russell C 64. Bernard Cornwell A 65. Carole Matthews A 66. Elly Griffiths A 67. Ian Whybrow C 68. Katie Fforde A 69. Jojo Moyes A 70. Lynda La Plante A 71. Jeffery Deaver A 72. Josephine Cox A 73. Rick Riordan C 74. Timothy Knapman C 75. Michael Rosen C 76. Caryl Hart C 77. Jo Nesbo A 78. Sue Hendra C 79. Roger Priddy C 80. Terry Pratchett C 81. Stephen Leather A 82. Rod Campbell C 83. Emma Dodd C 84. Andy McNab A 85. Mark Billingham A 86. Wilbur Smith A 87. Jean & Gareth Adamson C 88. Alan MacDonald C 89. Lyn Andrews A 90. Anthony Horowitz A 91. Rebecca Tope A 92. Stephen King A 93. Philippa Gregory A 94. Edward Marston A 95. Jeremy Strong C

96. Vivian French C 97. Martina Cole A 98. Russell Punter C 99. Tess Gerritsen A 100. Dav Pilkey C 101. Mary Higgins Clark A 102. Chris Ryan A 103. Emma Chichester Clark C 104. Anita Ganeri C 105. Sue Graves C 106. Emily Gravett C 107. Nick Sharratt C 108. Patricia Cornwell A 109. Stuart MacBride A 110. Maeve Binchy A 111. Kathy Reichs A 112. Judith Kerr C 113. Jenny Colgan A 114. Steve Cole C 115. Roger Hargreaves C 116. Ruth Rendell A 117. Quintin Jardine A 118. Sophie Hannah A 119. Jill Murphy C 120. Cecelia Ahern A 121. Laurence Anholt C 122. Kate Ellis A 123. Jill Mansell A 124. Nicci French A 125. Karin Slaughter A 126. Lesley Pearse A 127. Margaret Dickinson A 128. Mark Sperring C 129. Rose Impey C 130. Jodi Picoult A 131. Shirley Hughes C 132. Clive Gifford A 133. Jack Higgins A 134. Anne Perry A 135. Michelle Robinson C 136. Dr Seuss C 137. Veronica Henry A 138. Cressida Cowell C 139. Julia Jarman C 140. Jez Alborough C 141. Annie Murray A 142. Debi Gliori C 143. Sheila O’Flanagan A 144. Eric Carle C 145. Rebecca Shaw A 146. Lucy Diamond C 147. Cathy Kelly A 148. Oliver Jeffers C 149. Donna Leon A

150. C J Box A 151. Simon Kernick A 152. John Connolly A 153. Lynley Dodd C 154. Stephen Booth A 155. Milly Johnson A 156. Janet Evanovich A 157. Simon Scarrow A 158. Anna Milbourne C 159. Val Wood A 160. Tony Mitton C 161. Anthony Browne C 162. Marcia Willett A 163. R L Stine C 164. Pamela Butchart C 165. Susan Hill A 166. Robert Harris A 167. Jonathan Emmett C 168. Anne Baker A 169. John Sandford A 170. Maureen Lee A 171. Linda Chapman C 172. Andrea Camilleri A 173. Stephanie Laurens A 174. Cathy Cassidy C 175. Michael Bond C 176. Lisa Jackson A 177. Neil Gaiman A/C 178. Susanna Davidson C 179. Goscinny C 180. Felicity Brooks C 181. Rosie Harris A 182. Jonathan Kellerman A 183. Smriti Prasadam- Halls C 184. Katie Daynes C 185. Rita Bradshaw A 186. M J Arlidge A 187. Alan Titchmarsh A 188. Victoria Hislop A 189. Rachel Bright C 190. Karen Rose A 191. Joanna Trollope A 192. Abie Longstaff C 193. Paula Hawkins A 194. Lisa Gardner A 195. Michael Foreman C 196. Fern Britton A 197. Robert Goddard A 198. Bill Bryson A 199. Gervase Phinn A 200. Alex T Smith C 201. Sophie Kinsella A 202. Martin Waddell C 203. Jane Clarke C

204. Barbara Taylor Bradford A 205. Jillian Powell C 206. Sally Grindley C 207. Ellie Dean A 208. Conn Iggulden A 209. Lemony Snicket C 210. Susanna Gregory A 211. Gerald Seymour A 212. Alex Gray A 213. Lesley Sims C 214. Jane Green A 215. John Le Carre A 216. Tony Bradman C 217. Graham Masterton A 218. Sue Grafton A 219. David Bedford C 220. Mary Berry A 221. Nick Butterworth C 222. Laura Owen C 223. Lisa Jewell A 224. Frances Brody A 225. Kate Atkinson A 226. Heather Amery A 227. Ruth Hamilton A 228. Ann Granger A 229. Maggie Hope A 230. Sean Taylor C 231. Simon Brett A 232. Matt Groening C 233. Felix Francis A 234. Lincoln Peirce C 235. Anne Holt A 236. Donna Douglas A 237. Diane Chamberlain A 238. Jessica Blair A 239. Pamela Evans A 240. Lucinda Riley A 241. Anne Fine C 242. Robert Galbraith A 243. Sebastian Faulks A 244. Robert Muchamore C 245. Christine Feehan A 246. Carola Dunn A 247. Cynthia Harrod-Eagles A 248. Anne Tyler A 249. Rachel Hore A 250. Carol Rivers A 251. Dean R Koontz A 252. Pippa Goodhart C 253. Kaye Umansky C 254. Ken Follett A 255. Philip Kerr A 256. Patricia Scanlan A 257. Nadine Dorries A

258. Dick Francis A 259. Bear Grylls A 260. Henning Mankell A 261. Tony Parsons A 262. Anna Claybourne C 263. Ian McEwan A 264. Catherine Rayner C 265. Liane Moriarty A 266. Karen Wallace C 267. Karen McCombie C 268. Richard Byrne C 269. Lilian Harry A 270. Graham Hurley A 271. Tom Fletcher C 272. Jonathan Meres C 273. Nicholas Sparks A 274. Petr Horacek C 275. Virginia Andrews A 276. Mairi Mackinnon C 277. James Mayhew C 278. Beatrix Potter C 279. Peter Lovesey A 280. Mary Balogh A 281. Margaret Atwood A 282. P D James A 283. Kitty Neale A 284. Amanda Prowse A 285. Clare de Marco C 286. Sam Lloyd C 287. Herge C 288. Charlotte Guillain C 289. Martin Handford C 290. Damian Harvey C 291. Hidenori Kusaka C 292. Chris Riddell C 293. Penny Dolan C 294. Adam Guillain C 295. Lynda Page A 296. Jim Smith C 297. Steve Antony C 298. Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore C 299. Catherine Alliott A 300. Penny Dale C 301. Helen Dunmore A/C 302. Malorie Blackman C 303. Eoin Colfer C 304. Chloe Inkpen C 305. Andrew Cope C 306. Winston Graham A 307. Hilary Robinson C 308. Claire Llewellyn C 309. Rosie Dickins C 310. Scott Mariani A 311. Charles Dickens A

312. Harper Lee A 313. Trisha Ashley A 314. Tim Hopgood C 315. Robert Crais A 316. Frank Lampard C 317. Lizzie Lane A 318. Linda Fairstein A 319. Katharine Holabird C 320. Joanne Harris A 321. Robert Ludlum A 322. Annie Groves A 323. William Bee C 324. Dick King-Smith C 325. Sue Bentley C 326. Andy Stanton C 327. James Oswald A 328. John Burningham C 329. Sebastien Braun C 330. Camilla Lackberg A 331. George R R Martin A 332. Chris Oxlade C 333. Dorothy Koomson A 334. A H Benjamin C 335. William Boyd A 336. Kate Morton A 337. Anne Cassidy C 338. Mike Brownlow C 339. Quentin Blake C 340. Marian Keyes A 341. Janey Jones C 342. Louise Penny A 343. Annabel Karmel A 344. Shoo Rayner C 345. David Hewson A 346. Stella Rimington A 347. Karen Robards A 348. Catherine King A 349. S J Bolton A 350. Rose Tremain A 351. Daniel Silva A 352. Tim Weaver A 353. Angela McAllister C 354. Kimberley Chambers A 355. Chris Carter A 356. Polly Dunbar C 357. Barbara Nadel A 358. Maggie O’Farrell A 359. Rob Scotton C 360. Mini Grey C 361. Anne Bennett A 362. Kerry Wilkinson A 363. Helen Stephens C 364. Sue Mongredien C 365. Georgette Heyer A

366. James Lee Burke A 367. Cath Staincliffe A 368. Steve Parker C 369. Mara Alperin C 370. Jane Bingham C 371. Philip Reeve C 372. Julian Stockwin A 373. Brian Moses C 374. C J Sansom A 375. Dinah Jefferies A 376. Vince Flynn A 377. Elizabeth George A 378. Kelley Armstrong C 379. Tasmina Perry A 380. Louise Spilsbury C 381. LindseyDavis A 382. Jamie Oliver A 383. Freda Lightfoot A 384. Karen Swan A 385. Sally Morgan C 386. Ronda Armitage C 387. Harriet Evans A 388. Barbara Erskine A 389. Elizabeth Chadwick A 390. Philip Ardagh C 391. Ann Bryant C 392. Adele Parks A 393. Emma Hannigan A 394. Diane Allen A 395. Angela Royston C 396. Moira Butterfield C 397. Lou Kuenzler C 398. Freya North A 399. James Runcie A 400. Hilary Boyd A 401. Jonathan Allen C 402. Malachy Doyle C 403. Kristina Stephenson C 404. Holly Smale C 405. Elena Ferrante A 406. Jacqueline Winspear A 407. Paul Bright C 408. Rosie Thomas A 409. Sophie McKenzie A 410. Mij Kelly C 411. Eric Van Lustbader A 412. Mara Bergman C 413. Paul Harrison A 414. John Boyne A 415. Derek Landy C 416. Jessie Burton A 417. Nicholas Allan C 418. Tami Hoag A 419. Roberta Kray A

420. Eloisa James A 421. Wendy Holden A/C 422. James Rollins A 423. James Bowen A 424. Christopher Fowler A 425. Frank Cottrell Boyce C 426. Gareth P Jones C 427. Simon James C 428. Richard Dungworth C 429. Helen Nicoll C 430. Rob Lloyd Jones C 431. Georges Simenon A 432. Clara Vulliamy C 433. Kate Mosse A 434. Tracy Chevalier A 435. Greg Farshtey C 436. Emily Brightwell C 437. Hilary McKay C 438. Dan Brown A 439. Megan McDonald C 440. Celia Imrie A/C 441. Lee Weeks A 442. Gillian Shields A 443. George Orwell A 444. Sharon Rentta C 445. Lydia Monks C 446. Iain Banks A 447. Matt Hilton A 448. Michael Jecks A 449. Stephan Pastis C 450. Bob Graham C 451. Axel Scheffler C 452. Frederick Forsyth A 453. Nick Arnold C 454. June Francis A 455. Alan Durant C 456. Betty G Birney C 457. Margaret Mayo A 458. Hairy Bikers A 459. Jane Austen A 460. Rhys Bowen A 461. Diney Costeloe A/C 462. Clare Mackintosh A 463. Charlaine Harris A 464. Paul Doherty A 465. Margaret Mahy C 466. Melissa Hill A 467. Liz Kessler C 468. Christobel Kent A 469. Laura North C 470. Elizabeth Gill A 471. Michael Robotham A 472. Leah Fleming A 473. Mary Murphy C

474. Cassandra Clare C 475. Gregg Hurwitz A 476. Sam McBratney C 477. Paula Harrison C 478. Alex Kava A 479. Cathy Bramley A 480. Belinda Bauer A 481. Erin Hunter C 482. Mandasue Heller A 483. Mark Greaney A 484. Lin Anderson A 485. M Christina Butler C 486. Robert B Parker A 487. Tom Palmer C 488. Sandra Brown C 489. Amanda Brooke A 490. Elys Dolan C 491. Alison Murray C 492. Jack Sheffield A 493. Emily Bone C 494. Andy McDermott A 495. Arnaldur Indridason A 496. Annabelle Lynch C 497. William Shakespeare A 498. Erica Spindler A 499. Alison Weir A 500. Hilary Mantel A

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