100 MOST BORROWED BOOKS (Metropolitan Boroughs) July 1994 – June 1995 ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year 1 059301359x The year of the virgins Catherine Cookson Bantam 1993 Bantam 2 0593019369 Justice is a woman Catherine Cookson 1994 Bantam 3 0593021355 The golden straw Catherine Cookson 1993 Catherine Cookson Bantam 4 0593021320 The Maltese Angel 1992 Catherine Cookson Bantam 5 0593014375 The house of women 1992 Catherine Cookson Bantam 6 0593028511 The tinker’s girl 1994 Catherine Cookson Bantam 7 0593021290 The rag nymph 1991 Catherine Cookson Bantam 8 0593014340 My beloved son 1991 Catherine Cookson Bantam 9 0593018230 The wingless bird 1990 Catherine Cookson Bantam 10 0593017269 The Gillyvors 1990 Bantam 11 0593022572 Accident Danielle Steel 1994 Bantam 12 0593015819 Vanished Danielle Steel 1993 Bantam 13 0593022548 Mixed Blessings Danielle Steel 1992 14 059301572x No greater love Danielle Steel Bantam 1991 15 0593015789 Heartbeat Danielle Steel Bantam 1991 16 0593014286 Harrogate secret Catherine Cookson Bantam 1989 17 0593022513 Jewels Danielle Steel Bantam 1992 18 0593018206 The black candle Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1989 19 0747210578 More than riches Josephine Cox Headline 1994 20 0712636889 Circle of friends Maeve Binchy Century 1990 Barbara Taylor 21 0246129859 Remember Bradford HarperCollins 1991 Barbara Taylor 22 0246138203 Angel Bradford HarperCollins 1993 23 0593028546 Ruthless need Catherine Cookson Bantam 1995 24 1857970004 The copper beech Maeve Binchy Orion 1992 Roald Dahl: ill Quentin 25 0140314067 The twits Blake Puffin 1982 26 0747207658 Nobody’s darling Josephine Cox Headline 1993 27 0718136020 Decider Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1993 28 0474205817 Don’t cry alone Josephine Cox Headline 1992 29 0712652299 Since he went away Marie Joseph Century 1992 30 0718137922 On dangerous ground Jack Higgins Michael Joseph 1994 31 059301569x Daddy Danielle Steel Bantam 1989 Roald Dahl: ill Tony 32 0140341625 The magic finger Ross Puffin 1989 33 0747206805 Jessica’s girl Josephine Cox Headline 1993 34 074720912x Born to serve Josephine Cox Headline 1994 35 0316903302 Queenie’s castle Lena Kennedy Little , Brown 1994 Barbara Taylor 36 000224151x Everything to gain Bradford HarperCollins 1994 37 0718134826 Driving force Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1992 38 0712630910 I’ll be seeing you Mary Higgins Clark Century 1993 39 0333568745 River god Wilbur Smith Macmillan 1993 The man who made 40 0593025873 husbands jealous Jilly Cooper Bantam 1993 41 0593028287 The daffodil sea Emma Blair Bantam Press 1994 42 0718136039 Wild horses Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1994 43 0002236397 The Doomsday conspiracy Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1991 44 0593023714 Sweetest Thing Emma Blair Bantam Press 1993 45 0593023684 The water meadows Emma Blair Bantam 1992 46 0593025342 The rainbow through the rain Elvi Rhodes Bantam 1993 47 0002241684 The Liverpool basque Helen Forrester HarperCollins 1993 Headline book 48 0747206376 Backstreet Child Harry Bowling Publishers 1993 49 0356202399 Vagabonds Josephine Cox Macdonald 1992 50 0593037081 Gift Danielle Steel Bantam 1994 51 0593033493 Arian Iris Gower Bantam Press 1994 52 0593015754 Message from Nam Danielle Steel Bantam 1990 53 0718134680 Comeback Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1991 54 0593036417 Missing Person Mary Jane Staples Bantam Press 1994 55 0718137450 Thunder point Jack Higgins Michael Joseph 1993 Thee cultured handmaiden; a 56 043414276x novel Catherine Cookson Heinemann 1988 57 0593027981 The fist of God Frederick Forsyth Bantam Press 1994 58 0747209375 Pedlar’s Row Harry Bowling Headline 1994 59 0002236400 The stars shine down Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1993 60 0356190781 Owen Oliver Lena Kennedy Macdonald 1990 61 0356200175 Alley urchin Josephine Cox Macdonald 1991 62 043433460x Cold Harbour Jack Higgins Heinemann 1990 63 035620670x Kate of Clyve Shore Lena Kennedy Little, Brown 1992 64 0671718371 Darkest hour Virginia Andrews Simon & Schuster 1993 65 0002236419 Nothing lasts forever Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1994 66 0356178889 Whisltedown woman Josephine Cox Macdonald 1990 67 0002236389 Memories of Midnight Sidney Sheldon Collins 1990 68 0671718916 Remember Me Mary Higgins Clark Simon & Schuster 1994 69 0747204861 The girl from Cotton Lane Harry Bowling Headline 1992 70 0593017323 Scarlet ribbons Emma Blair Bantam 1991 71 0356195325 Outcast Josephine Cox Macdonald 1991 72 0593014316 Bill Bailey’s daughter Catherine Cookson Bantam 1988 73 0333583736 The way through the woods Colin Dexter Macmillan 1992 74 0593017293 Maggie Jordan Emma Blair Bantam 1990 75 0002242885 Honour among thieves Jeffrey Archer HarperCollins 1993 76 0593033728 The trap Mary Jane Staples Bantam 1993 77 1855920123 The eagle has flown Jack Higgins Chapmans 1991 78 0747209936 Her father’s child Tessa Barclay Headline 1994 Mischief: a novel of the 87th Hodder & 79 0340589493 precinct Ed McBain Stoughton 1993 Hodder & 80 0340603895 The penny wedding Jessica Stirling Stoughton 1994 81 0593034694 A family affair Mary Jane Staples Bantam 1994 Roald Dahl: ill Quentin 82 0140327592 Matilda Blake Puffin 1989 83 0434140937 American star: a love story Jackie Collins Heinemann 1993 84 009997780x Willy and Hugh Anthony Browne Red Fox 1993 Hodder & 85 0340585943 There is no parting Audrey Howard Stoughton 1993 86 0593028708 Lovers Judith Krantz Bantam 1994 Charlie and the great glass Roald Dahl: ill Michael 87 0140320431 elevator Foreman Puffin 1975 88 0002243296 Twelve red herring Jeffrey Archer HarperCollins 1994 89 071262287x Silver wedding Maeve Binchy Century 1988 Jacqueline Wilson; 90 0440863112 The suitcase kid Nick Sharratt Yearling 1993 91 0712630864 All around the town Mary Higgins Clark Century 1992 92 0744522323 Where’s Wally?: in Hollywood Martin Handford Walker 1993 Hodder & 93 0340541598 As the crow flies Jeffrey Archer Stoughton 1991 94 0002243520 Violent ward Len Deighton HarperCollins 1993 95 0593021444 The oyster catchers Iris Gower Bantam 1992 New English 96 0450591956 Whispers Belva Plain Library 1993 97 0002245779 Debt of Honour Tom Clancy HarperCollins 1994 Chapmans 98 1855920611 Eye of the storm Jack Higgins Publishers 1992 99 0671718428 Ruby Virginia Andrews Simon & Schuster 1994 The Parson’s daughter: a 100 0434142530 novel Catherine Cookson Heinemann 1987 Published by Public Lending Right The PLR Registrar is happy for the information in this release to be made widely accessible, but he would appreciate PLR's role in compiling it to be acknowledged in any use that it is put to. .