100 MOST BORROWED BOOKS 2013/2014 WEST MIDLANDS

ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

1 9780141324906 Diary of a wimpy kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2008 2 9780099927907 Dogger Shirley Hughes Red Fox 1993 3 9780141341880 Cabin fever Jeff Kinney Puffin 2011 4 9780141324920 The last straw Jeff Kinney Puffin 2009 5 9780140569803 Harry and the bucketful of Ian Whybrow + ill Adrian Puffin Books 2003 dinosaurs Reynolds 6 9780593065747 Never go back Lee Child Bantam Press 2013 7 9781408832462 Jokes to tell the Queen Bloomsbury Children's 2012 8 9780593065730 A wanted man Lee Child Bantam 2012 9 9780141331973 Dog days Jeff Kinney Puffin 2010 10 9780141344980 The third wheel Jeff Kinney Puffin 2012 11 9781407115597 Zog Julia Donaldson; ill. by Alison Green 2011 Axel Scheffler 12 9780141324913 Rodrick rules Jeff Kinney Puffin 2008 13 9780718158149 Save with Jamie : shop smart, Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 2013 cook clever, waste less 14 9780241956960 No way to say goodbye Anna McPartlin Penguin Ireland 2011 15 9780440868514 Best friends Jacqueline Wilson; ill. by Yearling 2008 Nick Sharratt 16 9780333982242 The snail and the whale Julia Donaldson: ill. by Macmillan Children's 2003 Axel Scheffler 17 9781409144717 Standing in another man's Ian Rankin Orion 2012 grave 18 9780007155170 The treasure hunt Nick Butterworth HarperCollins 2011 Children's> 19 9780552557832 Sleepovers Jacqueline Wilson; ill. by Young Corgi 2008 Nick Sharratt 20 9781409313212 The biggest muddy puddle in Ladybird books ; 2012 the world 21 9780007427727 Paddington goes for gold Michael Bond; ill. by RW HarperCollins 2012 Alley Children's 22 9781846163777 Small Knight and George Ronda Armitage; ill. by Orchard 2008 Arthur Robins 23 9781407106212 Tiddler Julia Donaldson; ill. by Alison Green 2008 Axel Scheffler 24 9781408309179 Don't put your pants on your Caryl Hart, Leigh Orchard 2012 head, Fred Hodgkinson 25 9781842551356 Horrid Henry and the zombie Francesca Simon; ill. by Orion Children's 2011 vampire Tony Ross 26 9781921894107 Pink Janet A Holmes and Little Hare 2012 Jonathan Bentley 27 9780007279067 Mr Stink David Walliams; ill. by HarperCollins 2010 Quentin Blake Children's 28 9781409313205 Peppa meets the Queen Ladybird 2012 29 9780141322667 Matilda Roald Dahl: ill Quentin Penguin Books Ltd 2007 Blake 30 9780141331232 Meg goes to bed Helen Nicoll and Jan Puffin 2010 Pienkowski 31 9780230748248 Best kept secret Jeffrey Archer Macmillan 2013 32 9781849393843 The great sheep shenanigans Peter Bently & Mei Andersen 2011 ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

Matsuoka 33 9781847444233 The dying hours Mark Billingham Little Brown 2013 34 9781849830720 Already gone John Rector Simon & Schuster 2011 35 9780593062869 The last ten seconds Simon Kernick Bantam 2010 36 9780140312386 Mrs Plug the plumber Allan Ahlberg: with Puffin Books 1980 pictures Joe Wright 37 9781848953215 Bright Stanley Double Trouble Matt Buckingham Little Tiger Press 2012 38 9781444704891 Watching the dark Peter Robinson Hodder 2013 39 9780330537971 The Dinosaur Games David Bedford; ill. by Macmillan Children's 2011 Dankerleroux 40 9781405090223 Orange, pear, apple, bear Emily Gravett Macmillan Children's 2007 41 9780140500486 The elephant and the bad Elfrida Vipont; ill. by Penguin 1971 baby Raymond Briggs 42 9780007453528 Ratburger David Walliams HarperCollins 2012 Children's 43 9780752876276 The return journey : and other Maeve Binchy Orion 2009 stories 44 9781845299545 Agatha Raisin and the busy M.C. Beaton Constable 2010 body 45 9781846163111 Bleeping Beauty Laurence Anholt Orchard Books 2009 46 9781845296681 Death of an outsider M.C. Beaton Robinson 2008 47 9780141320588 Beware! Killer tomatoes Jeremy Strong; ill. by Puffin 2007 Rowan Clifford 48 9780140566796 Mystery tour Allan Ahlberg; ill. by Andre Puffin 2006 Amstutz 49 9780007279043 The boy in the dress David Walliams; ill. by HarperCollins 2009 Quentin Blake Children's 50 9780140553567 Bear Hunt Anthony Browne Puffin Books 1994 51 9781408307724 Who's afraid of the big bad Lauren Child Orchard 2012 book? 52 9780007362714 Hidden treasures Fern Britton HarperCollins 2012 53 9781849832885 A gathering storm Rachel Hore Simon & Schuster 2011 54 9781846057854 Private : no. 1 suspect James Patterson Century 2012 55 9780747581048 Henny Penny Vivian French & Sophie Bloomsbury Children's 2007 Windham 56 9780755349289 3rd degree James Patterson and Headline 2009 Andrew Gross 57 9781416917052 Aliens love underpants! Claire Freedman and Ben Simon & Schuster 2007 Cort Childre> 58 9780330544306 Jenny's war Margaret Dickinson Macmillan 2012 59 9781847444813 Dead and buried Stephen Booth Sphere 2012 60 9781849010221 Death of a kingfisher M.C. Beaton Constable 2012 61 9780141329444 My best, best friend Lauren Child Puffin 2010 62 9780333720011 Monkey puzzle Julia Donaldson: ill. Axel Macmillan Children's 2000 Scheffler Boo> 63 9780099413998 Rosie's walk Pat Hutchins Red Fox 2001 64 9780007155156 After the storm Nick Butterworth Collins 2003 65 9780099480136 Edwardo the horriblest boy in John Burningham Red Fox 2007 the whole wide world 66 9781408309032 Big yellow digger Julia Jarman & Adrian Orchard 2012 Reynolds 67 9780440869979 The Tracy Beaker trilogy Jacqueline Wilson; ill. by Corgi Yearling 2012 Nick Sharratt 68 9780440869283 The worst thing about my Jacqueline Wilson; ill. by Yearling 2012 sister Nick Sharratt 69 9780552558310 Cookie Jacqueline Wilson Corgi Children's 2009 70 9781846058905 Private down under James Patterson, Michael Century 2013 White 71 9781780890296 12th of never James Patterson and Century 2013 Maxine Paetro ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

72 9781780890678 NYPD Red James Patterson Century 2012 73 9780992603113 The Wellington cobbler and Dave Weston & Toni Sian Ellingham 2013 the Wrekin giant Williams 74 9780593072493 Inferno Dan Brown Bantam 2013 75 9781405020466 The Gruffalo's child Julia Donaldson; ill. by Macmillan Children's 2004 Axel Scheffler 76 9781780290010 Kissing the demons Kate Ellis Creme de la Crime 2011 77 9780230748231 The sins of the father Jeffrey Archer Macmillan 2012 78 9780440869139 The longest whale song Jacqueline Wilson; ill. by Corgi Yearling 2011 Nick Sharratt 79 9780755349395 Mary, Mary James Patterson Headline 2010 80 9781444001174 Moody Margaret casts a spell Francesca Simon; ill. by Orion Children's 2012 Tony Ross 81 9781444902679 Wibbly Pig has 10 balloons Mick Inkpen Hodder Children's 2012 82 9781405090759 Meerkat mail Emily Gravett Pan Macmillan 2007 Australia P 83 9781408703991 The cuckoo's calling Robert Galbraith Sphere 2013 84 9781447211341 Knock! Knock! Open the Door Michaela Morgan, ill. Macmillan Children's 2013 David Walker Book 85 9781780890258 Mistress James Patterson and Century 2013 David Ellis 86 9780230017948 The troll Julia Donaldson; ill. by Macmillan Children's 2010 David Roberts 87 9781840115949 The dragon machine Helen Ward; ill. by Wayne Templar 2005 Anderson 88 9781846057830 Alex Cross, run James Patterson Century 2013 89 9781408842423 And the mountains echoed Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury 2013 90 9781409112556 Stay close Harlan Coben Orion 2012 91 9781409113997 A week in winter Maeve Binchy Orion 2012 92 9780340996430 The Great Fairy Tale Disaster David Conway + Melanie Hodder 2012 Williamson 93 9780099446637 Restoring Grace Katie Fforde Arrow 2005 94 9781849019729 Hiss and hers M.C. Beaton Constable 2012 95 9781846054709 Worst case James Patterson Century 2010 96 9780141322650 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl + ill Quentin Penguin Books Ltd 2007 Blake 97 9781408700754 From the dead Mark Billingham Little Brown 2010 98 9780857630445 Goldilocks and just the one Leigh Hodgkinson Nosy Crow 2012 bear 99 9780099438663 Rotten and Rascal : the two Paul Geraghty Red Fox 2007 terrible pterosaur twins 100 9781408307922 Slightly invisible Lauren Child Orchard 2011 101 9780141331980 The ugly truth Jeff Kinney Puffin 2010 102 9781444009255 The man whose mother was a Margaret Mahy; ill. by Orion Children's 2013 pirate Margaret Chamberlain 103 9781444729740 The racketeer John Grisham Hodder & Stoughton 2012 104 9781840114911 Man on the Moon Simon Bartram Templar Publishing 2004 105 9780230749245 Zero day David Baldacci Macmillan 2011 106 9780385616140 The other family Joanna Trollope Doubleday 2010 107 9780752889535 The impossible dead Ian Rankin Orion 2011 108 9780863158728 Orange juice peas Lari Don Kelpies 2012 109 9781847375476 Blind fury Lynda La Plante Simon & Schuster 2010 110 9781407109374 Mockingjay Suzanne Collins Scholastic 2010 111 9781444001457 Spider school Francesca Simon; ill. by Orion Children's 2010 Tony Ross 112 9781846551451 The Bat Jo Nesbo ; translated by Harvill Secker 2012 Don Bartlett 113 9781848954793 I'm not sleepy! Jane Chapman Little Tiger 2012 114 9781848122505 It's time for bed Adele Geras; ill. by Sophy Piccadilly 2012 ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

Williams 115 9781846054808 9th Judgement James Patterson Century 2010 116 9780593069486 Red notice Andy McNab Bantam Press 2012 117 9781444901498 Hugless Douglas and the big David Melling Hodder Children's 2012 sleep

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