MOST BORROWED TITLES JULY 2003 – JUNE 2004
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 Fiction Titles (Adult & Children Combined)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Bloomsbury 2003 2. John Grisham The King of Torts Century 2003 3. Maeve Binchy Quentin’s Orion 2002 4. Josephine Cox Beachcomber HarperCollins 2003 5. Josephine Cox Jinnie Headline 2002 6. Josephine Cox Bad Boy Jack Headline 2002 7. Wilbur Smith Blue Horizon Macmillan 2003 8. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Story of Tracy Beaker Yearling 1992 9. John Grisham The Summons Century 2002 10. Michael Connelly Lost Light Orion 2003 11. Josephine Cox The Woman who Left Headline 2001 12. James Patterson Four Blind Mice Headline 2002 13. Kathy Reichs Bare Bones Heinemann 2003 14. P D James The Murder Room Faber 2003 15. Minette Walters Fox Evil Macmillan 2002 16. Danielle Steel Dating Game Bantam 2003 17. Jack Higgins Bad Company HarperCollins 2003 18. Bernard Cornw ell Sharpe’s Havoc HarperCollins 2003 19. Ian Rankin The Question of Blood Orion 2003 20. Danielle Steel Answered Prayers Bantam 2002
Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. John Grisham The King of Torts Century 2003 2. Maeve Binchy Quentin’s Orion 2002 3. Josephine Cox Beachcomber HarperCollins 2003 4. Josephine Cox Jinnie Headline 2002 5. Josephine Cox Bad Boy Jack Headline 2002 6. Wilbur Smith Blue Horizon Macmillan 2003 7. John Grisham The Summons Century 2002 8. Michael Connelly Lost Light Orion 2003 9. Josephine Cox The Woman who Left Headline 2001 10. James Patterson Four Blind Mice Headline 2002 11. Kathy Reichs Bare Bones Heinemann 2003 12. P D James The Murder Room Faber 2003 13. Minette Walters Fox Evil Macmillan 2002 14. Danielle Steel Dating Game Bantam 2003 15. Jack Higgins Bad Company HarperCollins 2003 16. Bernard Cornwell Sharpe’s Havoc HarperCollins 2003 17. Ian Rankin The Question of Blood Orion 2003 18. Danielle Steel Answered Prayers Bantam 2002 19. James Patterson & Andrew Gross The Jester Headline 2003 20. Barbara Taylor Bradford Emma’s Secret HarperCollins 2003
Most Borrowed Children’s Fiction Titles
Author Title Publisher Year 1. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Bloomsbury 2003 2. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Story of Tracy Beaker Yearling 1992 3. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Bloomsbury 2000 4. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Lizzie Zipmouth Young Corgi 2000 5. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Mum-minder Yearling 1994 6. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Bloomsbury 2001 7. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Worry Website Doubleday 2002 8. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Dare Game Corgi Yearling 2001 9. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Vicky Angel Corgi Yearling 2001 10. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Lola Rose Doubleday 2003 11. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Illustrated Mum Corgi Yearling 2000 12. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Jane Cope) Glubbysome Yearling 1995 13. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Secrets Doubleday 2002 14. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Girls in Tears Doubleday 2002 15. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Suitcase Kid Yearling 1993 16. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Bloomsbury 1999 17. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Bad Girls Yearling 1997 18. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Bed and Breakfast Star Yearling 1995 19. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Sleepovers Doubleday 2001 20. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Cliffhanger Yearling 1995
Most Borrowed Non-Fiction Titles (Adult)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything Doubleday 2003 2. Kate Adie The Kindness of Strangers Headline 2002 3. Alan Titchmarsh Trowel & Error Hodder & Stoughton 2002 4. Pamela Stephenson Billy HarperCollins 2001 5. David Pelzer The Lost Boy Orion Media 2000 6. Bill Bryson Down Under Doubleday 2000 7. William Woodruff The Road to Nab End Abacus 2002 8. Dave Pelzer A Child Called It Orion 2001 9. Dave Pelzer A Man Named Dave Orion 2000 10. Dave Pelzer A Child Called It Orion 2000 11. Alan Titchmarsh How to be a Gardener: (photos Jonathan Buckley) Book 2: Secrets of Success BBC Worldwide 2003 12. Robert C Atkins Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution: Vermilion 2003 13. Antony Beevor Berlin: The Downfall, 1945 Viking 2002 14. William Woodruff Beyond Nab End Abacus 2003 15. David Beckham with Tom Watt David Beckham: My Side Collins Willow 2003 16 Delia Smith Delia’s Vegetarian Collection BBC Books 2002 17. Anne Robinson Memoirs of an Unfit Mother Little, Brown 2001 18. Driving Standards Agency The Official Theory Test for Car Drivers Stationery Office 2003 19. Richard Madeley & Judy Finnigan Richard & Judy: The Autobiography Hodder & Stoughton 2002 20. Dave Pelzer The Lost Boy Orion 2001
Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction Titles
Author Title Publisher Year 1. Eric Hill Spot Can Count Puffin 2000 2. Terry Deary, Neil Tonge (illus Martin Brown) The Terrible Tudors Scholastic 2003 3. Terry Deary (iIlus Martin Brown) The Rotten Romans Hippo 1994 4. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Woeful Second World War Hippo 1999 5. Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite (illus Martin Brown) The Awesome Egyptians Scholastic 1993 6. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Vile Victorians Scholastic 1994 7. Terry Deary (illus Philip Reeve) Dark Knights and Dingy Castles Scholastic 1997 8. Mick Inkpen Kipper’s A to Z Hodder Children’s 2002 9. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Smashing Saxons Hippo 2000 10. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) Even More Terrible Tudors Hippo 1998 11. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Groovy Greeks Hippo 1996 12. Mick Inkpen Kipper’s A to Z Hodder Children’s 2000 13. Terry Deary (illus Kate Sheppard) The Blitzed Brits Hippo 1994 14. Simon James Ancient Rome Dorling Kindersley 1990 15. George Hart Ancient Egypt Dorling Kindersley 1990 16. Lucy Cousins Count with Maisy Walker 1997 17. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Frightful First World War Hippo 1998 18. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Slimy Stuarts Hippo 1996 19. Simon Adams (photos Andy Crawford) World War II Dorling Kindersley 2000 20. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Measly Middle Ages Hippo 1996
Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Adult)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. J D Salinger Catcher in the Rye Penguin 1994 2. Daphne du Maurier Rebecca Virago 2003 3. J R R Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring HarperCollins 2001 4. J R R Tolkien The Return of the King Collins 2001 5. J R R Tolkien The Lord of the Rings HarperCollins 1995 6. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Minerva 1991 7. Aldous Huxley Brave New World Flamingo 1994 8. J R R Tolkien The Return of the King HarperCollins 1991 9. Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Penguin 1996 10. J R R Tolkien The Lord of the Rings Collins 2001
Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Children)
Author Title Publisher Year 1. Frances Hodgson Burnett (illus Robin Lawrie) The Secret Garden Puffin 1994 2. Louisa M Alcott (illus Shirley Hughes) Little Women Puffin 1994 3. J M Barrie Peter Pan Puffin 1994 4. Anna Sewell Black Beauty Puffin 1954 5. Dodie Smith The Hundred and One Dalmations Mammoth 1990 6. Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island Puffin 1994 7. Kenneth Grahame (illus Robin Lawrie) The Wind in the Willows Puffin 1997 8. Frances Hodgson Burnett (illus Margery Gill) A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe Puffin 1994 9. Michael Bond (illus R W Alley) Paddington Minds the House Collins 1986 10. E Nesbit (illus H R Millar) Five Children and It Puffin 1996 11. E Nesbit The Railway Children Puffin 1994 12. Enid Blyton Don’t Blame Noddy! HarperCollins 1999 13. Marcus Pfister (trans J Alison James) Dazzle the Dinosaur North-South Books 1994 14. Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows Mammoth 1989 15. Charles Dickens (abridged Robin Waterfield) Oliver Twist Puffin 1994 16. Enid Blyton Big-ears and Clever Whiskers Collins 1999 17. Bram Stoker (illus Tudor Humphries) Dracula Dorling Kindersley 1997 18. Johanna Spyri (trans Eileen Hall) Heidi Puffin 1956 19. Susan Coolidge What Katy Did Puffin 1995 20. Oscar Wilde (illus Jane Ray) The Happy Prince Orchard 1996
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