100 MOST BORROWED BOOKS (London)
July 1994 – June 1995
ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year
1 0593021355 The golden straw Catherine Cookson Bantam 1993 The man who mad 2 0593025873 husbands jealous Jilly Cooper Bantam 1993 Roald Dahl: illus 3 0224025724 Matilda Quentin Blake Jonathan Cape 1988
4 0593019369 Justice is a woman Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1994
5 0718136020 Decider Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1993
6 0593014340 My beloved son Catherine Cookson Bantam 1991
7 059301359x The year of the virgins Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1993
8 071813680 Comeback Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1991
9 0593014375 The house of women Catherine Cookson Bantam 1992
10 0593021320 The Maltese angel Catherine Cookson Bantam 1992
11 0002243520 Violent ward Len Deighton HarperCollins 1993
12 071265836x Disclosure Michael Crichton Century 1994
13 0091776368 The crocodile bird Ruth Rendell Hutchinson 1993
14 0593035771 An imaginative experience Mary Wesley Bantam 1994 Barbara Taylor 15 0246129859 Remember Bradford HarperCollins 1991
16 0718134826 Driving force Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1992
17 0593025377 A dubious legacy Mary Wesley Bantam 1992
18 0718137450 Thunder point Jack Higgins Michael Joseph 1993 Kissing the gunner’s 19 0091752183 daughter Ruth Rendell Hutchinson 1992
20 0593021290 The rag nymph Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1991
21 0712636889 Circle of friends Maeve Binchy Century 1990
22 0747514674 A Spanish lover Joanna Trollope Bloomsbury 1993
23 0712654542 The chamber John Grisham Century 1994 Barbara Taylor 24 0426138203 Angel Bradford HarperCollins 1993 The cultured handmaiden; 25 043414276x a novel Catherine Cookson Heinemann 1988
26 0747511594 The men and the girls Joanna Trollope Bloomsbury 1992
27 024101798x The very hungry caterpillar Eric Carle Hamilton 1970
28 0718137922 On dangerous ground Jock Higgins Michael Joseph 1994
29 0593023463 The deceiver Frederick Forsyth Bantam 1991
30 0333583736 The way through the woods Colin Dexter Macmillan 1992
31 002243296 Twelve red herrings Jeffery Archer HarperCollins 1994
32 0224021656 The witches Roald Dahl Cape 1983
33 0436201356 Paddy Clarke ha, ha, ha Roddy Doyle Secker & Warburg 1993
34 0718136039 Wild horses Dick Francis Michael Joseph 1994 Janet and Allan 35 0434925039 Funnybones Ahlberg Heinemann 1980 Hodder & 36 0340592818 The night manager Michael Joseph Stoughton 1993
37 0671718916 Remember Me Mary Higgins Clark Simon & Schuster 1994
38 0002236419 Nothing last forever Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1994
39 0593015819 Vanished Danielle Steel Bantam 1993
40 0333559118 The Jewel that was ours Colin Dexter Macmillan London 1991
41 0333595750 J is for judgement Sue Grafton Macmillan 1993
42 0747516138 The robber bride Margaret Atwood Bloomsbury 1993
43 0002242885 Honour among thieves Jeffery Archer HarperCollins 993
44 0593027981 The fist of God Frederick Forsyth Bantam Press 1994 Roald Dahl: ill 45 022407867 Esio Trot Quentin Blake Cape 1990 Little, Brown and 46 0316904619 Cruel and unusual Patricia D. Cornwell Company 1993
47 0593022572 Accident Danielle Steel Bantam 1994
48 0593028511 The tinker’s girl Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1994 Macmillan 49 0333350057 Whatever next! Jill Murphy Children’s 1983
50 0670848808 Asta’s book Barbara Vine Viking 1993
51 0370300068 Dogger Shirley Hughes Bodley Head 1977
52 0593022513 Jewels Danielle Steel Bantam 1992
53 0712616713 Firefly summer Maeve Binchy Century 1987
54 185797004 The copper beech Maeve Binchy Orion 1992
55 0002236400 The stars shine down Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1993
56 0593018206 The black candle Catherine Cookson Bantam Press 1989 The copper peacock and 57 0091743001 other stories Ruth Rendell Hutchinson 1991
58 0316903302 Queenie’s castle Lena Kennedy Little, Brown 1994
59 0593018230 The wingless bird Catherine Cookson Bantam 1990
60 0091738547 The bridesmaid Ruth Rendell Hutchinson 1989
61 0593024176 Exposure Evelyn Anthony Bantam 1993
62 0333568745 River god Wilbur Smith Macmillan 1993
63 0224020048 Avocado baby John Burningham Cape 1982
64 0593015789 Heartbeat Danielle Steel Bantam 1991 George’s marvellous Roald Dahl: ill 65 0224019015 medicine Quentin Blake Cape 1981
66 0224018558 The twits Roald Dahl Cape 1980
67 059301572x No greater love Danielle Steel Bantam 1991
68 0002242826 The touch of innocents Michael Dobbs HarperCollins 1994
69 0002236397 The Doomsday conspiracy Sidney Sheldon HarperCollins 1991
70 0224020404 The BFG Roald Dahl Cape 1982 Hodder & 71 0340591641 A parliamentary affair Edwina Currie Stoughton 1994 New English 72 0450528685 September Rosamunde Pilcher Library 1990
73 0002244756 Inca gold Clive Cussler HarperCollins 1994
74 0593024141 The doll’s house Evelyn Anthony Bantam 1992
75 0002244683 Faith Len Deighton HarperCollins 194
76 035620099x Body of Evidence Patricia D. Cornwell Macdonald 1991
77 059301930x A sensible life Mary Wesley Bantam 1990
78 067085560x No night is too long Barbara Vine Viking 1994
79 0330331175 The power Colin Forbes Pan 1994 Barbara Taylor 80 0246120681 Act of will Bradford Grafton 1986
81 0434140937 American star: a love story Jackie Collins Heinemann 1993 Barbara Taylor 82 0246129840 The woman in his life Bradford Grafton 1990
83 0593022548 Mixed blessings Danielle Steel Bantam 1992 Goscinny: dr Uderzo: Brockhampton 84 0340184914 Asterix and the Goths trans Anthea Bell Press 1975 Hodder & 85 0340574933 Gerald’s game Stephen King Stoughton 1992
86 0333580311 A dangerous fortune Ken Follet Macmillan 1993
87 0416851703 Tintin and the Picaros Herge Methuen 1976 Allan Ahlberg and 88 0670287059 Each Peach Pear Plum Jannet Ahlberg Viking Kestrel 1984 Headline Book 89 0747206376 Backstreet Child Harry Bowling Publishing 1993
90 0333474538 The second fiddle Mary Wesley Macmillan 1988
91 0747211841 Brother Cadfael’s penance: Ellis Peters Headline 1994
92 0747509654 The Rector’s wife Joanna Trollope Bloomsbury 1991
93 0002243091 Copperhead Bernard Cornwell HarperCollins 1994 Allan Ahlberg: illus 94 0670816884 Starting school Janet Ahlberg Viking Kestrel 1988
95 0434271918 The liar Stephen Fry Heinemann 1991 Sinclair- 96 1856193306 Mrs de Winter Susan Hill Stevenson 1993
97 0370304179 Alfie gets in first Shirley Hughes Bodley Head 1981
98 0704339056 The colour purple Alice Walker Women’s Press 1983
99 0593018362 Polo Jilly Cooper Bantam 1991
100 0333560701 Night over water Ken Follet Macmillan 1991
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