MOST BORROWED TITLES JULY 2000 – JUNE 2001

Contents 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 Fiction Titles (Adult)

Author Title Year Publisher

1. Catherine Cookson The Thursday Friend 1999 Bantam 2. Catherine Cookson The Blind Years 1998 Bantam 3. Catherine Cookson The Solace of Sin 1998 Bantam 4. Catherine Cookson The Lady on My Left 1997 Bantam 5. Catherine Cookson A House Divided 1999 Bantam 6. Dick Francis Second Wind 1999 Michael Joseph 7. Maeve Binchy Tara Road 1998 Orion 8. Patricia Cornwell Black Notice 1999 Little, Brown 9. Catherine Cookson The Desert Crop 1997 Bantam 10. John Grisham The Brethren 2000 Century 11. Catherine Cookson Kate Hannigan’s Girl 2000 Bantam 12. Josephine Cox Rainbow Days 2000 Headline 13. Josephine Cox Somewhere, Someday 1999 Headline 14. Catherine Cookson Riley 1998 Bantam 15. Danielle Steel Irresistible Forces 1999 Bantam 16. Catherine Cookson The Bonny Dawn 1996 Bantam 17. John Grisham The Street Lawyer 1998 Century 18. Maeve Binchy Evening Class 1996 Orion 19. Josephine Cox The Gilded Cage 1999 Headline 20. Josephine Cox Tomorrow the World 1998 Headline

Most Borrowed Children’s Fiction Titles

Author Title Year Publisher

1. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2000 Bloomsbury 2. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of 1999 Bloomsbury 3. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 1997 Bloomsbury 4. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 1999 Bloomsbury 5. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Bloomsbury 6. (illus Jane Cope) Glubbyslyme 1995 Yearling 7. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) 1997 Yearling 8. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Story of Tracy Beaker 1992 Yearling 9. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Mum-minder 1994 Yearling 10. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) 2000 Corgi, Yearling 11. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) 1998 Yearling 12. Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt, Sue Heap 1996 Transworld, Corgi 13. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Sue Heap) How to Survive Summer Camp 1985 OUP 14. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) 1993 Yearling 15. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Bed and Breakfast Star 1995 Yearling 16. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Dare Game: Tracy Beaker is Back 2000 Doubleday 17. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Cliffhanger 1995 Yearling 18. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Twits 1982 Puffin 19. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) George’s Marvellous Medicine 1988 Puffin 20. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Witches 1985 Puffin

Most Borrowed Non-Fiction Titles (Adult)

Author Title Year Publisher

1. Frank McCourt ’Tis 1999 Flamingo 2. Frank McCourt Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood 1997 Flamingo 3. Bill Bryson Down Under 2000 Doubleday 4. Bill Bryson Notes from a Big Country 1998 Doubleday 5. Bill Bryson (illus David Cook) A Walk in the Woods 1997 Doubleday 6. John Gray Men are from Mars: Women are from Venus 1993 Thorsons 7. Dave Pelzer A Child Called It 2000 Orion 8. Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island 1996 Black Swan 9. Michael Crawford Parcel Arrived Safely, Tied with String: The Autobiography 1999 Century 10. Trevor Rees-Jones with The Bodyguard’s Story: Diana, Moira Johnston The Crash, and the Sole Survivor 2000 Little, Brown 11. Delia Smith (photos Miki Duisterhof) Delia’s How to Cook: Book One 1998 BBC Worldwide 12. Delia Smith (photos Miki Duisterhof) Delia’s How to Cook: Book Two 1999 BBC Worldwide 13. Alex Ferguson with Managing My Life: The Hugh McIlvaney Autobiography 1999 Hodder & Stoughton 14. Jamie Oliver The Return of the Naked Chef 2000 Michael Joseph 15. Frank McCourt Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood 1996 HarperCollins 16. Brian Whittle and Jean Ritchie Prescription for Murder: The True Story of Mass Murderer Dr Harold Frederick Shipman 2000 Warner 17. Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island 1995 Doubleday 18. Delia Smith (photos Flo Bayley) Delia Smith’s Winter Collection 1995 BBC Books 19. Miriam Stoppard Menopause 1994 Dorling Kindersley 20. Terry Wogan Is It Me?: An Autobiography 2000 BBC Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction Titles

Author Title Year Publisher

1. Terry Deary, Neil Tonge (illus Martin Brown) The Terrible Tudors 1993 Hippo 2. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Smashing Saxons 2000 Hippo 3. Terry Deary (illus Philip Reeve) Dark Knights and Dingy Castles 1997 Scholastic 4. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Rotten Romans 1994 Hippo 5. Terry Deary (illus Philip Reeve) The 20th Century 1996 Andre Deutsch 6. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Frightful First World War 1998 Hippo 7. Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite (illus Martin Brown) The Awesome Egyptians 1993 Scholastic 8. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Vile Victorians 1994 Scholastic 9. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Groovy Greeks 1996 Hippo 10. George Hart Ancient Egypt 1990 Dorling Kindersley 11. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Measly Middle Ages 1996 Hippo 12. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Woeful Second World War 1999 Hippo 13. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Slimy Stuarts 1996 Hippo 14. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) Even More Terrible Tudors 1998 Hippo 15. Terry Deary (illus Kate Sheppard) Cruel Kings and Mean Queens 1995 Andre Deutsch 16. Simon James Eyewitness Guide: Ancient Rome 1990 Dorling Kindersley 17. Terry Deary (illus Kate Sheppard) The Blitzed Brits 1994 Hippo 18. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) Bloody Scotland 1998 Scholastic 19. Ann Kramer Victorians 1998 Dorling Kindersley 20. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Cut-Throat Celts 1997 Hippo

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