MOST BORROWED TITLES JULY 2005 – JUNE 2006 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. Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code Corgi 2004 2. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price Bloomsbury 2005 3. Maeve Binchy Nights of Rain and Stars Orion 2004 4. Dan Brown Digital Fortress Corgi 2004 5. Patricia Cornwell Trace Little, Brown 2004 6. James Patterson & Howard Roughan Honeymoon Headline 2005 7. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 4th of July Headline 2005 8. John Grisham The Broker Century 2005 9. Josephine Cox The Journey HarperCollins 2005 10. Ian Rankin Fleshmarket Close Orion 2004 11. Josephine Cox Live the Dream HarperCollins 2004 12. James Patterson London Bridges Headline 2004 13. James Patterson Lifeguard Headline 2005 14. Dan Brown Angels and Demons Corgi 2003 15. Wilbur Smith Triumph of the Sun Macmillan 2005 16. Michael Connelly The Closers Orion 2005 17. James Patterson Mary, Mary Headline 2005 18. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Clean Break Doubleday 2005 19. Kathy Reichs Cross Bones Heinemann 2005 20. Lee Child One Shot Bantam 2005 Most Borrowed Fiction Titles (Adult) Author Title Publisher Year 1. Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code Corgi 2004 2. Maeve Binchy Nights of Rain and Stars Orion 2004 3. Dan Brown Digital Fortress Corgi 2004 4. Patricia Cornwell Trace Little, Brown 2004 5. James Patterson & Howard Roughan Honeymoon Headline 2005 6. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 4th of July Headline 2005 7. John Grisham The Broker Century 2005 8. Josephine Cox The Journey HarperCollins 2005 9. Ian Rankin Fleshmarket Close Orion 2004 10. Josephine Cox Live the Dream HarperCollins 2004 11. James Patterson London Bridges Headline 2004 12. James Patterson Lifeguard Headline 2005 13. Dan Brown Angels and Demons Corgi 2003 14. Wilbur Smith Triumph of the Sun Macmillan 2005 15. Michael Connelly The Closers Orion 2005 16. James Patterson Mary, Mary Headline 2005 17. Kathy Reichs Cross Bones Heinemann 2005 18. Lee Child One Shot Bantam 2005 19. Danielle Steel Impossible Bantam 2005 20. Martina Cole The Graft Headline 2004 Most Borrowed Children’s Fiction Titles Author Title Publisher Year 1. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Bloomsbury 2005 2. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Clean Break Doubleday 2005 3. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Sleepovers Young Corgi 2002 4. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Story of Tracy Beaker Yearling 1992 5. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Bloomsbury 2003 6. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Diamond Girls Doubleday 2004 7. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Mum-minder Yearling 1994 8. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry’s Underpants Dolphin 2003 9. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Best Friends Doubleday 2004 10. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Dare Game Corgi Yearling 2001 11. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Midnight Doubleday 2003 12. Jacqueline W ilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Best Friends Corgi Yearling 2005 13. Francesca Simon (illus Tony Ross) Horrid Henry Meets the Queen Orion 2004 14. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Lizzie Zipmouth Young Corgi 2000 15. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) Vicky Angel Corgi Yearling 2001 16. Julia Donaldson (illus Axel Scheffler) The Gruffalo’s Child Macmillan Children’s 2004 17. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Lottie Project Yearling 1998 18. Julia Donaldson (illus Axel Scheffler) Gruffalo Macmillan Children’s 1999 19. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) The Worry Website Corgi Yearling 2003 20. J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Bloomsbury 2001 Most Borrowed Non-Fiction Titles (Adult) Author Title Publisher Year 1. Gillian McKeith You Are What You Eat Michael Joseph 2004 2. Sheila Hancock The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw Bloomsbury 2004 3. Gillian McKeith You Are What You Eat Cookbook Michael Joseph 2005 4. Paul McKenna Change Your Life in Seven Days Bantam Press 2003 5. Paul McKenna I Can Make You Thin Bantam Press 2005 6. Maura Murphy Don’t Wake me at Doyles Headline 2005 7. Jamie Oliver (photos David Loftus & Chris Terry) Jamie’s Dinners Michael Joseph 2004 8. Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything Doubleday 2003 9. Dan Waddell Who Do You Think You Are? BBC Books 2004 10. Antony Worrall Thompson, Antony Worrall Thompson’s Mabel Blades & Jane Suthering GI Diet Kyle Cathie 2005 11. Trinny W oodall & What You Wear Can Weidenfeld & Susannah Constantine Change Your Life Nicholson 2004 12. Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything Black Swan 2004 13. Driving Standards Agency The Official Theory Test for Car Drivers TSO 2004 14. Lynne Truss Eats, Shoots & Leaves Profile 2003 15. Sheila Hancock The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw Bloomsbury 2005 16. Nigella Lawson (photos James Merrell) Feast: Food That Celebrates Life Chatto & Windus 2004 17. Dave Pelzer A Child Called It Orion 2001 18. Richard Benson The Farm Penguin 2006 19. Katie Price (ie Jordan) Being Jordan John Blake 2004 20. Kate Adie The Kindness of Strangers Headline 2002 Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction Titles Author Title Publisher Year 1. Eric Hill Spot Can Count Puffin 2000 2. Anna Nilsen Pirates Little Hare 2003 3. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Woeful Second World War Hippo 1999 4. Terry Deary, Neil Tonge (illus Martin Brown) The Terrible Tudors Hippo 1993 5. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Ruthless Romans Hippo 2003 6. Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite (illus Martin Brown) The Awesome Egyptians Scholastic 1993 7. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Rotten Romans Hippo 1994 8. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Vile Victorians Scholastic 1994 9. Mick Inkpen Kipper’s A to Z Hodder Children’s 2002 10. Simon Adams Tudor Dorling Kindersley 2004 11. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) England Scholastic 2004 12. Simon Adams (photos Andy Crawford) World War II Dorling Kindersley 2000 13. Lucy Cousins Count With Maisy Walker 1999 14. Lucy Cousins Maisy’s Colours Walker 1999 15. - Baby Animals Dorling Kindersley 1999 16. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown) The Groovy Greeks Hippo 1996 17. Mick Inkpen Kipper’s Book of Counting Hodder Children’s 1997 18. Mick Inkpen Kipper’s Book of Colours Hodder Children’s 1997 19. Terry Deary (illus Kate Sheppard) The Blitzed Brits Hippo 1994 20. Mick Inkpen Kipper’s Book of Opposites Hodder Children’s 1997 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. Harper Lee To Kill a Mocking Bird Arrow 2000 4. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Penguin 2003 5. Harper Lee To Kill a Mocking Bird Minerva 1991 6. Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Penguin 1996 7. Charles Dickens Great Expectations Penguin 2003 8. Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights Penguin 2003 9. Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle Virago 2003 10. J R R Tolkien Lord of the Rings HarperCollins 1995 11. Jane Austin Pride and Prejudice Oxford University Press 1998 12. J R R Tolkien Lord of the Rings Collins 2001 13. Daphne du Maurier Jamaica Inn Virago 2003 14. Agatha Christie The Hollow HarperCollins 2002 15. L N Tolstoy War and Peace Penguin 1978 16. Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights Oxford University Press 1998 17. Charles Dickens Bleak House Penguin 2003 18. Aldous Huxley Brave New World Flamingo 1994 19. Agatha Christie Taken at the Flood HarperCollins 2002 20. Daphne du Maurier The House on the Strand Virago 2003 Most Borrowed Classic Titles (Children) Author Title Publisher Year 1. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Witches Puffin 2001 2. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Puffin 2001 3. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Puffin 2001 4. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Matilda Puffin 2001 5. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The BFG Puffin 2001 6. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) James and the Giant Peach Puffin 2001 7. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) Danny the Champion of the World Puffin 2001 8. Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas Winnie’s Magic Wand OUP 2002 9. J R R Tolkien (illus David Wyatt) The Hobbit Collins 1998 10. Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Puffin 2005 11. C S Lewis (illus Pauline Baynes) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins 1998 12. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Enormous Crocodile Puffin 2001 13. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka Puffin 2001 14. C S Lewis (illus Pauline Baynes) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Collins 1965 15. Louisa M Alcott (illus Shirley Hughes) Little Women Puffin 1994 16. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) George’s Marvellous Medicine Cape 1981 17. Roald Dahl (illus Quentin Blake) The Twits Cape 1980 18. Ian Beck Chicken Licken OUP 2003 19. Astrid Lindgren (illus Tony Ross) Pippi Longstocking OUP 2002 20. Walt Disney Company Peter Pan Ladybird 2003 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. Published by Public Lending Right, Richard House, Sorbonne Close, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6DA www.plr.uk.com .