MOST BORROWED AUTHORS

MOST BORROWED AUTHORS JULY 2011 – JUNE 2012 Contents Most Borrowed Authors (Adult & Children Combined) Most Borrowed Authors (Adult Fiction) Most Borrowed Children’s Authors Most Borrowed Classic Authors

Most Borrowed Authors (Adult & Children Combined) Name

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

James Patterson Daisy Meadows Julia Donaldson Nora Roberts Francesca Simon Jacqueline Wilson M C Beaton Danielle Steel Mick Inkpen Adam Blade Clive Cussler Terry Deary Fiona Watt Roald Dahl Anna Jacobs Lee Child Ian Whybrow David Baldacci Michael Connelly Harlan Coben

(21. Lauren Child (27. Tess Gerritsen (28. Josephine Cox

Adult/ Children

Position in 2010-2011

A C C A C C A A C C A C C C A A C A A A

1 2 7 3 5 4 8 6 9 11 10 12 13 14 19 22 16 34 20 29

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15) 18) 17)

Most Borrowed Authors (Adult Fiction) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

James Patterson Nora Roberts M C Beaton Danielle Steel Clive Cussler Anna Jacobs Lee Child David Baldacci Michael Connelly Harlan Coben

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Katie Flynn Tess Gerritsen Josephine Cox Alexander McCall Smith John Grisham Jodi Picoult J D Robb Jeffrey Deaver Agatha Christie Ian Rankin

Most Borrowed Children’s Authors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Daisy Meadows Julia Donaldson Francesca Simon Jacqueline Wilson Mick Inkpen Adam Blade Terry Deary Fiona Watt Roald Dahl Ian Whybrow

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Lauren Child Lucy Cousins Eric Hill Enid Blyton Michael Morpurgo Jeanne Willis Tony Ross Janet & Allan Ahlberg Vivian French Jeremy Strong

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Graham Greene William Shakespeare J R R Tolkien George Orwell Arthur Conan Doyle Thomas Hardy Ernest Hemingway Nevil Shute Harper Lee Charlotte Bronte

Most Borrowed Classic Authors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Roald Dahl Enid Blyton Agatha Christie Georgette Heyer Charles Dickens P G Wodehouse Beatrix Potter Jane Austen Daphne Du Maurier C S Lewis

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