Another book meme

[wellinghall]

Most-borrowed authors from UK public libraries, 2010/11; http://www.plr.uk.com/mediaCentre/mostBorrowedAuthors/top20Authors/2010-2011Top20Authors.pdf

Bold = Read
Italic = Would really like to read
Strikethrough = Didn't think it was all that great, myself
Underlined = Read and thought lived up to the hype


Most Borrowed Authors (Adult Fiction)
1. James Patterson
2. Nora Roberts
3. Danielle Steel
4. M C Beaton
5. Clive Cussler
6. Josephine Cox
7. Tess Gerritsen
8. Anna Jacobs
9. Michael Connelly
10. Lee Child
11. Katie Flynn
12. Jodi Picoult
13. Alexander McCall Smith
14. Harlan Coben
15. Ian Rankin
16. Patricia Cornwell
17. David Baldacci
18. Jeffrey Deaver
19. Agatha Christie
20. John Grisham



Most Borrowed Children’s Authors
1. Daisy Meadows
2. Jacqueline Wilson
3. Francesca Simon
4. Julia Donaldson
5. Mick Inkpen
6. Adam Blade
7. Terry Deary
8. Fiona Watt
9. Roald Dahl
10. Lauren Child
11. Ian Whybrow
12. Enid Blyton
13. Lucy Cousins
14. Janet & Allan Ahlberg
15. Eric Hill
16. Tony Ross
17. Michael Morpurgo
18. Jeanne Willis
19. Vivian French
20. Jeremy Strong



Most Borrowed Classic Authors
1. Roald Dahl
2. Enid Blyton
3. Agatha Christie
4. Georgette Heyer
5. P G Wodehouse
6. Charles Dickens
7. Jane Austen
8. Daphne Du Maurier
9. Beatrix Potter
10. C S Lewis
11. William Shakespeare
12. George Orwell
13. J R R Tolkien
14. Thomas Hardy
15. Nevil Shute
16. Arthur Conan Doyle
17. A A Milne
18. Ernest Hemingway
19. Harper Lee
20. Anthony Trollope

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I've read 18 of the classics, all 20 of the children's authors (though not every book they've written!) and absolutely NONE of the adult authors. Spot the children's librarian! :-)

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Dear God, what an awful list.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I'm terrible at remembering author names and associating them with book titles. Can only get as far as 'that looks vaguely familiar' for a lot of these.