The Guardian Has More on the PLR popularity charts of writers most borrowed in public libraries.
They say Catherine Cookson’s reign as queen of British fiction for five years after her death is due to end within the next two or three years. Leading children’s writer, Jacqueline Wilson, is said to be “in the frame” to take the top position in the longer term. And, in an unprecedented development, five other children’s authors have reached the top 12, demonstrating the vigour of their genre. They are RL Stine, black comedian of the Goosebumps series, Mick Inkpen, Janet and Allen Ahlberg, and Lucy Daniels, of the Animal Ark series.
JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was the overall most borrowed book of all library titles, while Jamie Oliver’s Return of the Naked Chef won the honour of being the most borrowed title in the cookery section.
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