Anonymous Patron writes “Scotsman.com Reports the crime author Ian Rankin has topped the library lending list in Scotland, while authors who aim at youngsters lead the UK-wide table.
The children’s writer Jacqueline Wilson was the UK’s most-borrowed author, with her books taken out more than two million times in the 12 months to July 2004. Another children’s author, the best-selling picture-book artist and writer Mick Inkpen, came in sixth.
THE TOP TEN most popular library books in Scotland, between July 2003 and June 2004:
A Question of Blood, Ian Rankin. The King of Torts, John Grisham. Blue Horizon, Wilbur Smith. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, JK Rowling. Beggar’s Banquet, Ian Rankin. Fallen Gods, Quintin Jardine. The Jester, James Patterson. Bad Company, Jack Higgins. Lost Light, Michael Connelly and Beachcomber, Josephine Cox.”
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