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ALIA reveals Australia’s most borrowed library books

Wednesday, 25 May 2016   Books+Publishing
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The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2016 to mark the start of Library and Information Week, which runs from 23-29 May.

The most borrowed books by category are:

Fiction

  • The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins, Black Swan)
  • Make Me (Lee Child, Bantam)
  • Personal (Lee Child, Bantam)
  • The Burning Room (Michael Connelly, A&U)
  • The Rosie Effect (Graeme Simsion, Text)
  • Never Go Back (Lee Child, Bantam)
  • The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, Text)
  • Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn, Hachette)
  • The Road Back (Di Morrissey, Macmillan)
  • The Gods of Guilt (Michael Connelly, A&U)

Nonfiction

  • I Quit Sugar For Life (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan)
  • Jamie’s 15-Minute (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph)
  • New Zealand (Lonely Planet)
  • This House of Grief (Helen Garner, Text)
  • Japan (Lonely Planet)
  • Family Food (Pete Evans, Plum)
  • Jacks and Jokers (Matthew Condon, UQP)
  • The Bush (Don Watson, Hamish Hamilton)
  • I Quit Sugar: Your Complete 8-week Detox Program (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan)
  • Country Style Homes (Country Style)

Children

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (Jeff Kinney, Puffin)
  • Thea Stilton and the Journey to the Lion’s Den (Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic)
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (Jeff Kinney, Puffin)
  • Minecraft: Construction Handbook (Hardie Grant Egmont)
  • The Cat, the Rat and the Baseball Bat (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan)
  • Minecraft: Redstone Handbook (Hardie Grant Egmont)
  • The 13-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan)
  • Ed and Ted and Ted’s Dog Fred (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan)
  • Geronimo Stilton Cavemice: The Fast and the Frozen (Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic)
  • Treasure Island (Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic)

Young adult

  • Divergent (Veronica Roth, HarperCollins)
  • The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins, Scholastic)
  • The Maze Runner (James Dashner, Chicken House)
  • Allegiant (Veronica Roth, HarperCollins)
  • Insurgent (Veronica Roth, HarperCollins)
  • Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins, Scholastic)
  • Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins, Scholastic)
  • The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Puffin)
  • The Scorch Trials (James Dashner, Chicken House)
  • The Death Cure (James Dashner, Chicken House).

 

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