Most popular library items 2007

The most popular items borrowed from Plymouth Libraries this year. See what library staff picked in their review of the year.

Adult fiction hardbacks

Adult authors in hardback

Adult fiction paperbacks

Adult authors in paperback

Children's fiction

Childrens authors

Picture books

Picture book authors

CDs

Artists

Composers

DVDs

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Most popular adult hardbacks

1. Far from home - Lyn Andrews
2. Beyond the blue hills - Katie Flynn
3. Bad luck and trouble - Lee Child
4. Gone to ground - John Harvey
5. 6th target - James Patterson
6. Sweethearts - Emma Blair
7. I heard that song before - Mary Higgins Clark
8. Sister's promise - Anne Bennett
9. Wild child - Anne Baker
10. Watchman - Robert Crais

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Most popular adult authors in hardback

1. James Patterson
2. Danielle Steel
3. Nora Roberts
4. Anna Jacobs
5. Josephine Cox
6. Lilian Harry
7. Freda Lightfoot
8. Katie Flynn
9. Rosie Harris
10. Lyn Andrews

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Most popular adult paperbacks

1. Darkest before dawn - Katie Flynn
2. Family of women - Annie Murray
3. Blowing it - Judy Astley
4. Pride of Lancashire - Anna Jacobs
5. Song at twilight - Lilian Harry
6. Red lily - Nora Roberts
7. As the night ends - Audrey Howard
8. After midnight - Susan Sallis
9. Lincoln lawyer - Michael Connelly
10. Always and forever - Cathy Kelly

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Most popular adult authors in paperback

1. Nora Roberts
2. James Patterson
3. Jill Mansell
4. Danielle Steel
5. Ian Rankin
6. Lilian Harry
7. Katie Flynn
8. Bernard Cornwell
9. Carol Marinelli
10. M.C. Beaton

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Most popular children's fiction

1. Horrid Henry's big bad book - Francesca Simon
2. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows - J.K. Rowling
3. Starring Tracy Beaker - Jacqueline Wilson
4. Charlie and the chocolate factory - Roald Dahl
5. Captain Underpants and the preposterous plight of the purple potty people - Dav Pilkey
6. Killer underpants - Michael Lawrence
7. Poppy and Max and the fashoin show - Sally Grindley
8. Horrid Henry and the mega-mean time machine - Francesca Simon
9. Sundae girl - Cathy Cassidy
10. Candyfloss - Jacqueline Wilson

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Most popular children's authors

1. Jacqueline Wilson
2. Daisy Meadows
3. Roald Dahl
4. Francesca Simon
5. Roderick Hunt
6. Dav Pilkey
7. Vivian French
8. Seuss
9. Lemomy Snickett
10. Emma Thompson

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Most popular picture books

1. Dear Zoo - Rod Campbell
2. Tiger who came to tea - Judith Kerr
3. Pants - Giles Andreae
4. Winnie the witch - Valerie Thomas
5. Is is bedtime Wibbly Pig? - Mick Inkpen
6. Owl babies - Martin Waddell
7. No matter what - Debi Gliori
8. That's not my puppy - Fiona Watt
9. We're going on a bear hunt - Michael Rosen
10. Not now, Bernard - David McKee

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Most popular picture book authors

1. Mick Inkpen
2. Fiona Watt
3. Ian Whybrow
4. Lauren Child
5. Julia Donaldson
6. Giles Andreae
7. Lucy Cousins
8. David McKee
9. Tony Ross
10. Nick Butterworth

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Most popular CDs

1. Hand built by robots - Newton Faulkner
2. Back to black - Amy Winehouse
3. Version - Mark Ronson
4. Yours truly, angry mob - Kaiser Chiefs
5. Favourite worst nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
6. Collection - Traveling Wilburys
7. Life in cartoon motion - Mika
8. Eyes open - Snow Patrol
9. Because of the times - Kings of Leon
10. End has a start - Editors

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Most popular artists

1. Amy Winehouse
2. Beatles
3. Newton Faulkner
4. Kaiser Chiefs
5. Arctic Monkeys
6. Mark Ronson
7. Pink Floyd
8. Bob Dylan
9. Snow Patrol
10. Traveling Wilburys

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Most popular Classical artists

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Johannes Brahms
4. Ludwig van Beethoven
5. Edward Elgar
6. Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
7. Sergey Rachmaninov
8. George Frideric Handel
9. Frédéric Chopin
10. Camille Saint-Saëns

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Most popular DVDs

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: at world's end
2. Simpsons movie
3. Casino Royale
4. Die hard 4.0
5. Devil wears Prada
6. Shrek the third
7. Harry Potter & the order of the phoenix
8. Hot fuzz
9. Queen
10. Bourne ultimatum

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