What did we borrow in the very strange year that was 2020? We've tallied the numbers to find out what everyone was reading across adult fiction and non-fiction, junior fiction, eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Category: Adult Fiction
Most borrowed: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
2. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
3. Grown Ups, Marian Keyes
4. The mirror & the light, Hilary Mantel
5. Blue Moon (Jack Reacher Series Book 24), Lee Child
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Most borrowed: Becoming, Michelle Obama
2. Educated, Tara Westover
3. Phosphorescence: on awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark, Julia Baird
4. Three Women, Lisa Taddeo
5. A Bigger Picture, Malcolm Turnbull
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Most borrowed: One of us is next, Karen M. McManus
2. One of us is lying, Karen M. McManus
3. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
4. Mad Dogs, Robert Muchamore
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling
Category: Junior Fiction
Most borrowed: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wrecking Ball, Jeff Kinney
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
3. The world's worst teachers, David Walliams
4. Hopping Weird!, Anh Do
5. Tom Gates Epic Adventure (kind of), Liz Pichon
Category: eBooks
Most borrowed: Normal People, Sally Rooney
2. The Alice Network, Kate Quinn
3. Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton
4. Phosphorescence: on awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark, Julia Baird
5. Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe
Category: eAudio
Most borrowed: Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty
2. Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris
3. Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri
4. Becoming, Michelle Obama
5. This is going to hurt, Adam Kay
