Jacqueline Wilson's Books Popular at UK Libraries

Posted on February 23, 2010

The Telegraph reports that Jacqueline Wilson was the most popular library book author of the last decade at UK libraries. She was followed by Danielle Steel and Catherine cookson. Here is the list of the ten most borrowed authors of the 2000s from UK libraries according to Public Lending Right.

  1. Jacqueline Wilson (16 million)
  2. Danielle Steel (14 million)
  3. Catherine Cookson (14 million)
  4. Josephine Cox (13 million)
  5. James Patterson (11 million)
  6. RL Stine (10 million)
  7. Mick Inkpen (10 million)
  8. Janet & Allan Ahlberg (9 million)
  9. Roald Dahl (8 million)
  10. Agatha Christie (8 million)


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