CRIME, recycling and keeping fit are some of the hottest topics people are reading about at the Orange City Library.
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Sharing classic children’s books with the next generation is another trend; all documented in a study of the 10 most borrowed books in Central West Libraries during Library and Information Week in the categories of adult fiction, adult non-fiction, children’s books and junior fiction.
Orange CityLibrary manager Jan Richards and librarian Sean Brady noted the trends were particularly interesting as some trends signal generational trends in reading.
“It looks like readers love crime stories, which made up most of the top 10 [for adult fiction], but they also had a taste for literature and romance,” Ms Richards said.
“It is interesting to note findings of a nationwide library survey by the Australian Library and Information Association also found a crime author, Lee Childs, was the most popular author in Adult Fiction and Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks the most popular in the Non-Fiction section.”
Mr Brady said the study’s results would enhance the Library’s services to ratepayers from the community centre.
“This helps us to build to an overall picture,” he said.
“In non-fiction, research points us to what’s being studied and what aspects of lifestyle are deemed important. It also helps us to especially build the non-fiction collection towards what’s being studied at school, what’s being studied at the university and at TAFE.”
Adult Fiction Books:
1. Lifeguard by James Patterson
2. The Summons by John Grisham
3. Renegade by Diana Palmer
4. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
5. Live the dream by Josephine Cox
6. Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts
7. Miss Amber Regrets by Jon Cleary
8. Knock Down by Dick Francis
9. Dead Simple by Peter James
10. Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Children’s Books Top 10:
1. Pete the Sheep by Jackie French
2. Old Hat New Hat by Stan Berenstain
3. Noah built an ark one day by Colin Hawkins
4. Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
5. Schnitzel von Krumm forget-me-not by Lynley Dodd
6. Wombat Divine by Jackie French
7. Flip and Flop by Dawn Apperley
8. Hairy Maclary by Lynley Dodd
9. Stella: Queen of the Snow by Marie-Louise Gay
10. Bouncing by Shirley Hughes
