I had a quick flick through the latest copy of the UK Bookseller magazine this morning to check what people in Britain are buying to read. Once again I was impressed with the number of books that we have on our Rodney Libraries shelves that are mentioned in the Top 20 lists.
The Top 20 mass market fiction list is dominated by all of your favourite authors. Steig Larsson appears four times (the fourth one is the movie tie-in edition as there are only three published books). Martina Cole, Jeffrey Deaver, Philippa Gregory, James Patterson, Mark Billingham, Penny Vincenzi and Lee Child are all there. There seems to be quite a heavy emphasis on the crime/thriller genre.
Stephenie Meyer and other writers in the vampire genre continue to dominate the children's Top 20. Jacqueline Wilson makes a lonely entry at #8 with her latest Little Darlings while there are a couple of movie tie-ins (Percy Jackson and Alice in Wonderland)
Cookbooks and biographies are popular in the non-fiction lists. Jamie Oliver has a new release Jamie Does which is already on our shelves. Look Back in Hunger by Jo Brand is top of the second non-fiction list in the UK and we also stock that.
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