Could you please send me the following information:
The top 10 most borrowed books at your libraries in the calendar years 2023 and 2024.
Please provide one list for each year – in other words, the top 10 across all your libraries, not individual top 10s for each library.
For 2024, the top 10 physical books for Devon and the top 10 digital books (including audiobooks) across Libraries Unlimited (LU) is provided below. Please note, we are not able to separate out Devon’s borrowing, therefore this information includes Torbay.
| Physical – Devon only | |
| Author | Title |
| Ann Cleeves | Raging Storm |
| Andrew Child and Lee Child | Secret |
| Richard Osman | Man Who Died Twice |
| Jojo Moyes | Someone Else’s Shoes |
| Kes Gray | Oi Puppies! |
| Richard Osman | The Thursday Murder Club |
| Richard Osman | Last Devil To Die |
| Ann Cleeves | The Rising Tide |
| Richard Osman | The Bullet That Missed |
| Reverend Richard Coles | Murder Before Evensong |
| Digital – LU Wide – includes Torbay | |
| Author | Title |
| Kate Morton | Homecoming |
| Richard Osman | The Bullet That Missed |
| Richard Osman | Last Devil to Die |
| Fiona Cummins | All of Us Are Broken |
| Lisa Jewell | Family Remains |
| Lisa Jewell | None of This is True |
| Barbara Kingsolver | Demon Copperhead |
| Lucinda Riley | Hothouse Flower |
| Ann Cleeves | Raging Storm |
| Karen Swan | Last Summer |
For 2023, please refer to a previous Freedom of Information response Library books – Freedom of information published in our Disclosure Log which is available on our website.