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Looking for some bookish inspiration? Take a look at the top 100 books borrowed by Nottinghamshire readers in the last five years below!

While we transition to a new library management system this Autumn/Winter, why not try out one of these titles? You're bound to find some of these gems on our library shelves! Find out more.

Adult Fiction

  1. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
  2. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
  3. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
  4. Better Off Dead by Lee Child
  5. The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves
  6. The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths
  7. The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths
  8. Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer
  9. The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
  10. 1979 by Val McDermid
Top 5 from the list, including three titles by Richard Osman

Amazingly, Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series take all three top spots for adult fiction, racking up over 4,000 issues between them! Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths follow in his footsteps with two spots each in our top ten. Did you read any of these favourites? Take a look at the rest of the top 100 below and don't forget to keep your eye out during your next library visit.

Top 100 Adult Fiction

Adult Non-Fiction

  1. The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
  2. And Away... by Bob Mortimer
  3. The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
  4. This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes
  5. Bored of Lunch by Nathan Anthony
  6. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  7. Spare by Prince Harry
  8. The Potty Badge by Lauren Holowaty
  9. Pinch of Nom Comfort Food by Kate Allinson
  10. The Batch Lady by Suzanne Mulholland
Top 5 of the 100 non-fiction titles, including two by Raynor Winn and Bob Mortimer's 'And Away...'

Are you surprised by any of our top 5 non-fiction titles? Raynor Winn appears twice in the list with The Salt Path and The Wild Silence, proving the current popularity of reflective narrative non-fiction. There are also two autobiographies in the mix from Bob Mortimer and Miriam Margolyes, plus lunchtime inspiration our readers have been eating up! Take a look at the rest of the top 100 below and don't forget to keep your eye out during your next library visit.

Top 100 in Adult Non-Fiction