Wollongong Libraries have tallied the numbers for most borrowed items in 2020, with Michelle Obama's memoir top for non-fiction and Anh Do's Weirdo 13 top for junior fiction.
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"Anh Do is easily one of our young readers all-time favourite authors. This is the second year in a row that Do has made a clean sweep of the junior fiction Top 10 Books of the year," said Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery.
"Adding up the numbers shows that in total his books were borrowed a staggering 1,393 times this year. On average, that's three copies of Anh Do's books borrowed every day by keen readers."
On average, that's three copies of Anh Do's books borrowed every day by keen readers.
- Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery
Lee Child's Blue Moon was most sought for adult fiction, Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay was most read in youth fiction, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was top for eAudio books while Silver by Chris Hammer was top for eBooks.
The Michele Payne tribute Ride Like a Girl was most borrowed DVD, Frozen II top for junior DVD and Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits was most borrowed CD.
Adult Fiction
- Blue Moon by Lee Child (232 loans)
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (211)
- Good Girl Bad Girl by Michael Robotham (183)
- Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (175)
- The Wife and the Widow by Christian White (162)
- Past Tense by Lee Child (158)
- The Lost Man by Jane Harper (156)
- The Weekend by Charlotte Wood (155)
- The Nowhere Child by Christian White (152)
- Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton (141)
Adult Non-Fiction
- Becoming by Michelle Obama (185)
- Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture by Bruce Pascoe (141)
- The Barefoot Investor: the only money guide you'll ever need by Scott Pape (138)
- Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales (127)
- 488 Rules for life: the thankless art of being correct by Kitty Flanagan (106)
- Three Women by Lisa Taddeo (96)
- The Barefoot Investor for Families: the only kids' money guide you'll ever need by Scott Pape (80)
- The Fast 800: how to combine rapid weight loss and intermittent fasting for long-term health by Dr Michael Mosley (79)
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck: a counterintuitive approach to living a good life by Mark Manson (74)
- Everything Is F*cked: a book about hope by Mark Manson (72)
Youth Fiction
- The Hunger Games. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (34)
- The Hunger Games. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (30)
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (26)
- The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan (26)
- Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (25)
- The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (25)
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (25)
- Detention by Tristan Bancks (24)
- How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox (24)
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (24)
Junior Fiction
- WeirDo 13: Weirdomania! by Anh Do (130)
- Weirdo 9: Spooky Weird! by Anh Do (115)
- Game Time! by Anh Do (113)
- Ninja Clones! by Anh Do (107)
- Show Time! by Anh Do (107)
- Weirdo 12: Hopping Weird! by Anh Do (105)
- The Great Escape by Anh Do (104)
- Flying Ninja! by Anh Do (103)
- Movie Time! by Anh Do (103)
- Weirdo 14: VOTE Weirdo! by Anh Do (103)
eAudio
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (610)
- Becoming by Michelle Obama (291)
- The Clockmaker Daughter by Kate Morton (253)
- Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (240)
- 488 Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan (230)
- Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton (222)
- The Break by Marian Keyes (215)
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (210)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (209)
- Mythos by Stephen Fry (208)
eBooks
- Silver by Chris Hammer (342)
- The Weekend by Charlotte Wood (270)
- Night Fire by Michael Connelly (267)
- The Wife and the Widow by Christian White (209)
- The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan (208)
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (204)
- Normal People by Sally Rooney (203)
- The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton (202)
- The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (189)
- Becoming by Michelle Obama (185)
Top Adult DVDs
- Ride Like a Girl (169)
- Ford V Ferrari (167)
- Joker (164)
- Judy (161)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (160)
- Parasite (154)
- Downtown Abbey: the motion picture (144)
- Big Little Lies. The complete second season (135)
- Knives Out (129)
- 1917 (118)
Top Junior DVDs
- Frozen II (152)
- The Lion King (103)
- Abominable (90)
- Dora And the Lost City of Gold (81)
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 (73)
- Toy Story 4 (71)
- Aladdin (68)
- Mary Poppins Returns (64)
- Dumbo (61)
- PAW Patrol. Pups Save Christmas (57)
Top CDs
- Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits: Songs from the South, 1985-2019 - Paul Kelly (30)
- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish (27)
- Queen's Greatest Hits. II (21)
- Jon Savage's 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45 - Jon Savage (21)
- No Mercy in this Land - Ben Harper (21)
- Disney Sing Your Heart Out (20)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (20)
- Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (20)
- Abbey Road - Beatles (19)
- Lover - Taylor Swift (19)
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