Top Ten Books In Cardiff
Here are the top ten books in Cardiff:
- The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
- Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
- The Finkler Question - Howard Jacobson
- Room - Emma Donoghue
- Worth Dying For - Lee Child
- 61 Hours - Lee Child
- The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse novella - Stephenie Meyer
- Private - James Patterson
- Caught - Harlan Coben
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
These books were borrowed from libraries all across Cardiff. A staggering 6 out of 10 of these books are crime thrillers with Dan Brown topping the lot. I haven’t read the Dan Brown myself but here is review by The Guardian. Other favourites in Cardiff are fiction, teen horror and historical fiction.
If you're interested in reading then a new book club for teens is launching soon and it's called Teens Aloud! So if you like biscuits or if you like reading book reading out loud or just listening then this is the group for you. There is no minimum age and no cost just a good time. This group is held in the Cardiff Central Library on Wednesday afternoons 4:30pm-5:30pm from 29th February. If your interested in this group then just get in touch with ctozer@cardiff.gov.uk.
If you're more of a solo reader then why not pop down to your local library - there are 20 of them around Cardiff, click here to find your nearest one.
But back to Dan Brown, he's not only popular in Cardiff but in the whole of the UK too. Public Lending Right has announced the most borrowed books from libraries across the whole of the UK.
Top ten UK books:
- The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
- 61 Hours - Lee Child
- Private - James Patterson
- 9th Judgement - James Patterson
- Worst Case - James Patterson
- Caught - Harlan Coben
- Don’t Blink - James Patterson & Howard Roughan
- The Postcard Killers - James Patterson & Liza Marklund
- The Complaints - Ian Rankin
- Worth Dying For - Lee Child
Have you read any of the books in top 10? Comment below!
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6 Comments – Post a comment
Jeff the Fridge
Commented 52 months ago - 7th February 2012 - 15:50pm
no comic books or graphic novels?? that genre of books is sadly over looked for being childish, but some of the stories are better than most books, most prominant in my mind is that identity crisis and final crisis made me cry much more than either dumbledore or even dobby's death in the hp series. also, wheres the hunger games?
Sam Sprout (Editor)
Commented 52 months ago - 7th February 2012 - 16:06pm
I think that if they did a list of what young people read they'll make an appearance. They should do that - don't you have to give your DOB when you get a library card? Surely they could filter for age? I dunno...
SamuelPatterson
Commented 52 months ago - 7th February 2012 - 16:12pm
I've never read any of those books...
Sam Sprout (Editor)
Commented 52 months ago - 7th February 2012 - 16:15pm
For my sins I think I've read the Dan Brown one. Bleurgh.
Xaintro
Commented 52 months ago - 7th February 2012 - 19:39pm
" The Lost Symbol " is a must buy book! I couldn't put it down after I started it although I agree that It would be good to have a list of books for kids as I currently have nothing to read! I pesonally enjoyed " The Cherub Series " by Robert Muchamore as it is brilliantly well written and full of nail-biting suspense: its perfect for those who love teenage spies, action and I would recommend it to all who love Anthony Horowitz's " Alex Rider " series and Charlie Higson's " Young Bond " series.
PS3Girl
Commented 51 months ago - 8th February 2012 - 21:23pm
I have read a few different Stephenie Meyer books, (basically all the Twilight ones) but didn't really like The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner. Aint read the others.