New figures show that nine out of the 10 most borrowed books last year were thrillers, with Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher title grabbing top slot and James Patterson the most-borrowed overall
The combination of murder and libraries – such a cliche of detective fiction that Agatha Christie has a character declare: “bodies are always being found in libraries in books” – continues to tighten its grip on the nation’s library-goers, with all but one of the top 10 most borrowed books last year a murder mystery.
Lee Child’s peripatetic hero Jack Reacher is on the hunt for a killer who has taken a shot at the French president in Personal, the year’s most borrowed title, new figures from Public Lending Right (PLR) reveal. In Never Go Back, the second most popular book for the UK’s library-goers, Reacher is accused of a historical homicide. A mix of death and destruction from authors including Peter Robinson, Robert Galbraith – the pseudonym for JK Rowling – and James Patterson help fill out PLR’s top 10 most borrowed titles.
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