Most frequently borrowed books, part 2

Almost two years ago I did a post on the most frequently borrowed books at the PRHS library and according to the blog statistics, it is the page that gets the most hits. So I thought I'd do another and, lo and behold, the most borrowed book is the same.

The books below have all been borrowed since the beginning of this school year, and the bold number is how many times the book has been borrowed, and any book with a star is an Orca Soundings book.

1. *Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan - 33.

2. *Dead-end job by Vicki Grant - 25.

3. Trials of death by Darren Shan - 22.

4. Exit point by Laura Langston - 19.

5. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - 18.

6. Tie: *Home invasion by Monique Polak, *Tough trails by Irene Morck, and Lord Loss by Darren Shan - 17.

9. *Thunderbowl by Lesley Choyce - 16.

10. *Zee's way by Kristin Butcher - 15.


As a comparison the top 15 all-time, doesn't-matter-when-they-were-last-borrowed Most Borrowed Books are below:

1. *Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan - 33.

2. New moon by Stephenie Meyer - 29.

3. Guinness World Records 2006 - 26.

4. *Dead-end job by Vicki Grant - 25.

5. Tie: *The trouble with Liberty by Kristin Butcher and Trials of death by Darren Shan - 22.

7. *Snitch by Norah McClintock - 21.

8. Tie: *Bang by Norah McClintock and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - 20.

10. Tie: *I.D. by Vicki Grant and *Exit point by Laura Langston - 19.

12. Tie: Tithe by Holly Black, Cirque du Freak: the saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan, Ninth key (Mediator series) by Meg Cabot, and Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - 18.


Orca Soundings are still far and away the most popular books in the library, but I find it interesting that all the non-Orca books on the list (except Guinness World Records) are fantasies or paranormal romances.