Most popular books added to

Melbourne High Library


Selected using the borrowing statistics of books
added in the last six months of 2001.

Fiction

  1. Artemis Fowl : the Arctic incident by Eoin Colfer
  2. Adults only by Morris Gleitzman
  3. Daughter of fortune by Isabel Allende
  4. The hobbit, or, There and back again by J.R.R.Tolkien
  5. Ilse witch by Terry Brooks

Non-Fiction

  1. Special forces : a guided tour by Tom Clancy . . 356.1670973 CLA
  2. Anime : from Akira to Princess Mononoke : experiencing contemporary Japanese animation by Susan Jolliffe Napier . .791.433 NAP
  3. The anime encyclopedia : a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 by Jonathan Clements . .791.433 CLE
  4. Black Hawk down by Mark Bowden . . 967.73053 BOW
  5. Anime essentials : every thing a fan needs to know by Gilles Poitras . . 791.433 POI

Most popular fiction of 2001

Artimis Fowl by Eoin Colfer . . borrowed 34 times

Most popular fiction title since records began

Animal farm by George Orwell . . borrowed 561 times (and not even a set text!)

Most popular non-fiction item of 2001

Reactions & revolutions : Russia 1881-1924 / by Michael Lynch . . borrowed 42 times

Most popular non-fiction item since records began

Using Assembly language by Allen L. Wyatt . . borrowed 132 times (and still around!)
These statistics last updated september 12th 2002.