Territory And Municipal Services have announced the most popular books in the Library system last year:
The most requested books in 2011 were: Jamieβs 30 Minute Meals by Jamie Oliver, The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund De Waal, All That I Am by Anna Funder, Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy by Lindsay Tanner, Calebβs Crossing by Geraldine Brooks and Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson.
The most requested DVDs in 2011 were: Valentineβs Day, Salt, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The No. 1 Ladiesβ Detective Agency: The complete first season, and The Kingβs Speech.
The most borrowed books over the last eight years are Mills and Boon titles, Grandpa and Thomas by Pamela Allen, The Turning by Tim Winton, Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest), Hunwick’s Egg by Mem Fox, Daisy All-Sorts by Pamela Allen, Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, and Be Gentle by Virginia Miller.
The most borrowed DVDs over the last eight years are Lost: The Complete First Season, The Persuaders Collection 2, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Stargate SG 1 Season 2, and The Day After Tomorrow.