Most popular items for adults 2011

What are the most popular items at Christchurch City Libraries? In an attempt to find out the answer, our staff have compiled reports on the most popular adult, childrens and young adult titles.

Popularity has been calculated by the number of holds placed in 2011.

The lists include all items, so while most titles are books, Adele’s latest CD 21 is number 19 in the list of adult titles. 

1. The Official New Zealand road code NZ Transport Agency
2. The Affair Lee Child
3. The Help Kathryn Stockett
4. Land of painted caves Jean M. Auel
5. Sing you home Jodi Picoult
6. The Girl who kicked the hornets’ nest Stieg Larsson
7. Daughters-in-Law Joanna Trollope
8. The Fifth witness Michael Connelly
9. The Girl who played with fire Stieg Larsson
10. What was I thinking: a memoir Paul Henry
11. The Leopard Jo Nesbo
12. The Conductor Sarah Quigley
13. The Girl with the dragon tattoo Stieg Larsson
14. The Silent girl Tess Gerritsen
15. The Snowman Jo Nesbo
16. Now you see her James Patterson
17. One day David Nicholls
18. Belle Lesley Pearse
19. 21 Adele
20. 10th anniversary James Patterson
21. All Blacks don’t cry John Kirwan
22. One summer David G. Baldacci
23. Flash and bones Kathy Reichs
24. Goodbye Sarajevo: A true story of courage, love and survival Atka Reid and Hanna Schofield
25. Those in peril Wilbur Smith
26. The Vault Ruth Rendell
27. Only time will tell Jeffrey Archer
28. Jamie’s 30 minute meals Jamie Oliver
29. Room: a novel Emma Donoghue
30. Mennonite in a little black dress: a memoir of going home Rhoda Janzen
31. Chasing fire Nora Roberts
32. Worth dying for Lee Child
33. Kill me if you can James Patterson
34. Before I go to sleep S. J. Watson
35. New York to Dallas J. D. Robb
36. Troubled man Henning Mankell
37. Tick Tock James Patterson
38. Kill Alex Cross James Patterson
39. Water For Elephants: A novel Sara Gruen
40. Live wire Harlan Coben
41. Private London James Patterson
42. The Decision Penny Vincenzi
43. The Larnachs Owen Marshall
44. A Game of thrones George R. R. Martin
45. The Torchlight list: Around the world in 200 books James Robert Flynn
46. Caleb’s crossing Geraldine Brooks
47. Sophie’s legacy: A Mother’s story of her family’s loss and their quest for change Lesley Elliott
48. Accidentally overweight: Solve your weight loss puzzle Libby Weaver
49. Dolci di love Sarah-Kate Lynch
50. Fall of giants Ken Follett
51. The Redbreast Jo Nesbo
52. Smokin’ seventeen Janet Evanovich
53. Doo-wops and hooligans Bruno Mars
54. Happy ever after Nora Roberts
55. The Kashmir shawl Rosie Thomas
56. The Lake of dreams Kim Edward
57. The Saturday big tent wedding party Alexander McCall Smith
58. The Son of Neptune Rick Riordan
59. The DROP Michael Connelly
60. The Free range cook Annabel Langbein
61. A Rural affair Catherine Alliott
62. Sister Rosamund Lupton
63. 44 Charles Street: a novel Danielle Steel
64. Life on Gorge River: New Zealand’s remotest family Robert Long
65. Promises promises Erica James
66. Wait for me: Memoirs of the youngest Mitford sister Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish Devonshire
67. The Retribution Val Mcdermid
68. The Churchills: A family at the heart of history from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill Mary S. Lovell
69. Dead reckoning Charlaine Harris
70. The Hut builder Laurence Fearnley
71. Life Keith Richards
72. The Sixth man David G. Baldacci
73. The Villa girls Nicky Pellegrino
74. Toys James Patterson
75. Cabin fever: Diary of a wimpy kid Jeff Kinney
76. Lady of the rivers Philippa Gregory
77. Secrets to the grave Tami Hoag
78. The Fry chronicles Stephen Fry
79. Happy birthday Danielle Steel
80. Rescue: a novel Anita Shreve
81. The Confession John Grisham
82. Lola’s secret Monica McInerney
83. And the band played on Christopher Ward
84. The Best of me Nicholas Sparks
85. Eat, pray, love: one woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia Elizabeth Gilbert
86. Portrait of a spy Daniel Silva
87. Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption Laura Hillenbrand
88. I’ll walk alone Mary Higgins Clark
89. Madeleine: Our daughter’s disappearance and the continuing search for her Kate McCann
90. Carte blanche: A James Bond novel Jeffery Deaver
91. Minding Frankie Maeve Binchy
92. The Life and times of a brown paper bag Kevin Milne
93. Blood line Lynda La Plante
94. Inheritance Christopher Paolini
95. Miracle cure Harlan Coben
96. State of wonder Ann Patchett
97. Afterwards Rosamund Lupton
98. Fair Game Stephen Leather
99. Smut: two unseemly stories Alan Bennett
100. The Gallow’s bird Camilla Lackberg