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 fiction, non-fiction, childrens and young adult titles.
Popularity has been calculated by the number of holds placed in 2013.
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The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton - Never Go Back Lee Child
- Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
- Life After Life Kate Atkinson
- And The Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini
- Inferno Dan Brown
- The Storyteller Jodi Picoult
- The Rosie Project Graeme C. Simsion
- The Cuckoo’s Calling Robert Galbraith
- Best Kept Secret Jeffrey Archer
- Whiskey Beach Nora Roberts
- The Perfect Hope Nora Roberts
- The Hit David G. Baldacci
- Bittersweet Colleen Mccullough
- A Game Of Thrones George R. R. Martin
- Six Years Harlan Coben
- Dark Witch Nora Roberts
- Saints Of The Shadow Bible Ian Rankin
- Sycamore Row John Grisham
- Forgive Me Lesley Pearse
- Police Jo Nesbø
- Just One Evil Act Elizabeth George
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Instructions For A Heatwave Maggie O’Farrell - King And Maxwell David G. Baldacci
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce
- Wrongful Death Lynda La Plante
- Vicious Circle Wilbur Smith
- The Accidental Husband Jane Green
- 12th Of Never James Patterson
- Gone James Patterson
- The Honey Queen Cathy Kelly
- Cross My Heart James Patterson
- The Gods Of Guilt Michael Connelly
- The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks
- The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Sense And Sensibility Joanna Trollope
- Alex Cross, Run James Patterson
- The Keeper Of Secrets Julie Thomas
- Dust Patricia Cornwell
- To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
- Winners Danielle Steel
- Don’t Let Me Go Susan Lewis
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Eyrie
Tim Winton - Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy Helen Fielding
- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window and disappeared Jonas Jonasson
- Calculated In Death J.D. Robb
- Thankless In Death J.D. Robb
- Life Of Pi A Novel Yann Martel
- Paris The Novel Edward Rutherfurd
- Longbourn Jo Baker
- The Rehearsal Eleanor Catton
- Private Berlin James Patterson
- Bones Of The Lost Kathy Reichs
- The House We Grew Up In Lisa Jewell
- The Kill Room Jeffery Deaver
- Don’t Want To Miss A Thing Jill Mansell
- Revenge Martina Cole
- W Is For Wasted Sue Grafton
- Wedding Night Sophie Kinsella
- Second Honeymoon James Patterson
- Five Days Douglas Kennedy
- Me before You Jojo Moyes
- A Week In Winter Maeve Binchy
- Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James
- The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty
- Until The End Of Time: A Novel Danielle Steel
- The Lost Boy Camilla Läckberg
- A Wanted Man Lee Child
- Cross And Burn Val McDermid
- Perfect Rachel Joyce
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The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt - Mistress James Patterson
- Doctor Sleep A Novel Stephen King
- First Sight Danielle Steel
- Merry Christmas, Alex Cross James Patterson
- The Hidden Cottage Erica James
- Girl Of Shadows Deborah Challinor
- Summer At The Lake Erica James
- Takedown Twenty Janet Evanovich
- The Truth About You Susan Lewis
- Fifty Shades Of Grey E.L. James
- Geronimo Stilton No. 2 The Secret Of The SphinxGeronimo Stilton
- The Broken Man Josephine Cox
- A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin
- The Winter Sea Di Morrissey
- Things We Never Say Sheila O’Flanagan
- Unseen Karin Slaughter
- The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling
- Touch & Go Lisa Gardner
- A French Affair Katie Fforde
- Flight Behavior: A Novel Barbara Kingsolver
- Heartbreak Hotel Deborah Moggach
- The Black Box Michael Connelly
- The White Princess Philippa Gregory
- Bertie’s Guide To Life And Mothers: A 44 Scotland Street NovelAlexander Mccall Smith
- The Host: A Novel Stephenie Meyer
- I Am Pilgrim Terry Hayes
- The Sins Of The Father Jeffrey Archer
- The Aftermath Rhidian Brook
- The Infinite Air Fiona Kidman
