Children’s books dominate Irish library charts as Diary of a Wimpy Kid tops the list
Children’s books dominated the borrowing charts at Irish libraries last year, with the series Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid topping the list.
Books for children and teenagers accounted for the top 37 spots on the in-house and online borrowing lists within the library service.
Liz Nugent’s 2023 award-winning crime novel, Strange Sally Diamond, featured at number 38, the first adult book to break the pattern.
Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man; The Adventures of Dog Man 2: Unleashed; and Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, took the top three spots, borrowed by readers a combined 17,395 times.
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: No Brainer by Jeff Kinney, Dog Man And Cat Kid and Dog Man: Brawl Of The Wild, made up the top six.
The top 10 was completed by four books in Jamie Smart’s Bunny Vs Monkey series, with JK Rowling the first female author on the list for Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone – the 15th most borrowed.
Marita Conlon-McKenna was the first Irish author on the list at number 22…
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