Top Book Reads of 2016!

If you were wondering what books had the most loans for 2016, wonder no more! Here are the top ten of the year.

Adult Fiction

  1. The girl on the train – Paula Hawkins
  2. 15th affair – James Patterson
  3. Cometh the hour – Jeffrey Archer
  4. Make me – Lee Child
  5. Big little lies – Liane Moriarty
  6. Rogue lawyer – John Grisham
  7. The crossing -Michael Connelly
  8. The steel kiss – Jeffrey Deaver
  9. The guilty – David Baldacci
  10. Private Paris – James Patterson and Personal – Lee Child

Adult Non Fiction

  1. The life-changing magic of tidying up – Marie Kondo
  2. Road users’ handbookRoads and Traffic Authority of NSW
  3. Driver qualification handbookRoads and Traffic Authority of NSW and A guide to the driving testRoads and Traffic Authority of NSW
  4. Reckoning: a memoir – Magda Szubanski and Hazard perception handbookRoads and Traffic Authority of NSW
  5. The secret – Rhonda Byrne
  6. Tax for Australians for dummies – Jimmy B. Prince
  7. The happiest refugee – Ahn Do
  8. I quit sugar – Sarah Wilson
  9. The 8-week blood sugar diet – Michael Mosley
  10. Flesh wounds – Richard Glover

For Young Adults

  1. Harry Potter and the cursed child. Parts one and two – Jack Thorne
  2. The fault in our stars – John Green and Paper towns – John Green
  3. The scorch trials – James Dashner
  4. Allegiant – Veronica Roth
  5. Catching fire – Suzanne Collins
  6. Divergent – Veronica Roth
  7. The book thief – Marcus Zusak
  8. The hunger games – Suzanne Collins
  9. The city of heavenly fire – Cassandra Clare
  10. If I stay – Gayle Forman

For Children

  1. Diary of a wimpy kid: the long haul – Jeff Kinney
  2. Diary of a wimpy kid: the third wheel – Jeff Kinney
  3. The 52-storey treehouse – Andy Griffiths
  4. Thea Stilton and the mystery on the Orient Express – Thea Stilton
  5. The only me – Meredith Harvey
  6. The 65-storey treehouse – Andy Griffiths
  7. Diary of a wimpy kid: old school – Jeff Kinney
  8. The wimpy kid movie diary – Jeff Kinney
  9. The perilous plants – Geronimo Stilton
  10. Totally weird! – Ahn Do

Top eBook Reads of 2016!

Ever wondered what type of books are popular as eBooks? Here are the top ten most borrowed eBooks of 2016.

Adult Fiction

  1. The Girl of the train -Paula Hawkins
  2. To kill a mockingbird – Harper Lee
  3. Mine to share – Jenesi Ash et al.
  4. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
  5. Worth dying for – Lee Child
  6. The hard way – Lee Child
  7. All the light we cannot see – Anthony Doerr
  8. A game of thrones – George R.R. Martin
  9. Any duchess will do – Tessa Dare
  10. The alchemist – Paulo Coelho

Adult Non Fiction

  1. Eat, pray, love – Elizabeth Gilbert
  2. Wild: a journey from lost to found – Cheryl Strayed
  3. People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys – Mike Bechtle
  4. The power of now: a guide to spiritual enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle
  5. International Students’ Survival Guide – Collins (Publishing)
  6. Think and grow rich – Napoleon Hill
  7. Success: the best of Napoleon Hill – Napoleon Hill
  8. Twelve years a slave – Solomon Northup
  9. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There – Cheryl Strayed
  10. Last woman hanged – Caroline Overington

For Young Adults

  1. Harry Potter and the cursed child – parts one and two – Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany
  2. Divergent – Veronica Roth
  3. Looking for Alaska – John Green
  4. The hunger games – Suzanne Collins
  5. The maze runner – James Dashner
  6. The city of bones – Cassandra Clare
  7. The icebound land – John Flanagan
  8. The hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
  9. The selection – Kiera Cass
  10. Animal farm – George Orwell

For Children

  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
  2. Little women – Louisa May Alcott
  3. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time – Mark Haddon
  4. Percy Jackson and the lightning thief – Rick Riordan
  5. WeirDo–  Ahn Do
  6. Billie B. Brown: the second best friend – Sally Rippin
  7. I love you book – Libby Hathorn
  8. The adventures of super diaper baby – Dav Pilkey
  9. Skulduggery Pleasant – Derek Landy
  10. The 78-storey treehouse – Andy Griffiths

Dymocks – Best Books of 2016

Looking for reading inspiration over Christmas? Why not take a look at the best books of 2016 from Dymocks.

 

The Dry – Jane Harper
Commonwealth – Ann PatchettGoodwood – Holly Throsby
The Toymaker – Liam Pieper
Who’s that girl – Mhairi McFarlane
Talking to my country – Stan Grant
The Fireman – Joe Hill
Eligible – Curtis Sittenfeld
The Nest – Cynthia D’Apriz Sweeney
My sister Rosa – Justine Larbalestier
King’s Rising – C.S. Pacat
The girl with the lower back tattoo – Amy Schumer
Before the Fall – Noah Hawley
The Atomic Weight of Love – Elizabeth J. Church
Breathing Under Water – Sophie Hardcastle
The Mothers – Brit Bennett
The Chocolate Tin – Fiona McIntosh
A Kiss from Mr Fiztgerald – Natasha Lester
Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club – Alison Goodman
The Locksmith’s Daughter – Karen Brooks
The Star-Touched Queen – Roshani Chokshi
The Hatching – Ezekiel Boone
The Silence Between Breaths – Cath Staincliffe
Our Chemical Hearts – Krystal Sutherland
Hillbilly Elegy – J.D. Vance
The Things I Didn’t Say – Kylie Fornasier
You Know Me Well – David Levithan
Frankie – Shivaun Plozza
The High Places – Fiona McFarlane
The Summer That Melted Everything – Tiffany McDaniel
The Road to Ruin – Niki Savva
The View from the Cheap Seats – Neil Gaiman
The Hanging Tree – Ben Aaronovitch
Pig the Elf – Aaron Blabey
Ruby Red Shoes Goes to London – Kate Knapp
A Child of Books – Oliver Jeffers
The Tales of Mrs Mancini – Natalie Jane Prior
Oi Dog! Oi Dog! – Kes Gray

Information provided – https://www.dymocks.com.au/books/all/recommend-Best-Books-of-2016#