Recommended reads - Lambeth's most borrowed books
Lambeth Libraries issue hundreds of thousands of books every year, this page will let you know what other readers in Lambeth are reading and allow librarians to recommend their favourites to you. Hopefully, you'll find something new to read and pass on your favourites to other readers.
Lambeth's most borrowed titles January 2010
Adult Fiction
The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
- The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest – Stieg Larsson
- The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
- Juliet Naked - Nick Hornby
- The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Dan Brown, comfortably the world's most successful author, seems utterly review-proof and there's no arguing with the fact that he has his finger on the pulse of the modern thriller reader. Like its predecessors, The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, The Lost Symbol is already a publishing phenomenon.
Adult Non-Fiction
Life in the United Kingdom – Home Office
- Bad Science – Ben Goldacre
- Ugly - Constance Briscoe
- Wedlock - Wendy Moore
- Morocco - Lonely Planet
Life in the UK again tops the book issues for non-fiction. Wedlock, Wendy Moore's how Georgian Britain's worst husband met his match, is another of the Channel 4 Book Club books to enter the top issuing book charts for Lambeth.
Children and Young People's
Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
- Oxford Reading Tree – Roderick Hunt
- Aliens love Underpants - Claire Freedman
- Dragon Ball - Akira Toriyama
- New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
Can nothing stop Stephenie Meyer! In September Twilight topped the charts, then New Moon – with the film breaking records (and hearts) in the cinema. Twilight now goes back to the top showing that 2009's dominance by vampire romance looks set to continue.
DVD
Star Trek: Director: J J Abrams. Actors: Chris Pine, Bruce 
Greenwood, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder
J.J. Abrams' 2009 feature film was billed as "not your father's Star Trek" but your parents will probably love it anyway. And what's not to love? It has enough action, emotional impact, humor, and sheer fun for any moviegoer, and Trekkers will enjoy plenty of insider references and a cast that seems ideally suited to portray the characters we know they'll become later.
Lambeth Libraries 2009 most borrowed
Here are the 'winners' as decided by you the reading public of Lambeth, for details of the top 100 issuing books in Lambeth during 2008, have a look at the Public Lending Right list.
Adult fiction
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, 182 loans
Adult non-fiction
Life in the United Kingdom by The Home Office, 135 loans
Junior fiction
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist by Kazuki Takahashi, 217 loans
Junior non-fiction
Finger Phonics by Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham, 84 loans
Lambeth Book Groups 2009 Read of the Year
Lambeth's book groups met in December at the annual Lambeth Book Groups Party and voted their favourite book group read of the year.
The winner was: Their's Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Reserve or browse
To reserve a copy of any of these titles or to find what's available in Lambeth Libraries visit the online library catologue.
List-o-mania
Everyone loves a list - have a look at some that have been sent in and found laying around - submit your own - books are for sharing.
What's your favourite must read book?
Have you read a book you just couldn't put down? Are you desperate to tell other readers about it? We'd love to hear from you. Email me your favourite title with a small review as to why you love the book and we'll pass it on.
Contact Tim O'Dell at to'dell@lambeth.gov.uk