The most borrowed books from UK libraries in 2016 were:

The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
Personal – Lee Child
Make Me – Lee Child
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul – Jeff Kinney
Alert – James Patterson
Go Set a Watchman – Harper Lee
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever – Jeff Kinney
Awful Auntie – David Walliams
Truth or Die – James Patterson

While there’s no denying that Hawkins’ tale of mystery, murder, and intrigued captured the imaginations of library goers everywhere, she did not appear among the UK’s top 10 most borrowed authors.

Instead, crime novelist James Patterson secured the top spot – and, in a delightful twist, he was followed by the likes of Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson, and Julia Donaldson.

All children’s authors, this suggests that British youngsters are still being introduced to the wonders of the library by their parents, even in today’s digitally obsessed society.

Not only that, but they’re busy making the most out of their first-ever library cards, too.

The top 10 library reads that British bookworms love to borrow