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I’ve just received the July 2020 – June 2021 UK library loans figures for my books, courtesy of the Public Lending Right (PLR) scheme. Libraries were closed for many weeks during this period due to Covid-19, so the number of loans are significantly down on previous years, but I’m pleased to say that many of my books were still borrowed.
After entering the top 5 at number 3 last year, How the Borks Became: An Adventure in Evolution, illustrated by Elys Dolan, is now my most borrowed book from UK libraries. After 3 years at the top of the chart A Spot of Bother has dropped to number 2. Cleopatra Bones and the Golden Chimpanzee and A Present for Rosy have entered the top 5 at number 3 and number 5 respectively and Danny Dreadnought Saves the World has gone up one place to number 4.
| Position | Title | Nº of Loans | Movement in chart |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | How the Borks Became: An Adventure in Evolution illustrated by Elys Dolan | 4,606 | ⇧ |
| 2 |  | A Spot of Bother illustrated by Vanessa Cabban | 4,476 | ⇩ |
| 3 |  | Cleopatra Bones and the Golden Chimpanzee illustrated by Ed Eaves | 3,821 | ⇧ |
| 4 |  | Danny Dreadnought Saves the World illustrated by Martin Chatterton | 3,536 | ⇧ |
| 5 |  | A Present for Rosy illustrated by Polly Noakes | 3,114 | ⇧ |
A big THANK YOU to everyone that borrowed my books, the wonderful librarians that made them available and the UK PLR scheme for helping authors like me earn a living.
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