Top Titles 2021

Check out the most borrowed items from Moonee Valley Libraries in 2021! How many did you read?
Top adult fiction
Title | Author |
The Survivors | Jane Harper |
Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens |
The Dictionary of Lost Words | Pip Williams |
The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett |
Apples Never Fall | Liane Moriarty |
The Labyrinth : a pastoral | Amanda Lohrey |
Normal People | Sally Rooney |
One Hundred Days | Alice Pung |
A Room Made of Leaves : a novel | Kate Grenville |
Fair Warning | Michael Connelly |
Top non-fiction – Cooking
Title | Author |
Beatrix Bakes | Natalie Paull |
Ottolenghi Flavour | Yotam Ottolenghi |
In Praise of Veg : a modern kitchen companion | Alice Zaslavsky |
One Pot, Pan, Planet : the greener way to cook for you, your family and the planet | Anna Jones |
7 Ways | Jamie Oliver |
Top non-fiction – Home & Garden
Title | Author |
Toxic : the rotting underbelly of the Tasmanian salmon industry | Richard Flanagan |
Simply Living Well : a guide to creating a natural, low-waste home | Julia Watkins |
Thrifty Household : more than 1000 budget-friendly hints and tips | Country Women’s Association Victoria |
Threebirds Renovations | Erin Cayless |
The Sustainable House Handbook : how to plan and build an affordable, energy-efficient and waterwise home for the future | Josh Byrne |
Top non-fiction – Health & Wellness
Top eBooks (Overdrive & Borrowbox combined)
Title | Author |
The Survivors | Jane Harper |
All Our Shimmering Skies | Trent Dalton |
Honeybee | Craig Silvey |
Bridgerton Collection, Volume 1: Bridgerton Series, Books 1-3 | Julia Quinn |
Scrublands | Chris Hammer |
The Dry | Jane Harper |
The Dictionary of Lost Words | Pip Williams |
The Wife and the Widow | Christian White |
Untamed | Glennon Doyle |
Atomic Habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones | James Clear |
Top eAudio (Overdrive & Borrowbox combined)
Title | Author |
Becoming | Michelle Obama |
Nine Perfect Strangers | Liane Moriarty |
Boy Swallows Universe | Trent Dalton |
The Midnight Library | Matt Haig |
The Survivors | Jane Harper |
Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owen |
Dictionary of Lost Words | Pip Williams |
The Good Sister | Sally Hepworth |
The Flatshare | Beth O’Leary |
Barefoot Investor | Scott Pape |
Top streamed Kanopy
Title |
Catherine the Great |
Dune (2000) |
The Phone Call |
Broken English |
Alice |
Alone: Season 6 |
The Killing Season |
Sophie and the Rising Sun (no longer available) |
Alone: Season 5 |
Dial M for Murder |
Top young adult fiction
Title | Author |
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins |
Crooked Kingdom | Leigh Bardugo |
The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas |
Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince | J.K. Rowling |
Two Can Keep a Secret | Karen McManus |
Throne of Glass | Sarah J Maas |
One of Us is Next | Karen McManus |
One of Us is Lying | Karen McManus |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling |
Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo |
Top junior fiction
Title | Author |
The 130-Storey Treehouse | Andy Griffiths |
Weirdomania! | Anh Do |
The 117-Storey Treehouse | Andy Griffiths |
The Treehouse Joke Book | Andy Griffiths |
Vote WeirDo | Anh Do |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid : the meltdown | Jeff Kinney |
Spectacular School Trip (Really…) | Liz Pichon |
Planet Weird! | Anh Do |
The Baddest Day Ever | Aaron Blabey |
The Deep End | Jeff Kinney |
Top picture books
Title | Author |
Give Me Some Space! | Philip Bunting |
Where Is the Green Sheep? | Mem Fox |
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes | Mem Fox |
What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside | Julia Donaldson |
Celeste the Giraffe Loves to Laugh | Celeste Barber |
Pig the Tourist | Aaron Blabey |
Lots of Frogs | Howard Calvert |
Cat and Dog | Jonathan Bentley |
The Very Super Bear | Nick Bland |
Wolfred | Nick Bland |
