Britain has traditionally been a nation with romantic reading habits, but new figures show that readers are turning to crime.More from Louise Jury in The Independent.
The gritty forensic novels of American writers such as Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson have gained popularity in British libraries, compared with previous years when romantic fiction dominated the charts. More than half of the most popular titles borrowed in the year to June 2005 were crime tales or thrillers, according to the latest Public Lending Right statistics.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Library users turn to crime
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