<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>335960</docID> <postdate>2024-12-29 12:06:08</postdate> <headline>Dalton’s Lola tops the library hit parade</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-335961" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Trent-Dalton_credit-Lyndon-Mechielsen-e1735434125125.jpg" alt="" width="930" height="620" /></p> <caption>Most borrowed... Australian author Trent Dalton. Photo: Lyndon Mechielsen</caption> <p><strong>Libraries ACT's most borrowed book of 2024 is Lola in the Mirror, by Australian author Trent Dalton.</strong></p> <p>A list of the top 5 reads for 2024 in a variety of genres are listed below.</p> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Most popular in all formats (including audio books)</strong></span></h3> <ol> <li>Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton</li> <li>Past Lying by Val McDermid</li> <li>Sanctuary by Garry Disher</li> <li>The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves</li> <li>What happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan</li> </ol> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Top five adult fiction</strong></span></h3> <ol> <li>Lola in the mirror by Trent Dalton</li> <li>Past Lying by Val McDermid</li> <li>Sanctuary by Garry Disher</li> <li>What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan</li> <li>Everyone on this train is a suspect by Benjamin Stevenson</li> </ol> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong> Top five books by ACT authors</strong></span></h3> <ol> <li>The Seven by Chris Hammer</li> <li>The Tilt by Chris Hammer</li> <li>The woman in the library by Sulari Gentill</li> <li>Bulldozed: Scott Morrison's fall and Anthony Albanese's rise by Niki Savva</li> <li>Smoke by Michael Brissenden</li> </ol> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Top five adult non-fiction</strong></span></h3> <ol> <li>Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life by Anna Funder</li> <li>RecipeTin eats dinner: 150+ recipes from Australia’s favourite cook by Nagi Maehashi</li> <li>4 weeks to better sleep: A life-changing plan for deep sleep, improved brain function and feeling great by Michael Mosley</li> <li>The anxious generation: How the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness by Jonathon Haidt</li> <li>Question 7 by Richard Flanagan</li> </ol> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Top five junior fiction and graphic novels</strong></span></h3> <ol> <li>Dog man: Twenty thousand fleas under the sea by Dav Pilkey</li> <li>Hypo-ninja! by Anh Do</li> <li>Ninja games! by Anh Do</li> <li>The Scarlet Shedder by Dav Pilkey</li> <li>The race is on by Anh Do</li> </ol> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Top five young adult fiction and graphic novels</strong></span></h3> <ol> <li>A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J Maas</li> <li>Powerless by Lauren Roberts</li> <li>Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman</li> <li>The ballad of songbirds and snakes by Suzanne Collins</li> <li>A court of mist and fury by Sarah J Maas</li> </ol> <p> </p> </body>