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A diet of Brown tops library lending

09.02.07

Britain has become a nation of self-obsessed, yo-yo dieters who dream of transforming their lives in only seven days with the help of a hypnotist, according to a survey of the reading public. This is the Telegraph's view of the latest Public library statistics, which show that books such as You Are What You Eat, by nutritionist Gillian McKeith, and the hypnotist Paul McKenna's Change Your Life in Seven Days, now top the non-fiction list, in place of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time--top 10 years ago.

The fiction titles list is also a microcosm of changing appetites, as the "Aga sagas" of 10 years ago give way to gruesome crime novels and global thrillers. The Dan Brown phenomenon drove The Da Vinci Code to No 1 on the 2006 list, followed by an oasis in the form of Maeve Binchy's Nights of Rain and Stars.

 

Telegraph

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