Details of the 100 most borrowed authors for PLR Year 2009 can be found here.
(These lists include authors who are registered with PLR as well as others who are ineligible for remuneration under the PLR Scheme.)
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PLR: Most Borrowed Authors 2009 (No. 1 to 50) |
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| Position | Author Name | Position | Author Name |
| 1 | Roderick Hunt | 26 | Maeve Binchy |
| 2 | Francesca Simon | 27 | Martin Waddell |
| 3 | Daisy Meadows | 28 | Karen McCombie |
| 4 | Enid Blyton | 29 | Eoin Colfer |
| 5 | Jacqueline Wilson | 30 | Dav Pilkey |
| 6 | Roger Hargreaves | 31 | Tess Gerritsen |
| 7 | Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb | 32 | Sheila O’Flanagan |
| 8 | James Patterson | 33 | Harlan Coben |
| 9 | Roald Dahl | 34 | Ian Whybrow |
| 10 | Lee Child | 35 | John Grisham |
| 11 | Terry Deary | 36 | Marita Conlon-McKenna |
| 12 | Vivian French | 37 | Dr. Seuss |
| 13 | Darren Shan | 38 | Adam Blade |
| 14 | Jodi Picoult | 39 | Josephine Cox |
| 15 | Julia Donaldson | 40 | Megan McDonald |
| 16 | R.L. Stine | 41 | Jeffery Deaver |
| 17 | J.K. Rowling | 42 | Jeremy Strong |
| 18 | Michael Connelly | 43 | Lemony Snicket |
| 19 | Anthony Horowitz | 44 | Stephenie Meyer |
| 20 | Lucy Daniels | 45 | Mary Higgins Clark |
| 21 | Meg Cabot | 46 | Cathy Kelly |
| 22 | Rose Impey | 47 | Patricia Scanlan |
| 23 | Danielle Steel | 48 | Agatha Christie |
| 24 | Michael Morpurgo | 49 | Marian Keyes |
| 25 | Fiona Watt | 50 | Patricia Cornwell |
The PLR Registrar is satisfied for the information in this release to be made widely accessible, provided that PLR’s role in compiling the information is acknowledged.
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PLR: Most Borrowed Authors 2009 No. 51 to 100. |
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| Position | Author Name | Position | Author Name |
| 51 | Heather Amery | 76 | Lesley Pearse |
| 52 | Wilbert Awdry | 77 | Martina Cole |
| 53 | Karen Wallace | 78 | Linda Chapman |
| 54 | Dick King-Smith | 79 | Tony Bradman |
| 55 | Jenny Oldfield | 80 | Lucy Cousins |
| 56 | Anne Fine | 81 | Ruth Rendell |
| 57 | Jean and Gareth Adamson | 82 | Cynthia Rider |
| 58 | Ian Rankin | 83 | Cathy Cassidy |
| 59 | Roddy Doyle | 84 | Henning Mankell |
| 60 | Cecelia Ahern | 85 | Sophie Kinsella |
| 61 | Eric Hill | 86 | Malacy Doyle |
| 62 | Judi Curtin | 87 | Anne Cassidy |
| 63 | Felicity Brooks | 88 | Mick Inkpen |
| 64 | Martin Handford | 89 | Terry Pratchett |
| 65 | Anita Shreve | 90 | Kate Thompson |
| 66 | Cathy Hopkins | 91 | Sally Grindley |
| 67 | Brianog Brady Dawson | 92 | Oisin McGann |
| 68 | Alexander McCall Smith | 93 | Tony Ross |
| 69 | Rene Goscinny | 94 | Stephen King |
| 70 | Kelly McKain | 95 | Jeffrey Archer |
| 71 | Hergé (Georges Prosper Remi) | 96 | Anita Ganeri |
| 72 | David Baldacci | 97 | John Boyne |
| 73 | Allan Ahlberg | 98 | John Connolly |
| 74 | Jonathan Kellerham | 99 | Jillian Powell |
| 75 | Robert Muchamore | 100 | Sebastian Barry |