The 2009 Hamilton List

Regular readers are aware that Fryday publishes the annual Hamilton Books List. This is a list of books currently in Hamilton public libraries, which, for the reasons specified, have drawn some distinction. Fryday is indebted to the Hamilton Public Libraries service for the 2009 list.

• Most Stolen Book: Oily Rag—Living for next to nothing in Hamilton.
• Most Despised Book: Next to Nothing—An Aucklander’s view of Hamilton.
• Most Popular Book: (still) The Cowma Sutra—Discourses on Bovine Love.
• Thinnest Book: Hamilton Alive!—The Colour & Vibrancy of Hamilton.
• Thickest Book: God’s Own—The Religious Influence in Hamilton Councils.
• Most Popular Art Book—The Da Vinci Code.
• Quickest Read: The Influencers—Hamiltonians Who Have Made a Difference.
• Most Requested Book: Field of Dreams—A Photographic Essay of Sheep in Their Natural Habitat.
• Least Requested Book: Banking on it—John Banks and the Greater Auckland.
• Most Acclaimed Reference Book: A Higher Standard--Aerial Top-Dressing in the Waikato.
• Most Popular Autobiography: (Equal First) Hard to Swallow by Bill Clinton and First Love—Only a Cattleman Understands by George W. Bush (as told to Bess T. Ality).
• Most Repeatedly Taken Out: The Compulsive Obsessive—A Manual.
• Most Acclaimed Sports Book: Knot in This Life—How to Tie Good Knots.
• How To Drive Books: (Tie) The New Zealand Road Code and Dukes of Hazard—The Early Years.
• Religious Doctrines: (Tie) The Bible and Straight Furrow.
• Most Popular DVD(s): None—no demand.
• Most Popular VHS Videos: Country Calendar.
• Most Popular Computer Book: About Your Amstrad.
• Most Popular in Library: (By Public Survey, and still!) Calendar Girls—Taking Stock, The Best of Country Calendar.