
SLANZA Reading Surveys
NZ School Libraries Borrowing Statistics
SLANZA's Annual Reading Statistics Survey
In December each year - the end of the New Zealand school year - school librarians pool their borrowing statistics to give a snapshot of the books that captured the imaginations of New Zealand school children that year.
2016
2016 Top Books for Primary and Intermediate Schools
2016 Top Books for Secondary students
2016 Top New Zealand Authors
2016 Top Books for Reluctant Readers
2016 Top Magazines
2015
2015 Top Authors
2015 Top New Zealand Books
2015 Top New Zealand Authors
2015 Top Series
- Cherub
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Geronimo Stilton
2015 Best Book for Reluctant Readers
Diary of a Wimpy Kid / Jeff Kinney
2014
2014 Top Books
- The fault in our stars / John Green
- Divergent / Veronica Roth
- The hunger games / Suzanne Collins
- Insurgent / Veronica Roth
- Mockingjay / Suzanne Collins
2014 Top Authors
- Robert Muchamore
- John Green
- Jeff Kinney
- Geronimo Stilton
- Suzanne Collins
2014 Top New Zealand Books
- I am not Esther / Fleur Beale
- Canterbury quake / Desna Wallace
- The Luminaries / Eleanor Catton
- When we wake / Karen Healey
- The official New Zealand Road Code
2014 Top New Zealand Authors
2014 Top Series
- Divergent / Veronica Roth
- Cherub / Robert Muchamore
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid / Jeff Kinney
- Geronimo Stilton
- The hunger games / Suzanne Collins
2014 Best books for reluctant readers
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series / Jeff Kinney
2013
2013 Top 5 Books
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- Hunger games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching fire by Suzanne Collins
- City of bones by Cassandra Clare
- = Class A by Robert Muchamore and The fault in our stars by John Green
2013 Top 5 Authors
- Robert Muchamore (Cherub series)
- Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series)
- Suzanne Collins (Hunger games series)
- Cassandra Clare (Mortal instruments series)
- Geronimo Stilton (Geronimo Stilton series)
2013 Top New Zealand Books
- I am not Esther by Fleur Beale
- Juno of Taris by Fleur Beale
- Baa baa smart sheep by Mark Sommerset
- The bridge by Jane Higgins
- = Once were warriors by Alan Duff,
Assault by Brian Falkner,
My brother's war by David Hill
Phantom of Terawhiti by Des Hunt
2013 Top New Zealand Authors
- Fleur Beale
- Des Hunt
- Lynley Dodd
- Kyle Mewburn
- Brian Falkner
David Hill
More information about these authors available at the NZ Book Council website
http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Information/Introduction.htm
2013 Top Series
- Cherub by Robert Muchamore
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- Hunger games by Suzanne Collins
- Mortal instruments by Cassandra Clare
- Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton
2013 Best Books for Reluctant Readers
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- The recruit
- The Cherub series
- Geronimo Stilton
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