‘Strumpet City’ beats ‘Fifty Shades’ in library's 'most borrowed' list

Readers here had austerity on their minds last year with Strumpet City the most borrowed book of adult fiction from public libraries, figures show.

Library users’ bit on the side was Fifty Shades of Grey which made it onto the top 10 most borrowed list for the first time here in 2013.

EL James’s raunchy read, first published in 2011, was the fifth most borrowed adult fiction title at the country’s 336 public libraries last year.