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Pratchett books often stolen from South Wales libraries

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South Wales libraries report 53,000 books stolen or not returned in the last two years–and at the forefront of “the most popular books to be taken and never returned” are Terry Pratchett’s novels, the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, and books by Roald Dahl and Jacqueline Wilson.

This adds to Terry Pratchett’s widely-known (if apocryphal) dubious honor of being the author of Britain’s most shoplifted novels.

Update: There is more detailed information available from WalesOnline.co.uk. The article says:

In Neath Port Talbot, the top adult authors of books stolen were Virginia Andrews, Terry Pratchett and Iris Gower while the most popular books for children to go missing were by Jacqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl, RL Stine and JK Rowling. In Cardiff, the highest number of non-returned books for adults were by Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, and Martina Cole.

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