Readers are falling out of love with Fifty Shades Of Grey just as the film version of the erotic novel hits the screen.
E L James' book does not feature in the top 100 most borrowed titles of 2013/14 despite it being the third most borrowed library book in the previous 12 months.
The data, from Public Lending Right which organises payment for authors whose books are borrowed from libraries, showed Dan Brown's Inferno was the most borrowed book.
Other popular choices include Never Go Back and A Wanted Man by Lee Child, Jeff Kinney's Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and several titles by thriller writer James Patterson.
James' trilogy of novels about suave businessman Christian Grey who seduces college student Anastasia Steele into an S&M relationship have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.
The film version, which stars Jamie Dornan as Grey and Dakota Johnson as Steele, opens in cinemas today and is expected to be a box office hit.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article