Crime fiction and thrillers have retained their grip on the nation's literary taste, with thrillers dominating the most borrowed books from Scottish libraries.
Inferno by Dan Brown, the fourth book in his Robert Langdon series which also includes The Da Vinci Code, was the most borrowed book in Scotland in 2013/14.
All of the top ten most borrowed books in Scotland were crime fiction or thrillers.
In the data, released by the Public Lending Right (PLR) office, also shows four titles by James Patterson in the top 10.
The US thriller writer was the most borrowed author in libraries across the UK as a whole for the eighth year running.
Other books in the Scottish top ten are by Lee Child, Harlan Coben, David Baldacci and Michael Connelly.
The UK top ten is also led by Brown's Inferno.
Six children's authors are among the top 10 most borrowed authors overall.
They are Daisy Meadows, the "Rainbow Magic" series (2nd); former Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson (3rd), Francesca Simon, author of the "Horrid Henry" series (4th); Adam Blade (6th); Jacqueline Wilson (7th); and Roald Dahl (10th).
Donaldson, who lived in Scotland for many years, said: "I'm thrilled that my books are being widely borrowed from libraries, which are some of my favourite places.
"I developed my own love of books in my local library and would quite possibly not otherwise have become a writer myself."
E L James, who was at No 3 last year with Fifty Shades of Grey does not appear in the Top 100 Most Borrowed Titles list this year.
PLR is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport through the British Library.
This year PLR is distributing £6 million to 22,053 authors at a Rate Per Loan of 6.66 pence.
Since its inception in 1979, PLR has distributed over £150 million to authors.
Authors are eligible for payment if their PLR earnings reach a minimum of £1.
There is a maximum payment threshold of £6,600 for the top-lending authors.
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