How many books have you read in the last year? Have you visited a bookstore regularly? Have you borrowed any books from the library? According to our data, if you are a woman, and you have more than 35 years, you will answer that "yes" to more than one of the issues raised.
These are the results that emerge from the reading loan data of the Public Library of Dénia during 2016. Over the past year, a total of 15.309 adult books and 8.629 children's books left the library, totaling a total of 23.938 books borrowed. To this data we must add the DVD's and magazines that have been provided from the Library, leaving a final loan figure of 31.723 in 2016.
In 2016, a total of 32.135 people they have used the services of the Municipal Public Library of Dénia, acquiring both adult and children's books. And of all of them, especially highlights the number of women who go to the library. 18.561 users of those who made loans in the library were women, compared to the 13.574 men who used the services of the municipal library.
Interestingly, this figure is also reflected in the bookstores of the city, which coincide in highlighting that more than half of its clientele are women. In addition, they emphasize that women are more flexible when it comes to choosing readings than men. In this data, the bookstores coincide Bookplate y Magellanic Cloud, whose clientele for the most part are women.
And the most read titles in Dénia in 2016?
Dolores Redondo, Carlos Ruíz Zafón and Ildelfonso Falcones are the authors preferred by dianenses. His latest works have been the most purchased bookstores in the city. But the best sellers they also give way to other novels that make an important gap among the readers of Dénia.
En Publics library, the best-selling novel during 2016 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling, followed by When the Light Comes, by Clara Sánchez. Other titles that appear in the ranking of most read novels are The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins, or What your name hides, also by Clara Sánchez.
For its part, Magellanic Cloud highlights among its sales the best sellers previously listed and adds others as 150 perfect wines (for less than 100 euros) or the books of Art Therapy, which help to relax while coloring mandalas or flowers.
En Bookplate, with a clientele of 35 years and up, they have sold especially Homeland, by Fernando Aramburu; Unknown location or the books of Joel Dicker.
Local authors also have their site
Among the best-selling books in the dianenses bookstores during 2016 have been cast several local authors, demonstrating the support that these establishments make to the writers of Dénia and the region. So, in Publics Good sales stand out Crims and criminals of the Marina Alta, by Toni Reig, or The translator, by Jovi Lozano-Seser.
En Magellanic Cloud the book has been sold especially well Amaia, of the Dianense writer Amagoia Arce, who also made the presentation of her work in the bookstore. Another writer who has sold very well, in this case in Bookplate, is the Dianense Mercedes Perles. Your book Who was going to tell me? It was presented at this cozy bookshop and has become one of the best sellers this year.
