1: CALEDONIAN ROAD, Andrew O’Hagan – Borrowed 310 times. 2: INTERMEZZO, Sally Rooney – Borrowed 259 times (numbers represent where each book is placed in the top 100 of most borrowed books from Islington libraries. Figures cover the last financial year)

THE name pops off the shelf for anybody living in Islington – so perhaps there should be no surprise at all that a novel called Caledonian Road is the most borrowed book from the borough’s libraries.

Statistics released by the service show Andrew O’Hagan’s bestseller was loaned on average five times a week to library users keen to find out what the book talk buzz was all about.

It tops the list of the 100 most borrowed titles in the last financial year, a rundown which gives a clue to what our most common bedtime reading.

3: BUTTER, Asako Yuzuki – Borrowed 232 times. 4: YELLOWFACE, Rebecca F Kunag – Borrowed 197 times

Caledonian Road has been described as a “state of the nation” tome which digs deep into the culture wars, political hypocrisy and social inequality – its layered messages a regular debate in book clubs and literary festivals.

There is a complete absence of celebrities churning out books in the top 10 and more discerning choices are in demand.

Yellowface, a satire on racism in the publishing industry and soon to be a major TV series, was the most borrowed book in neighbouring Camden over the same time frame and places fourth-highest here.

5: LONG ISLAND, Colm Tóibín – Borrowed 179 times. 6: THE BEE STING, Paul Murray – Borrowed 170 times

The most popular in children’s fiction – look away David Walliams, it’s not you – is the latest in the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid series written by Jeff Kinney.

Old favourites like Eric Carle’s enduring classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar – first published in June 1969 – seem to enjoy evergreen popularity with each new generation.

One author’s name who pops up twice in the top 100 is David Nicholls, riding high with his novel You Are Here.

7: YOU ARE HERE, David Nicholls – Borrowed 162 times. 8: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: NO BRAINER, Jeff Kinney – Borrowed 157 times

He enjoyed a bump in the public consciousness when his old book, the epic lump-in-your-throat tearjerker One Day, was turned into a Netflix series.

Scenes for the drama, starring Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod, were filmed at La Maison café in Higbury – which is often visited by fans of the book.

Sally Rooney, Samantha Harvey and Dolly Alderton also have popular ranks on the Islington library database.

9: ALL FOURS, Miranda July – Borrowed 154 times. 10: ORBITAL, Samantha Harvey – Borrowed 152 times

The final figures can be distorted as the libraries’ have more than one copy of some books.

The council abandoned fees for late returns two years ago, which officers felt might discourage people from using the service amid the cost-of-living crisis.

78: THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, Eric Carle – Borrowed 79 times

The list shows Islington, which runs 10 libraries, has not stopped ordering in new releases and the most sought-after blockbusters.

Others figures released by the council show that, unsurprisingly, Central Library near Highbury and Islington tube station sees the most loans with more than 10,000 items taken away every month.

32: GOOD MATERIAL, Dolly Alderton – Borrowed 101 times. 94: ONE DAY, David Nicholls – Borrowed 76 times

The stats on the door at the library in Fieldway Crescent clock around 25,000 visits every month.

The least visited in the borough is the smaller Lewis Carroll Library near King’s Cross.

While Camden hived off control of three of its libraries to be run by volunteer groups, Islington retains the management of all 10.

So, looking at the books on the list, how many have you read?