John Prescott and Kama Sutra abandoned in hotel rooms

The thwarted aspirations of the man who discarded both The Kama Sutra for Dummies and How To Be a Gentleman in Seven Days in a Southampton hotel room can only be imagined, but sex manuals were just the tip of the reject pile in budget hotels this summer.

Travelodge's annual list of the books most often abandoned in its hotels is topped by John Prescott's Prezza: My Story, in which among other things we are told about how Prescott was excluded from invitations to Chequers. Prescott beat comedian Russell Brand to take the dubious accolade of most discarded author, while Cherie Blair – who presumably had something to do with Prescott's lack of social invites – comes in third with her own autobiography Speaking For Myself.



Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan, meanwhile, is in the top 10 most discarded books for the second year in a row: last year his Don't You Know Who I Am? was pipped to the top by Alastair Campbell's The Blair Years; this year Morgan comes in fourth.

Overall 7,000 books were left behind in Travelodge hotels throughout the year. Travelodge either returns the books to customers, or donates them to local charity shops.

The top ten most discarded books in hotel rooms this summer:

1. Prezza: Pulling No Punches by John Prescott
2. My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
3. Speaking For Myself by Cherie Blair
4. Don't You Know Who I Am by Piers Morgan?
5. Angel Uncovered and Crystal by Katie Price
6. You and Your Money by Alvin Hall
7. Lessons in Heartbreak by Cathy Kelly
8. Blind Faith by Ben Elton
9. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
10. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne