Welcome to the 8th annual Bentley Library Top 10!
At the end of every academic year we query the library’s circulation system to rank the library’s most popular books, audiobooks, DVDs and OverDrive downloadable books based on the number of times they have been borrowed (excluding items placed on reserve for a class). Think of these as the library’s very own “bestseller” lists!
This year you’ll find a handful of titles that were popular across multiple formats. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, Today Will be Different by Maria Semple, Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, and The Whistler by John Grisham all ranked on the book, eBook and digital audiobook lists.
John Brooks’s book Business Adventures was published back in 1969, but it just made its first appearance in our Top 10 two years after Bill Gates named it his favorite business book. And making a remarkable fifth appearance on the most circulated books list is Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis! It’s a little unusual to not have any television series place in the Popular DVD rankings (not even Game of Thrones!), but what’s not surprising is that movies based on books scored big.
We hope you enjoy this glimpse into the reading and viewing habits of the Bentley community as much as we do, and that you’ll be inspired to borrow something that appears here. There were many ties in the rankings, so you have even more to choose from.
Browse the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2016-2017 in the categories of Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Audiobooks, Popular DVDs, OverDrive Downloaded eBooks and OverDrive Downloaded Audiobooks.
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection
- 1. HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD a new play by Jack Thorne, based on an
- original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne [check availability]
- 2. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead [check availability]
- 3. COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett [check availability]
- 4. (tie) SHOE DOG: A MEMOIR BY THE CREATOR OF NIKE by Phil Knight [check availability]
- 4. (tie) SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult [check availability]
- 4. (tie) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins [check availability]
- 4. (tie) THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO by Amy Schumer [check availability]
- 8. TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty [check availability]
- 9. (tie) BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley [check availability]
- 9. (tie) DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch [check availability]
- 9. (tie) MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: NEAPOLITAN NOVELS, BOOK ONE by Elena Ferrante
- [check availability]
- 9. (tie) PRESENCE: BRINGING YOUR BOLDEST SELF TO YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES by
- Amy Cuddy [check availability]
- 9. (tie) THE WHISTLER by John Grisham [check availability]
- 9. (tie) TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT by Maria Semple [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks
- 1. LIAR’S POKER: RISING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE ON WALL STREET by
- Michael Lewis [check availability]
- 2. HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carneige [check availability]
- 3. (tie) THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR: A BOOK OF PRACTICAL COUNSEL by Benjamin Graham
- [check availability]
- 3. (tie) THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman [check availability]
- 5. (tie) AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL LEARNING: WITH APPLICATIONS IN R by
- Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie & Robert Tibshirani [check availability]
- 5. (tie) THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE: RESTORING THE CHARACTER ETHIC by
- Stephen R. Covey [check availability]
- 7. (tie) GETTING TO YES by Roger Fisher and William Ury [check availability]
- 7. (tie) MINDSET: THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESS by Carol S. Dweck [check availability]
- 7. (tie) FAST FOOD NATION: THE DARK SIDE OF THE ALL-AMERICAN MEAL by Eric Schlosser
- [check availability]
- 10. (tie) BUSINESS ADVENTURES by John Brooks [check availability]
- 10. (tie) HILLBILLY ELEGY: A MEMOIR OF FAMILY AND CULTURE IN CRISIS by J.D. Vance
- [check availability]
- 10. (tie) THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo [check availability]
- 10. (tie) D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944: THE CLIMACTIC BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II by
- Stephen E. Ambrose [check availability]
- 10. (tie) MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs
- [check availability]
- 10. (tie) ELON MUSK: TESLA, SPACEX, AND THE QUEST FOR A FANTASTIC FUTURE by
- Ashlee Vance [check availability]
- 10. (tie) INTRODUCTORY TIME SERIES WITH R by Paul S.P. Cowpertwait & Andrew V. Metcalfe
- [check availability]
- 10. (tie) RECLAIMING CONVERSATION: THE POWER OF TALK IN A DIGITAL AGE by
- Sherry Turkle [check availability]
- 10. (tie) STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS by Ted Chiang [check availability]
- 10. (tie) THE 48 LAWS OF POWER by Robert Greene [check availability]
- 10. (tie) THE LEAN STARTUP by Eric Ries [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [Compact Disc]
- 1. TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty [check availability]
- 2. (tie) BULLSEYE by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge [check availability]
- 2. (tie) GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE by Angela Duckworth
- [check availability]
- 4. (tie) A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny [check availability]
- 4. (tie) HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
- [check availability]
- 4. (tie) JURASSIC PARK by Michael Crichton [check availability]
- 4. (tie) THE GIRL FROM VENICE by Martin Cruz Smith [check availability]
- 4. (tie) THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO by Amy Schumer [check availability]
- 4. (tie) THE LAKE HOUSE by Kate Morton [check availability]
- 10. (tie) DEATH OF A GHOST by M. C. Beaton [check availability]
- 10. (tie) THE FIFTH PETAL by Brunonia Barry [check availability]
- 10. (tie) THE GUEST ROOM by Chris Bohjalian [check availability]
- 10. (tie) THE STARLING PROJECT by Jeffery Deaver [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection
- 1. (tie) GHOSTBUSTERS [check availability]
- 1. (tie) THE ACCOUNTANT [check availability]
- 1. (tie) THE NICE GUYS [check availability]
- 1. (tie) THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS [check availability]
- 5. (tie) THE JUNGLE BOOK [check availability]
- 5. (tie) ME BEFORE YOU [check availability]
- 7. (tie) FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS [check availability]
- 7. (tie) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN [check availability]
- 7. (tie) JASON BOURNE [check availability]
- 10. MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES [check availability]
Top 10 Downloaded eBooks [OverDrive]
- 1. HILLBILLY ELEGY: A MEMOIR OF A FAMILY AND CULTURE IN CRISIS by J.D. Vance
- [check availability]
- 2. COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett [check availability]
- 3. HOME by Harlan Coben [check availability]
- 4. SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult [check availability]
- 5. THE WHISTLER by John Grisham [check availability]
- 6. NIGHT SCHOOL by Lee Child [check availability]
- 7. HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly [check availability]
- 8. (tie) DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch [check availability]
- 8. (tie) FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM: THE ORIGINAL Screenplay by
- J. K. Rowling [check availability]
- 8. (tie) A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles [check availability]
- 8. (tie) THE SELLOUT by Paul Beatty [check availability]
- 8. (tie) TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT by Maria Semple [check availability]
- 8. (tie) TWO BY TWO by Nicholas Sparks [check availability]
Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks [OverDrive]
- 1. COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett [check availability]
- 2. SCRAPPY LITTLE NOBODY by Anna Kendrick [check availability]
- 3. (tie) HILLBILLY ELEGY: A MEMOIR OF A FAMILY AND CULTURE IN CRISIS by J.D. Vance
- [check availability]
- 3. (tie) SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult [check availability]
- 5. (tie) THE GIRL BEFORE by JP Delaney [check availability]
- 5. (tie) TALKING AS FAST AS I CAN by Lauren Graham [check availability]
- 7. (tie) BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE by Fredrik Backman [check availability]
- 7. (tie) THE CHEMIST by Stephenie Meyer [check availability]
- 7. (tie) TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT by Maria Semple [check availability]
- 7. (tie) THE WHISTLER by John Grisham [check availability]
