Category: books & popular reading

Are you one of those people who looks around to see what other people are reading on the train? Are you curious to know which movies and TV shows your fellow colleagues and students are watching? Have you been considering trying out an audiobook, but would like a recommendation? If so, you will appreciate the 6th annual Bentley Library Top 10!

Every May 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 during the academic year (excluding any items placed on reserve for a class). With so many ties in this year’s rankings, you have even more to choose from.

Compiling the library’s “bestsellers” lists is one of our favorite activities; we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Browse the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2014-2015 in the categories of Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Audiobooks, Popular DVDs, OverDrive Downloadable eBooks and OverDrive Downloadable Audiobooks:

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection

• 1. GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn [check availability]
• 2. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins [check availability]
• 3. A GAME OF THRONES by George R. R. Martin [check availability]
• 4. THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt [check availability]
• 5. (tie) ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr [check availability]
• 5. (tie) NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL: A YOUNG WOMAN TELLS YOU WHAT SHE’S
• LEARNED by Lena Dunham [check availability]
• 7. BIG LITTLE LIES by Liane Moriarty [check availability]
• 8. (tie) FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E. L. James [check availability]
• 8. (tie) STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel [check availability]
• 8. (tie) THE BEST OF ME by Nicholas Sparks [check availability]
• 8. (tie) THE BOSTON GIRL by Anita Diamant [check availability]
• 8. (tie) WE WERE LIARS by E. Lockhart [check availability]
• 8. (tie) YES, PLEASE by Amy Poehler [check availability]

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks

• 1. FLASH BOYS: A WALL STREET REVOLT by Michael Lewis [check availability]
• 2. VEGAN SOUL KITCHEN: FRESH HEALTHY AFRICAN AMERICAN CUISINE
• by Bryant Terry [check availability]
• 3. (tie) GETTING TO YES: NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITHOUT GIVING IN
• by Roger Fisher and William Ury [check availability]
• 3. (tie) WOMEN AND MADNESS by Phyllis Chesler [check availability]
• 5. (tie) APPLYING UML AND PATTERNS: AN INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED
• ANALYSIS AND DESIGN AND ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT by Craig Larman
• [check availability]
• 5. (tie) FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE: A MANAGERS GUIDE TO KNOWING WHAT THE
• NUMBERS REALLY MEANY by Karen Berman and Joe Knight [check availability]
• 5. (tie) HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN STOCKS: A WINNING SYSTEM IN GOOD TIMES
• OR BAD by William J. O’Neil [check availability]
• 5. (tie) OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND ITS SPECTRUM: A LIFE SPAN
• APPROACH edited by Eric A. Storch and Dean McKay [check availability]
• 5. (tie) OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcolm Gladwell [check availability]
• 5. (tie) THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green [check availability]
• 5. (tie) THE MAGICIANS by Lev Grossman [check availability]
• 5. (tie) THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
• [check availability]
• 5. (tie) THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill [check availability]
• 5. (tie) THINKING FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman [check availability]
• 5. (tie) UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE
• AND REDEMPTION by Laura Hillenbrand [check availability]

Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [CD and Playaway]

• 1. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr [check availability]
• 2. (tie) THE ACCIDENTAL APPRENTICE Vikas Swarup [check availability]
• 2. (tie) YES, PLEASE by Amy Poehler [check availability]
• 4. (tie) GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn [check availability]
• 4. (tie) NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL: A YOUNG WOMAN TELLS YOU WHAT SHE’S
• LEARNED by Lena Dunham [check availability]
• 4. (tie) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins [check availability]
• 7. (tie) BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey [check availability]
• 7. (tie) CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN [check availability]
• 7. (tie) NYPD RED 2 by James Patterson and Marshall Karp [check availability]
• 7. (tie) TALK LIKE TED by Carmine Gallo [check availability]
• 7. (tie) THE BOSTON GIRL by Anita Diamant [check availability]
• 7. (tie) THE BURNING ROOM by Michael Connelly [check availability]
• 7. (tie) THE HUSBAND’S SECRET by Liane Moriarty [check availability]
• 7. (tie) THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny [check availability]
• 7. (tie) THE ROSIE EFFECT by Graeme Simsion [check availability]
• 7. (tie) THE SILKWORM by Robert Galbraith [check availability]
• 7. (tie) UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE
• AND REDEMPTION by Laura Hillenbrand [check availability]
• 7. (tie) WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL
• by Cheryl Strayed [check availability]

Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection

• 1. FROZEN [check availability]
• 2. (tie) THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL [check availability]
• 2. (tie) GRAVITY [check availability]
• 4. (tie) BOYHOOD [check availability]
• 4. (tie) GONE GIRL [check availability]
• 4. (tie) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [check availability]
• 7. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS [check availability]
• 8. BIRDMAN [check availability]
• 9. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST [check availability]
• 10. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET [check availability]

*Note: the most popular TV series based on total checkouts for all episodes of the series were (1) GAME OF THRONES, (2) HOUSE OF CARDS, (3) HOMELAND and (4) THE WALKING DEAD.

Top 10 Downloaded eBooks (OverDrive)

• 1. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins [check availability]
• 2. YES, PLEASE by Amy Poehler [check availability]
• 3. (tie) LEAVING TIME by Jodi Picoult [check availability]
• 3. (tie) NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL: A YOUNG WOMAN TELLS YOU WHAT SHE’S
• LEARNED by Lena Dunham [check availability]
• 5. GRAY MOUNTAIN by John Grisham [check availability]
• 6. (tie) EDGE OF ETERNITY (THE CENTURY TRILOGY, BOOK 3) by Ken Follett
• [check availability]
• 6. (tie) ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell [check availability]
• 6. (tie) MEAN STREAK by Sandra Brown [check availability]
• 6. (tie) SOME LUCK by Jane Smiley [check availability]
• 10. (tie) ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Kline [check availability]
• 10. (tie) THE PAYING GUESTS by Sarah Waters [check availability]

Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks (OverDrive)

• 1. (tie) LEAVING TIME by Jodi Picoult [check availability]
• 1. (tie) YES, PLEASE by Amy Poehler [check availability]
• 3. THE PAYING GUESTS by Sarah Waters [check availability]
• 4. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr [check availability]
• 5. (tie) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins [check availability]
• 5. (tie) GRAY MOUNTAIN by John Grisham [check availability]
• 5. (tie) THE LOOK OF LOVE by Sarah Jio [check availability]
• 8. HEARTBURN by Nora Ephron [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE BISHOP’S WIFE by Mette Ivie Harrison [check availability]
• 9. (tie) EDGE OF ETERNITY (THE CENTURY TRILOGY, BOOK 3) by Ken Follett
• [check availability]
• 9. (tie) HOPE TO DIE by James Patterson [check availability]
• 9. (tie) LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU by Richard Ford [check availability]
• 9. (tie) LILA by Marilynne Robinson [check availability]
• 9. (tie) A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD by Anne Tyler [check availability]
• 9. (tie) WINTER AT THE DOOR by Sarah Grave [check availability]

View previous Bentley Library Top 10 lists:

2009/10   |    2010/11   |   2011/12  |   2012/13   |   2013/14

Enjoy!