Category: DVDs

If it’s May, it’s time for the 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. (Course reserves are excluded from the reports.)

This year the Bentley community favored Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and John Grisham’s Rogue Lawyer, both of which made appearances on the book, audiobook and OverDrive lists. Remarkably, writer Michael Lewis had three different books in the rankings – Liar’s Poker, Flash Boys and The Big Short – and as an added bonus the movie adaptation of The Big Short scored a spot on the top DVDs list. The only other author to match Lewis’ popularity was the prolific James Patterson, although Patterson didn’t do it all on his own… Two of the three Patterson titles that appear below were co-authored – The Murder House (with David Ellis) and 14th Deadly Sin (with Maxine Paetro).

This is the 7th year that we have compiled our library’s “bestsellers” lists. We hope you enjoy this glimpse into the reading and viewing habits of the Bentley community as much as we do.

Browse the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2015-2016 in the categories of Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Audiobooks, Popular DVDs, OverDrive Downloadable eBooks and OverDrive Downloadable Audiobooks. With so many ties in this year’s rankings, you have even more to choose from!

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection

• 1. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins [check availability]
• 2. GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee [check availability]
• 3. (tie) THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah [check availability]
• 3. (tie) BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates [check availability]
• 5. (tie) ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr [check availability]
• 5. (tie) BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR by Elizabeth Gilbert
• [check availability]
• 5. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham [check availability]
• 8. (tie) THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir [check availability]
• 8. (tie) YES, PLEASE by Amy Poehler [check availability]
• 8. (tie) CIRCLING THE SUN by Paula McLain [check availability]
• 8. (tie) FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff [check availability]
• 8. (tie) AFTER YOU by Jojo Moyes [check availability]

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks

• 1. GETTING TO YES: NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITHOUT GIVING IN
• by Roger Fisher and William Ury [check availability]
• 2. LIAR’S POKER: RISING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE ON WALL STREET
• by Michael Lewis [check availability]
• 3. (tie) HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carneige
• [check availability]
• 3. (tie) THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger [check availability]
• 3. (tie) THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis
• [check availability]
• 6. (tie) AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL LEARNING: WITH APPLICATIONS IN R
• by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie & Robert Tibshirani
• [check availability]
• 6. (tie) OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcolm Gladwell [check availability]
• 8. (tie) TIME SERIES ANALYSIS: WITH APPLICATIONS IN R by Jonathan D. Cryer &
• Kung-Sik Chan [check availability]
• 8. (tie) FLASH BOYS: A WALL STREET REVOLT by Michael Lewis [check availability]
• 8. (tie) RICH DAD, POOR DAD: WHAT THE RICH TEACH THEIR KIDS ABOUT MONEY
• – THAT THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS DO NOT by Robert T. Kiyosaki
• [check availability]

Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [Compact Disc]

• 1. CROSS JUSTICE by James Patterson [check availability]
• 2. (tie) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins [check availability]
• 2. (tie) 14th DEADLY SIN by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro [check availability]
• 2. (tie) THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir [check availability]
• 2. (tie) X by Sue Grafton [check availability]
• 2. (tie) FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson [check availability]
• 2. (tie) THE ART OF MEMOIR by Mary Karr [check availability]
• 2. (tie) MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout [check availability]
• 9. (tie) BLOOD MAGICK by Nora Roberts [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo
• [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE CARTEL by Don Winslow [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB by David Lagercrantz [check availability]
• 9. (tie) BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR by Elizabeth Gilbert
• [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE SURVIVOR by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills [check availability]
• 9. (tie) WHY NOT ME? by Mindy Kaling [check availability]
• 9. (tie) TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT NIGHTS
• by Salman Rushdie [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE LAKE HOUSE by Kate Morton [check availability]
• 9. (tie) CAREER OF EVIL by Robert Galbraith [check availability]
• 9. (tie) SEE ME by Nicholas Sparks [check availability]
• 9. (tie) AVENUE OF MYSTERIES by John Irving [check availability]
• 9. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE END OF THE AFFAIR by Graham Greene [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Melanie Benjamin [check availability]

Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection

• 1. INSIDE OUT [check availability]
• 2. (tie) SPOTLIGHT [check availability]
• 2. (tie) PITCH PERFECT 2 [check availability]
• 4. (tie) WHIPLASH [check availability]
• 4. (tie) AMERICAN SNIPER [check availability]
• 6. (tie) TRAINWRECK [check availability]
• 6. (tie) HOMELAND: SEASON 4 [check availability]
• 8. GAME OF THRONES: SEASON 4 [check availability]
• 9. (tie) HOUSE OF CARDS: SEASON 3 [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE BIG SHORT [check availability]

Top 10 Downloaded eBooks (OverDrive)

• 1. FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff [check availability]
• 2. MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout [check availability]
• 3. (tie) CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg [check availability]
• 3. (tie) THE CROSSING by Michael Connelly [check availability]
• 3. (tie) A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara [check availability]
• 3. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham [check availability]
• 3. (tie) SEE ME by Nicholas Sparks [check availability]
• 8. THE GUILTY by David Baldacci [check availability]
• 9. (tie) THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah [check availability]
• 9. (tie) PRETTY GIRLS by Karin Slaughter [check availability]

Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks (OverDrive)

• 1. THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND by Katarina Bivald
• [check availability]
• 2. (tie) THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis
• [check availability]
• 2. (tie) THE MURDER HOUSE by James Patterson & David Ellis [check availability]
• 4. (tie) THE ART OF CRASH LANDING by Melissa DeCarlo [check availability]
• 4. (tie) BROOKLYN by Colm Toibin [check availability]
• 4. (tie) CAREER OF EVIL by Robert Galbraith [check availability]
• 4. (tie) THE CONFIDENCE GAME: WHY WE FALL FOR IT…EVERY TIME
• by Maria Konnikova [check availability]
• 8. (tie) AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE by Helen Ellis [check availability]
• 8. (tie) CROSS JUSTICE by James Patterson [check availability]
• 8. (tie) FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson [check availability]
• 8. (tie) THE JAPANESE LOVER by Isabel Allende [check availability]
• 8. (tie) A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman [check availability]
• 8. (tie) RECLAIMING CONVERSATION: THE POWER OF TALK IN A DIGITAL AGE
• by Sherry Turkle [check availability]
• 8. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham [check availability]
• 8. (tie) THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Melanie Benjamin [check availability]
• 8. (tie) WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE by Joseph Fink [check availability]
• 8. (tie) THE WITCHES: SALEM, 1692 by Stacy Schiff [check availability]

View previous Bentley Library Top 10 lists:

• 2009 – 2010
• 2010 – 2011
• 2011 – 2012
• 2012 – 2013
• 2013 – 2014 
• 2014 – 2015

Enjoy!