Once again, it’s time to announce the Bentley Library Top 10! Each May we query our database to find out which books, audiobooks and DVDs have circulated the most times during the academic year.
This year, it cam
e as no surprise that some of our most circulated books and audiobooks have also been hits at the theater and on TV, including The Hunger Games trilogy, The Help, A Game of Thrones and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We’ve also come to expect appearances by authors Michael Lewis and Malcom Gladwell, whose popular works of nonfiction are perennial favorites here at the Bentley Library. You’ll note that this year our DVD Top 10 is actually a “Top 17”, but we had a number of films tied for the top spots and we didn’t want to leave any of your favorites off the list. Lastly, we’re really excited about the addition of two new lists – Downloaded eBooks and Downloaded Audiobooks. We’ve only had our downloadable book service for about a month, but we are already logging some impressive statistics.
Without further adieu, here are the the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2011-2012 in the categories of Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Audiobooks, Popular DVDs, Downloadable eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks:
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection
- THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides [check availability]
- STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett [check availability]
- THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern [check availability]
- STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson [check availability]
- MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs [check availability]
- A GAME OF THRONES by George R. R. Martin [check availability]
- THE BIG SHORT by Michael Lewis [check availability]
- THE LEFTOVERS by Tom Perrotta [check availability]
- THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett [check availability]
- THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks
- THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins [check availability]
- MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE by David K. Eiteman [check availability]
- LIAR’S POKER by Michael Lewis [check availability]
- THE FACEBOOK EFFECT by David Kirkpatrick [check availability]
- OUTLIERS by Malcom Gladwell [check availability]
- BOND MARKETS, ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIES by Frank J. Fabozzi [check availability]
- AN UNQUIET MIND by Kay Redfield Jamison [check availability]
- FREAKONOMICS by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner [check availability]
- THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks [check availability]
- EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE by Daniel Goleman [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [CD and Playaway]
- BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey [check availability]
- SERIOUSLY – I’M KIDDING by Ellen DeGeneres [check availability]
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King [check availability]
- THE BIG SHORT by Michael Lewis [check availability]
- THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC by Julie Otsuka [check availability]
- DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY by P. D. James [check availability]
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson [check availability]
- THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett [check availability]
- BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell [check availability]
- BRANDWASHED by Martin Lindstrom [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection
- WALL STREET [check availability]
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK [check availability]
- DEXTER [check availability]
- THE WIRE [check availability]
- BREAKING BAD [check availability]
- tie:
- FIGHT CLUB [check availability]
- NO STRINGS ATTACHED [check availability]
- tie:
- LIMITLESS [check availability]
- LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS [check availability]
- WEEDS [check availability]
- THE BIG BANG THEORY [check availability]
- tie:
- DOWNTON ABBEY [check availability]
- PULP FICTION [check availability]
- tie:
- THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU [check availability]
- BLACK SWAN [check availability]
- tie:
- DESPICABLE ME [check availability]
- WATER FOR ELEPHANTS [check availability]
Top 10 Downloaded eBooks
*check availability by logging-in at http://ezp.bentley.edu/OverDrive/bentleyu
- CALICO JOE by John Grisham
- A GAME OF THRONES by George R. R. Martin
- A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R. R. Martin
- THE DRESSMAKER by Kate Alcott
- THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg
- NAKED by David Sedaris
- SONG OF SOLOMON by Toni Morrison
- BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by Katherine Boo
- THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC by Julie Otsuka
- DEFENDING JACOB by William Landay
Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks
*check availability by logging-in at http://ezp.bentley.edu/OverDrive/bentleyu
- THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins
- 1984 by George Orwell
- CALEB’S CROSSING by Geraldine Brooks
- DEFENDING JACOB by William Landay
- LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave
- LORDS OF FINANCE by Liaquat Ahamed
- THE SHACK by William Paul Young
- TOO BIG TO FAIL by Andrew Ross Sorkin
- FREAKONOMICS by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carnegie
So, what were this year’s trends? In non-fiction, books about the financial crisis and negotiating proved to be very popular. Financial journalist Michael Lewis scored two slots in the top 10 with books that took a revealing look at Wall Street – his 1989 bestseller Liar’s Poker and its 2010 sequel The Big Short. Over on the fiction side, two trilogies were huge hits – The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins and the Millennium series (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, et al.) by Stieg Larsson. Not surprisingly, both series are bound for the big screen. Maybe next year we’ll see them on our Top 10 DVDs list?!
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