Bentley Library Top 10 Books, DVDs & Audiobooks for 2015/16
May 24, 2016
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
2. GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee
3. (tie) THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
3. (tie) BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5. (tie) ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr
5. (tie) BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham
8. (tie) THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
8. (tie) YES, PLEASE by Amy Poehler
8. (tie) CIRCLING THE SUN by Paula McLain
8. (tie) FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff
8. (tie) AFTER YOU by Jojo Moyes
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks
1. GETTING TO YES: NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITHOUT GIVING IN by Roger Fisher and William Ury
2. LIAR'S POKER: RISING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE ON WALL STREET by Michael Lewis
3. (tie) HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carnegie
3. (tie) THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger
3. (tie) THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis
6. (tie) AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL LEARNING: WITH APPLICATIONS IN R by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie & Robert Tibshirani
6. (tie) OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcolm Gladwell
8. (tie) TIME SERIES ANALYSIS: WITH APPLICATIONS IN R by Jonathan D. Cryer & Kung-Sik Chan
8. (tie) FLASH BOYS: A WALL STREET REVOLT by Michael Lewis
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
Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [Compact Disc]
1. CROSS JUSTICE by James Patterson
2. (tie) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
2. (tie) 14th DEADLY SIN by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
2. (tie) THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
2. (tie) X by Sue Grafton
2. (tie) FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson
2. (tie) THE ART OF MEMOIR by Mary Karr
2. (tie) MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout
9. (tie) BLOOD MAGICK by Nora Roberts
9. (tie) THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
9. (tie) THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo
9. (tie) THE CARTEL by Don Winslow
9. (tie) THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB by David Lagercrantz
9. (tie) BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR by Elizabeth Gilbert
9. (tie) THE SURVIVOR by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills
9. (tie) WHY NOT ME? by Mindy Kaling
9. (tie) TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT NIGHTS by Salman Rushdie
9. (tie) THE LAKE HOUSE by Kate Morton
9. (tie) CAREER OF EVIL by Robert Galbraith
9. (tie) SEE ME by Nicholas Sparks
9. (tie) AVENUE OF MYSTERIES by John Irving
9. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham
9. (tie) THE END OF THE AFFAIR by Graham Greene
9. (tie) THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Melanie Benjamin
Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection
1. INSIDE OUT
2. (tie) SPOTLIGHT
2. (tie) PITCH PERFECT 2
4. (tie) WHIPLASH
4. (tie) AMERICAN SNIPER
6. (tie) TRAINWRECK
6. (tie) HOMELAND: SEASON 4
8. GAME OF THRONES: SEASON 4
9. (tie) HOUSE OF CARDS: SEASON 3
9. (tie) THE BIG SHORT
Top 10 Downloaded eBooks (OverDrive)
1. FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff
2. MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout
3. (tie) CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg
3. (tie) THE CROSSING by Michael Connelly
3. (tie) A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara
3. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham
3. (tie) SEE ME by Nicholas Sparks
8. THE GUILTY by David Baldacci
9. (tie) THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
9. (tie) PRETTY GIRLS by Karin Slaughter
Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks (OverDrive)
1. THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND by Katarina Bivald
2. (tie) THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis
2. (tie) THE MURDER HOUSE by James Patterson & David Ellis
4. (tie) THE ART OF CRASH LANDING by Melissa DeCarlo
4. (tie) BROOKLYN by Colm Toibin
4. (tie) CAREER OF EVIL by Robert Galbraith
4. (tie) THE CONFIDENCE GAME: WHY WE FALL FOR IT...EVERY TIME by Maria Konnikova
8. (tie) AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE by Helen Ellis
8. (tie) CROSS JUSTICE by James Patterson
8. (tie) FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson
8. (tie) THE JAPANESE LOVER by Isabel Allende
8. (tie) A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman
8. (tie) RECLAIMING CONVERSATION: THE POWER OF TALK IN A DIGITAL AGE by Sherry Turkle
8. (tie) ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham
8. (tie) THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Melanie Benjamin
8. (tie) WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE by Joseph Fink
8. (tie) THE WITCHES: SALEM, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
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