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by Lisa Curtin
May 19, 2010

You're probably familiar with the The New York Times weekly bestseller lists and Amazon's Top 100 books and DVDs lists. But did you know that here at the Bentley Library we track our own "best sellers" each academic year? Check out the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2009-2010 in the categories of POPULAR READING, STACKS (regular book collection), AUDIOBOOKS and POPULAR DVDs.

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection

  1. THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown 
  2. ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL by James Patterson & Richard Dilallo 
  3. I, ALEX CROSS by James Patterson 
  4. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson 
  5. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL  by Tucker Max 
  6. DEAD AND GONE by Charlaine Harris 
  7. THE LAST SONG by Nicholas Sparks
  8. THE SHACK: A NOVEL by William P. Young 
  9. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson 
  10. OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcolm Gladwell 

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks

  1. FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner 
  2. A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE COLLAPSE OF LEHMAN BROTHERS by Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson
  3. HOUSE OF CARDS: A TALE OF HUBRIS AND WRETCHED EXCESS ON WALL STREET by William D. Cohan 
  4. PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE by Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers & Franklin Allen 
  5. BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING by Malcolm Gladwell
  6. POT POLITICS: MARIJUANA AND THE COSTS OF PROHIBITION by Mitch Earleywine 
  7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger 
  8. ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS by Ulric J. Gelinas, Jr.,  Steve G. Sutton & James E. Hunton 
  9. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE: A NOVEL by Audrey Niffenegger 
  10. RICH DAD, POOR DAD: WHAT THE RICH TEACH THEIR KIDS ABOUT MONEY - - THAT THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS DO NOT! by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter 

Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks

  1. SUPERFREAKONOMICS: GLOBAL COOLING, PATRIOTIC PROSTITUTES, AND WHY SUICIDE BOMBERS SHOULD BUY LIFE INSURANCE by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner 
  2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson 
  3. THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett 
  4. THE PROFESSIONAL by Robert B. Parker 
  5. THE INFORMANT by Kurt Eichenwald 
  6. THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC by Richard Russo 
  7. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson
  8. TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
  9. PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL: THE HIDDEN FORCES THAT SHAPE OUR DECISIONS by Dan Ariely 
  10. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) by Stephen Colbert 

Top 10 Most Circulated Popular DVDs

  1. BLOW 
  2. GRAN TORINO 
  3. THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX 
  4. THE READER 
  5. WALL-E 
  6. ENTOURAGE, SEASON 3 
  7. WEEDS, SEASON 4 
  8. GANGS OF NEW YORK 
  9. THE PROPOSAL 
  10. WATCHMEN