Our Top 10 Most Circulated Books, DVDs & Audiobooks!

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 (excluding any items placed on reserve for a class). 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?! Below you'll find the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2010-2011 in the categories of POPULAR READING, STACKS (regular book collection), AUDIOBOOKS and POPULAR DVDs. Drumroll, please...

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection

1. OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcom Gladwell 
2. THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis 
3. FREEDOM: A NOVEL by Jonathan Franzen 
4. CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins 
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert 
6. THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett 
7. INNOCENT by Scott Turow 
8. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST by Stieg Larsson 
9. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson 
10. PRIVATE by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks (regular book collection)

1. LIAR'S POKER: RISING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE ON WALL STREET by Michael Lewis 
2. PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE by R. A. Brealey, S. C. Myers & F. Allen 
3. THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis 
4. PEOPLE SKILLS: HOW TO ASSERT YOURSELF, LISTEN TO OTHERS AND RESOLVE CONFLICTS  by Robert Bolton 
5. THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins 
6. THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Stephen Covey ]
7. BARGAINING FOR ADVANTAGE: NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES FOR REASONABLE PEOPLE by G. Richard Shell 
8. THE SNOWBALL: WARREN BUFFET AND THE BUSINESS OF LIFE by Alice Schroeder 
9. BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING by Malcolm Gladwell 
10. GETTING TO YES: NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITHOUT GIVING IN by Roger Fisher 

Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks

1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen 
2. EARTH (THE AUDIOBOOK) by Jon Stewart 
3. FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Steven Levitt 
4. NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS by Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein 
5. THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK: ESCAPE 9-5, LIVE ANYWHERE, AND JOIN THE NEW RICH by Timothy Ferriss 
6. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST by Stieg Larsson 
7. ROOM: A NOVEL by Emma Donoghue
8. BLACK HILLS by Nora Roberts 
9. SUPERFREAKONOMICS by Steven Levitt 
10. THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis 

Top 10 Most Circulated Popular DVDs

1. THE HURT LOCKER 
2. SHUTTER ISLAND 
3. SHERLOCK HOLMES 
4. THE BLIND SIDE 
5. ALICE IN WONDERLAND 
6. V FOR VENDETTA 
7. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER 
8. UP 
9. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 
10. THE HANGOVER