Our Top 10 Most Popular Books, DVDs & Audiobooks for 2011/2012
May 8, 2012
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
- STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett
- THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
- STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson
- MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs
- A GAME OF THRONES by George R. R. Martin
- THE BIG SHORT by Michael Lewis
- THE LEFTOVERS by Tom Perrotta
- THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
- THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks
- THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay) by Suzanne Collins
- MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE by David K. Eiteman
- LIAR'S POKER by Michael Lewis
- THE FACEBOOK EFFECT by David Kirkpatrick
- OUTLIERS by Malcom Gladwell
- BOND MARKETS, ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIES by Frank J. Fabozzi
- AN UNQUIET MIND by Kay Redfield Jamison
- FREAKONOMICS by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- THE SOCIAL ANIMAL by David Brooks
- EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE by Daniel Goleman
Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [CD and Playaway]
- BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey
- SERIOUSLY - I'M KIDDING by Ellen DeGeneres
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- THE BIG SHORT by Michael Lewis
- THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC by Julie Otsuka
- DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY by P. D. James
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson
- THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
- BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell
- BRANDWASHED by Martin Lindstrom
Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection
- WALL STREET
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK
- DEXTER
- THE WIRE
- BREAKING BAD
- tie:
- FIGHT CLUB
- NO STRINGS ATTACHED
- tie:
- LIMITLESS
- LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
- WEEDS
- THE BIG BANG THEORY
- tie:
- DOWNTON ABBEY
- PULP FICTION
- tie:
- THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
- BLACK SWAN
- tie:
- DESPICABLE ME
- WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Top 10 Downloaded eBooks
- 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
- 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