Top 10 Most Popular Books, DVDs & Audiobooks

Move over New York Times bestseller list, it's time for the annual 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).  There are many ties in the rankings this year, so each of the lists includes more than ten titles, giving you even more to choose from. This year's most popular fiction included blockbusters by J. K. Rowling, Gillian Flynn and E. L. James. In nonfiction, Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can't Stop Talking and Cheryl Strayed's Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail appeared on the both the books and audiobooks lists.  Remarkably, Malcolm Gladwell's The Outliers landed in the Top 10 for a fourth consecutive year! Books that were released as movies fared well, including Life of Pi, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Hunger Games and Cloud Atlas. The Top 10 DVDs list is an interesting mix of TV series and movies, from Downton Abbey to The Game of Thrones and The Avengers to The Iron Lady. Compiling the Top 10 lists is one of our favorite annual activities; we hope you enjoy them as much as we do!  Browse the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2012-2013 in the categories of Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Audiobooks, Popular DVDs, OverDrive Downloadable eBooks and OverDrive Downloadable Audiobooks:

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection

1.     THE CASUAL VACANCY by J. K. Rowling 

2.     GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn 

3.     FIFTY SHADES DARKER by E. L. James 

4.     FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E. L. James 

5.     (tie) BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter 

5.     (tie) THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M. L. Stedman 

5.     (tie) THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by Junot Diaz 

8.     (tie) THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes 

8.     (tie) WHY WE BROKE UP by Daniel Handler 

8.     (tie) WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC TRAIL by Cheryl Strayed 

8.     (tie) DEFENDING JACOB by William Landay 

8.     (tie) A WANTED MAN: A JACK REACHER NOVEL by Lee Child

8.     (tie) THE RACKETEER by John Grisham 

Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks

1.     STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson 

2.     HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carnegie   

3.     (tie) THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins 

3.     (tie)  QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN'T STOP TALKING by Susan Cain 

5.     (tie) THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky 

5.     (tie) MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins 

7.     OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcolm Gladwell  

8.     THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM by Robert Kirkman  

9.     (tie) SOUL OF A CITIZEN: LIVING WITH CONVICTION IN A CYNICAL TIME by Paul Rogat Loeb  

9.     (tie) LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel 

 

Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [CD and Playaway]

1.     (tie) THINKING FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman 

1.     (tie) WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC TRAIL by Cheryl Strayed 

1.     (tie) GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn 

4.     (tie) QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN'T STOP TALKING by Susan Cain 

4.     (tie) THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins 

4.     (tie) MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins 

7.     (tie) JUDGE & JURY by James Patterson 

7.     (tie) DRIVE: THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES US by Daniel Pink  

7.     (tie) KILLING LINCOLN by Bill O'Reilly  

7.     (tie) CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins 

7.     (tie) THE WITNESS by Nora Roberts 

7.     (tie) SOME KIND OF FAIRY TALE by Graham Joyce 

7.     (tie) THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M. L. Stedman 

7.     (tie) THE CASUAL VACANCY by J. K. Rowling 

7.     (tie) LIVE BY NIGHT by Dennis Lehane 

7.     (tie) THE FORGOTTEN by David Baldacci 

7.     (tie) THE BLACK BOX by Michael Connelly 

7.     (tie) PROOF OF HEAVEN: A NEUROSURGEON'S JOURNEY INTO THE AFTERLIFE by Eben Alexander

Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection

1.     DOWNTON ABBEY (Seasons 1 & 2, combined checkouts) 

2.     HUNGER GAMES 

3.     (tie) BRIDESMAIDS 

3.     (tie) THE AVENGERS 

5.     A GAME OF THRONES (Season 1)

6.     (tie) ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY 

6.     (tie) THE HELP 

6.     (tie) MONEYBALL 

6.     (tie) PEOPLE LIKE US 

10.     (tie) 21 JUMP STREET 

10.     (tie) FRIENDS WITH KIDS 

10.     (tie) THE IRON LADY 

10.     (tie) MOONRISE KINGDOM 

10.     (tie) SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS 

Top 10 Downloaded eBooks (OverDrive) 

1.     (tie) THE ART FORGER by B. A. Shaprio

1.     (tie) CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell

1.     (tie) LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel

1.     (tie) LIVE BY NIGHT by Dennis Lehane

5.     (tie) THE 19TH WIFE by David Ebsershoff

5.     (tie) THE END OF MONEY by David Wolman

5.     (tie) THE RACKETEER by John Grisham

5.     (tie) WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM? by Hedrick Smith

9.     (tie) THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT by Mark Haddon

9.     (tie) THE DINNER by Herman Koch

9.     (tie) THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB by Will Schwalbe

9.     (tie) HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford

9.     (tie) THE WORLD WE FOUND by Thrity Umrigar

Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks (OverDrive) 

1.     SNOOP: WHAT YOUR STUFF SAYS ABOUT YOU by Sam Gosling

2.     (tie) FALL OF GIANTS by Ken Follett

2.     (tie) THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK by Matthew Quick

2.     (tie) A WEEK IN WINTER by Maeve Binchy

2.     (tie) WORLD WAR Z by Max Brooks

6.     (tie) ANTIFRAGILE: THINGS THAT GAIN FROM DISORDER by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

6.     (tie) ARGO by Antonio Mendez

6.     (tie) THE ART FORGER by B. A. Shapiro

6.     (tie) BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by Kurt Vonnegut

6.     (tie)  THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA by Lauren Weisberger

6.     (tie) THE FORGOTTEN by David Baldacci

6.     (tie) THE RACKETEER by John Grisham

6.     (tie) HEADS IN BEDS; A RECKLESS MEMOIR OF HOTELS, HUSTLES AND SO-CALLED HOSPITALITY by Jacob Tomsky