Bentley Library Top 10 Most Popular Books, DVDs & Audiobooks of 2019/20
June 10, 2020
It's time for the 11th annual Bentley Library Top 10!
At the end of every academic year we tabulate the library’s most popular books, audiobooks, DVDs, and OverDrive downloadable ebooks and audiobooks based on the number of times they have been borrowed (excluding items placed on reserve for a class). These are our very own "Bentley Bestsellers" lists!
This year, the results for physical materials (books, DVDs, and CD audiobooks) are based on circulation data ending on March 17, the last the day the library was open before the COVID-19 shutdown. We hope that our doors will be open again soon, but in the meantime please explore the OverDrive e-book and audiobook options we offer!
This is your chance to see what Bentley students, faculty and staff have been reading, watching, and listening to. We hope you enjoy this annual tradition as much as we do, and that the lists help you find new books to explore.
Browse the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2019-2020 in the categories of Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Audiobooks (compact disc), Popular DVDs, OverDrive Downloaded eBooks and OverDrive Downloaded Audiobooks.
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection
1. BECOMING by Michelle Obama
2. THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett
3. (tie) CHANCES ARE... by Richard Russo
3. (tie) EDUCATED: A MEMOIR by Tara Westover
3. (tie) INVESTED: HOW WARREN BUFFETT AND CHARLIE MUNGER TAUGHT ME TO MASTER MY MIND, MY EMOTIONS, AND MY MONEY (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY DAD) by Danielle Town
3. (tie) OLIVE, AGAIN by Elizabeth Strout
3. (tie) THE INSTITUTE by Stephen King
3. (tie) THE OUTSIDER by Stephen King
9. (tie) BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH by Rachel Maddow
9. (tie) CATCH AND KILL: LIES, SPIES, AND A CONSPIRACY TO PROTECT PREDATORS by Ronan Farrow
9. (tie) CITY OF GIRLS by Elizabeth Gilbert
9. (tie) DISAPPEARING EARTH by Julia Phillips
9. (tie) GOOD RIDDANCE by Elinor Lipman
9. (tie) LOONSHOTS: HOW TO NURTURE THE CRAZY IDEAS THAT WIN WARS, CURE DISEASES, AND TRANSFORM INDUSTRIES by Safi Bahcall
9. (tie) ME by Elton John
9. (tie) ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong
9. (tie) OUTFOX by Sandra Brown
9. (tie) SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid
9. (tie) THE BODY: A GUIDE FOR OCCUPANTS by Bill Bryson
9. (tie) THE CEO NEXT DOOR: THE 4 BEHAVIORS THAT TRANSFORM ORDINARY PEOPLE INTO WORLD-CLASS LEADERS by Elena L. Botelho and Kim R. Powell, with Tahl Raz
9. (tie) THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks
1. GETTING TO YES: NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITHOUT GIVING IN by Roger Fisher and William Ury
2. (tie) HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carnegie
2. (tie) THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR by Benjamin Graham
4. THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Stephen R. Covey
5. (tie) LIAR'S POKER: RISING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE ON WALL STREET by Michael Lewis
5. (tie) THE TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE by Malcolm Gladwell
5. (tie) THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman
8. (tie) A BETTER MAN by Louise Penny
8. (tie) BAD BLOOD: SECRETS AND LIES IN A SILICON VALLEY STARTUP by John Carreyrou
8. (tie) CITIZEN: AN AMERICAN LYRIC by Claudia Rankine
8. (tie) RICH DAD, POOR DAD by Robert Kiyosaki
8. (tie) THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK: A COUNTERINTUITIVE APPROACH TO LIVING A GOOD LIFE by Mark Manson
Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [Compact Disc]
1. (tie) A BETTER MAN by Louise Penny
1. (tie) A MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT by David Baldacci
1. (tie) BLUE MOON by Lee Child
1. (tie) COURT OF LIES by Gerry Spence
1. (tie) THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE by David Lagercrantz
6. (tie) AMBUSH by James Patterson and James O. Born
6. (tie) BECOMING by Michelle Obama
6. (tie) DARK SACRED NIGHT by Michael Connelly
6. (tie) LADY IN THE LAKE by Laura Lippman
6. (tie) OUTFOX by Sandra Brown
6. (tie) THE BODY: A GUIDE FOR OCCUPANTS by Bill Bryson
6. (tie) THE CORNWALLS ARE GONE by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
6. (tie) THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett
Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection
1. YESTERDAY
2. ROCKETMAN
3. (tie) BOOKSMART
3. (tie) THE FAREWELL
5. (tie) AMAZING GRACE
5. (tie) US
5. (tie) ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
5. (tie) THE GODFATHER, PART 2
9. (tie) JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM
9. (tie) THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Top 10 Downloaded eBooks [OverDrive]
1. TALKING TO STRANGERS: WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW by Malcolm Gladwell
2. (tie) THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes
2. (tie) OLIVE, AGAIN by Elizabeth Strout
4. (tie) THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham
4. (tie) THE INSTITUTE by Stephen King
6. (tie) THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett
6. (tie) THE NIGHT FIRE by Michael Connelly
6. (tie) THE TESTAMENTS by Margaret Atwood
9. (tie) THE BOY FROM THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
9. (tie) ROYAL HOLIDAY by Jasmine Guillory
Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks [OverDrive]
1. TALKING TO STRANGERS: WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW by Malcolm Gladwell
2. THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett
3. THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes
4. (tie) RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson
4. (tie) THE TESTAMENTS by Margaret Atwood
6. A BETTER MAN by Louise Penny
7. (tie) AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins
7. (tie) THE BODY: A GUIDE FOR OCCUPANTS by Bill Bryson
7. (tie) THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham
7. (tie) THE INFINITE GAME by Simon Sinek
7. (tie) THE MAN WHO SOLVED THE MARKET: HOW JIM SIMONS LAUNCHED THE QUANT REVOLUTION by Gregory Zuckerman
7. (tie) THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY by Alix E. Harrow