Bentley Library Top 10 Most Popular Books, DVDs & Audiobooks of 2020/21
June 10, 2021
It's time for the 12th annual Bentley Library Top 10!
At the end of each academic year we run a report to tabulate the library’s most popular books, audiobooks, DVDs, and OverDrive downloadable e-books and audiobooks based on the number of times they have been borrowed (excluding items placed on reserve for a class).
This year our circulation statistics for physical items were impacted by a reduced number of faculty, staff, and students on campus, but we will not let that deter us from this fun annual tradition. We hope you enjoy browsing the "Bentley Bestsellers" lists as much as we do, and that they help you find new books to explore!
Browse the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2020-2021 in the categories of OverDrive Downloaded eBooks, OverDrive Downloaded Audiobooks Popular Reading, Stacks (regular book collection), Popular DVDs, and Audiobooks (compact disc). Scroll to the bottom of this post to access links to lists from 2009-2020.
Top 10 Downloaded eBooks [OverDrive]
1. THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley [check availability]
2. THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett [check availability]
3. ANXIOUS PEOPLE by Frederick Backman [check availability]
4. (tie) A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama [check availability]
4. (tie) UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle [check availability]
6. (tie) ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE by Louise Penny [check availability]
6. (tie) THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES by Kristin Harmel [check availability]
6. (tie) THE DRAGONS, THE GIANT, THE WOMEN by Wayétu Moore [check availability]
6. (tie) THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V. E. Schwab [check availability]
6. (tie) THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig [check availability]
Top 10 Downloaded Audiobooks [OverDrive]
1. (tie) THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley [check availability]
1. (tie) A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama [check availability]
3. UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle [check availability]
4. THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett [check availability]
5. CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS by Isabel Wilkerson [check availability]
6. THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson [check availability]
7. (tie) THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES by Suzanne Collins [check availability]
7. (tie) DAYLIGHT by David Baldacci [check availability]
7. (tie) MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [check availability]
7. (tie) THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB by Richard Osman [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection
1. (tie) JOY AT WORK: ORGANIZING YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE by Marie Kondo & Scott Sonenshein [check availability]
1. (tie) SOLUTIONS AND OTHER PROBLEMS by Allie Brosh [check availability]
3. (tie) BLOWOUT by Rachel Maddow [check availability]
3. (tie) THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett [check availability]
5. (tie) A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik [check availability]
5. (tie) A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama [check availability]
5. (tie) BECOMING by Michelle Obama [check availability]
5. (tie) MY YEAR ABROAD by Chang-rae Lee [check availability]
5. (tie) THE ANSWER IS... by Alex Trebek [check availability]
5. (tie) THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks
1. (tie) DUNE by Frank Herbert [check availability]
1. (tie) THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR by Benjamin Graham [check availability]
3. (tie) A GUIDE TO THE GOOD LIFE by William B. Irvine [check availability]
3. (tie) CAN'T HURT ME by David Goggins [check availability]
3. (tie) FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel [check availability]
3. (tie) HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi [check availability]
3. (tie) HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carnegie [check availability]
3. (tie) INVESTMENT BANKING: VALUATION, LEVERAGED BUYOUTS, AND MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS by Joshua Rosenbaum [check availability]
3. (tie) MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl [check availability]
3. (tie) STYLE: THE BASICS OF CLARITY AND GRACE by Joseph Williams [check availability]
3. (tie) TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell [check availability]
3. (tie) THE GREATEST GAME by Todd Denault [check availability]
3. (tie) THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman [check availability]
3. (tie) YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO LACEY by Amber Ruffin [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated DVDs from the Popular DVD Collection
1. THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND [check availability]
2. (tie) HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE [check availability]
2. (tie) ONWARD [check availability]
4. (tie) BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC [check availability]
4. (tie) EMMA [check availability]
4. (tie) HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX [check availability]
4. (tie) JUST MERCY [check availability]
4. (tie) PARASITE [check availability]
4. (tie) LITTLE WOMEN [check availability]
4. (tie) A PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks [Compact Disc]
1. (tie) TEXAS RANGER by James Patterson [check availability]
1. (tie) YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO LACEY by Amber Ruffin [check availability]
3. (tie) There were 26 titles tied for 3rd place: A BAD DAY FOR SUNSHINE; A REASONABLE DOUBT; ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL; AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE; BEARTOWN; BLINDSIDE; CREDIBLE THREAT; DEACON KING KONG; DEATH OF A GHOST; DEATH OF AN HONEST MAN; DRACULA; ELEANOR; GOOD RIDDANCE; HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN; LITTLE WEIRDS; MASKED PREY; SURPRISE ME; THE BEST OF ME; THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST; THE FATHER OF AMERICAN CONSERVATION; THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN; THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY; THE LONG CALL; THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL; TROUBLE IS WHAT I DO; and UPSTREAM.