For the end of 2014/beginning of 2015 instead of a new Staff Pick of the Week, we’re going to list the books that you, our fantastic patrons, read the most this year. We’re going to do the Top 10 in several categories.
We also have your most read titles of 2014 on Bookmarks at the Circulation desk!
Adult Fiction:
1. Inferno – Dan Brown
2. Sycamore Row – John Grisham
3. The Storyteller – Jodi Picoult
4. The Hit – David Baldacci
5. Mistress – James Patterson
6. And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
7. Cross My Heart – James Patterson
8. Daddy’s Gone A Hunting – Mary Higgins Clark
9. NYPD Red 2 – James Patterson
10. The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
Young Adult Fiction:
1. Allegiant – Veronica Roth
2. Prodigy – Marie Lu
3. Clockwork Princess – Cassandra Clare
4. The Elite – Kiera Cass
5. The Moon and More – Sarah Dessen
6. Ali’s Pretty Little Lies – Sara Shepard
7. The Kiss – James Patterson
8. The Fall of Five – Pittacus Lore
9. Perfect Scoundrels – Ally Carter
10. Oblivion – Anthony Horowitz
Biography:
1. My Beloved World – Sonia Sotomayor
2. Waiting to be Heard – Amanda Knox
3. The First Muslim: The story of Muhammad – Lesley Hazleton
4. A House in the Sky – Amanda Lindhout
5. The Reason I Jump – Naoki Higashida
6. I am Malala – Malala Yousafzai
7. Empty Mantions – Bill Dedman
8. Ava Gardner – Peter Evans
9. Anne Frank – Melissa Muller
10. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks – Jeanne Theoharis
Nonfiction:
1. Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead – Sheryl Sandberg
2. David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants – Malcolm Gladwell
3. Killing Jesus : a history – Bill O’Reilly
4. Core strength training : the complete step-by-step guide to a stronger body and better posture for men and women
5. Dad is fat – Jim Gaffigan
6. The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism – Doris Kearns Goodwin
7. Culinaria Hungary – Aniko Gergely
8. Zealot : the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth – Reza Aslan
9. The adobo road cookbook : a Filipino food journey – Marvin Gabpultos
10. Past tense : 365 daily tools for putting stress behind you – for good! – Shawn Kilgarlin
J FIC:
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Hard Luck – Jeff Kinney
2. The House of Hades – Rick Riordan
3. Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker – Rachel Renee Russell
4. Big Nate Flips Out – Lincoln Peirce
5. The First Samurai – Leonardo Favia
6. Stick Dog – Tom Watson
7. Day of Doom – David Baldacci
8. My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar – James Patterson
9. The Secret of the Fairies – Thea Stilton
10. Mystery of the Midnight Rider – Carolyn Keene
