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Top 5 Most Borrowed Books in 2012 in Fairfax
Fairfax County Public Library released a list of books checked out most frequently across genres.
Wondering what the most popular books in Fairfax County were in 2012?
As you begin 2013, and a new year's reading list, it might be helpful to have the top five most borrowed books across the county, based on 100 checkouts from Fairfax County Public Library.
Among adult, teen and child genres, The Hunger Games Trilogy leads with a combined 10,330 checkouts on all three titles. Dr. Seuss has staying power with 9,822 checkouts and John Grisham’s The Litigators has 4,868, making it the most popular single title in the system.
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Top Five Fiction
The Litigators by John Grisham
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
The Drop by Michael Connelly
Zero Day by David Baldacci
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Top Five Nonfiction
Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Top Five eBooks
The Litigators by John Grisham
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
A Game of Thrones by George Martin
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
Teen
Top Five Titles
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Top 5 Series
Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini
Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Children
Top Five Series
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
Fly Guy early readers by Tedd Arnold
Top Five Titles
The cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
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This list is republished in its entirety with permission from the Fairfax County Public Library.
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