2011: Most Checked Out Books from Brentwood Library

The went through some big changes in 2011.

A very popular change has been the teen room, said library director Vicki Woods in an email to Patch. The room, which is reserved for teens at 3 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays, allows teens to browse the Young Adult collection, work on a table space, use an iMac or draw on a whiteboard.

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The library also added a computer for preschoolers to access several learning programs in multiple languages, Woods said. The ability to check out laptop computers and Kindles is also new.

Finally, the "book a librarian" program has given library-goers the opportunity to learn new computer skills.

The library also shared which books were most popular with its patrons. Let us know if any of the titles surprise you. Here were the top 15 books checked out from the library in 2011 (as of Dec. 8):

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson
3. The Confession: a Novel by John Grisham
4. Room: a Novel by Emma Donoghue
5. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
6. 10th Anniversary by James Patterson
7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
9. The Fifth Witness: a Novel by Michael Connelly
10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
11. Cutting For Stone: a Novel by Abraham Verghese
12. Smokin' Seventeen: a Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
13. Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
14. Tick Tock by James Patterson
15. Now You See Her: a Novel by James Patterson