Politics & Government
10 Most Borrowed Books from Fairfax Co. Libraries
These books were FCPL's most popular titles in 2011.
Looking for a good book to curl up with beside the fireplace? Take a look at the most borrowed books from in 2011.
Here's what your neighbors were reading this year:
The Top Ten Adult Fiction
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The Confession by John Grisham
Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Steig Larson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson
Sing you Home by Jodi Picoult
Toys: A novel by James Patterson & Neil McMahon
The Reversal: a Novel by Michael Connelly
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
Adult Nonfiction
Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Little Princes: one man’s promise to bring home the lost children of Nepal by Conor Grennan
In the garden of Beasts: love, terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson
eBooks
The Confession by John Grisham
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Decision Points by George W. Bush (nonfiction)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Steig Larson
The Children and Teen collections were mostly series. We consolidated individual series titles and put them in a list of Top 5 series.
Juvenile Series
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborn
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan
Geronimo Stilton
Most popular non-series children’s book: Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss (#16)
Teen Series
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz
Most popular non-series teen book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (#6)
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