Wonder What’s Being Read?

Wonder what books are the most read in Fairfax County? We have it here for you. Take a look at what people were reading in 2011.

The Top Ten Adult Fiction

The Confession by John Grisham

Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci

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)