2011: Top Borrowed Books of the Year

Are you looking for book suggestions? If you ask Fairfax County library-goers, they're likely to suggest "The Confession" by John Grisham, which topped the library system's 2010 list of most borrowed adult fiction novels. David Baldacci, who lives off Hunter Mill Road and established the Wish You Well Foundation in Reston with his wife, came in second with his latest, "Hell's Corner."

The Top Ten Adult Fiction

1. The Confession by John Grisham
2. Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Steig Larson
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson
6. Sing you Home by Jodi Picoult
7. Toys: A novel by James Patterson & Neil McMahon
8. The Reversal: a Novel by Michael Connelly
9. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
10. Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell

Adult Nonfiction

1. Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
2. Cleopatra: A  Life by Stacy Schiff
3. Bossypants by Tina Fey
4. Little Princes: one man’s promise to bring home the lost children of Nepal by Conor Grennan
5. In the garden of Beasts: love, terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson

eBooks

1. The Confession by John Grisham
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. Decision Points by George W. Bush (nonfiction)
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Steig Larson
   

*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)

*The most popular Children and Teen books were mostly in series. Fairfax County Public Libraries consolidated individual series titles and put them in a list of Top 5 series.