PCL collection holds top titles

Publisher’s Weekly (April 5, 2010) listed the hardcover non-fiction books with the most sales in 2009. It is notable that 19 of the top 20 books were purchased by PCL. Circulation counts illustrate just how many PCL readers utilized these books.

Out of the top 20 titles:
PCL collection holds 95% of the titles listed
Total circulation = 348 (and growing!)
Average check outs per title = 18
PCL has purchased multiple copies of 35% of these titles to meet reader demand
Cost to purchase the top 20 titles in hardcover from Amazon.com = $336.51
Cost to borrow these books at PCL = FREE!

How many have you read?
Top 20 hardcover, non-fiction titles of 2009 ( based on sales)
1. Going rogue – Sarah Palin
2. Act like a lady, think like a man – Steve Harvey
3. Arguing with idiots – Glenn Back
4. Liberty & tyranny – Mark R. Levin
5. True Compass – Edward M. Kennedy
6. Have a little faith – Mitch Albom
7. It’s your time – Joel Osteen
8. The last lecture – Randy Pausch
9. Stones into schools – Greg Mortenson
10. Superfreakonomics – Levitt & Dubner
11. Mastering the art of French cooking – Julia Child
12. Master your metabolism – Jillian Michaels
13. The Yankee years – Joe Torre
14. Open – Andre Agassi
15. Time of my life – Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi
16. Paula Deen’s the Deen Family Cookbook
17. Uncommon – Tony Dungy
18. Highest Duty – Chesley Sullenberger
19. Catastrophe – Dick Morris
20. Fearless – Max Lucado (PCL does not hold this title in the collection)