Local Libraries Share Top Book, Media Titles of 2014

As part of our look back at 2014, WYDaily reached out to the area’s libraries to see which titles were most popular with Historic Triangle readers.

Find the answers from Williamsburg Regional Library and York County Public Libraries – in Yorktown and Tabb – below, broken down by category.

WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY

Top 10 eBook Downloads

1. “The Chance” by Robyn Carr
2. “The Inn at Rose Harbor” by Debbie Macomber
3. “Wicked Business” by Janet Evanovich
4. “The Heist” by Janet Evanovich
5. “A Bloody Storm” by Richard Castle
6. “A Brewing Storm” by Richard Castle
7. “Colters’ Daughter” by Maya Banks
8. “A Raging Storm” by Richard Castle
9. “Risky Business” by Nora Roberts
10.  “A Wanted Man” by Lee Child

Top 10 Audiobook Downloads

1. “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt
2. “The Hit” by David Baldacci
3. “King and Maxwell” by David Baldacci
4. “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin
5. “Sycamore Row” by John Grisham
6. “Gods of Guilt” by Michael Connelly
7. “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd
8. “Takedown” by Janet Evanovich
9. “The Signature of All Things” by Elizabeth Gilbert
10. “David and Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell

Top 10 Downloaded Music Artists

1. Glee Cast
2. Frank Sinatra
3. One Direction
4. Pharrell Williams
5. Pentatonix
6. John Legend
7. Pitbull
8. Shakira
9. Sara Bareilles
10. Barbra Streisand

Top 10 Downloaded Magazine Titles

1. Us Weekly
2. Star Magazine
3. The Economist
4. AppleMagazine
5. Martha Stewart Living
6. Food Network Magazine
7. O, The Oprah Magazine
8. Country Living
9. Family Handyman
10. Reader’s Digest

Most Popular Children’s Authors (print)

1. Stan Berenstain
2. Dr. Seuss
3. Mo Willems
4. Mary Pope Osborne
5. Geronimo Stilton
6. Cynthia Rylant
7. Daisy Meadows
8. Marc Tolan Brown
9. Jane O’Connor
10. Rick Riordan

Most Popular Teen Authors (print)

1. Suzanne Collins
2. James Patterson
3. Cassandra Clare
4. John Green
5. Veronica Roth
6. Eoin Colfer
7. John Flanagan
8. Lemony Snickett
9. Masashi Kishimoto
10. Tsugumi Ōba

Most Popular Adult Fiction Authors (print)

1. James Patterson
2. David Baldacci
3. Janet Evanovich
4. Nora Roberts
5. John Grisham
6. Lee Child
7. Debbie Macomber
8. Stuart Woods
9. Clive Cussler
10.  John Sandford

YORK COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Top Adult Fiction Titles

1. “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd
2. “Private L.A.” by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
3. “Top Secret Twenty-One” by Janet Evanovich
4. “Unlucky 13” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
5. “The Target” by David Baldacci
6. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
7. “NYPD Red 2” by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
8. “Field of Prey” by John Sandford
9. “Invisible” by James Patterson and David Ellis
10. “Private Down Under” by James Patterson and Michael White

Top YA Fiction Titles

1. “Divergent” by Veronica Roth
2. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
3. “Insurgent” by Veronica Roth
4. “Cinder” by Marissa Meyer
5. “The Elite” by Kiera Cass
6. “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins
7. “The Selection” by Kiera Cass
8. “City of Ashes” by Cassandra Clare
9. “City of Glass” by Cassandra Clare
10. “Clockwork Angel” by Cassandra Clare

Top Juvenile Fiction Titles

1. “Big Nate: In the Zone” by Lincoln Peirce
2. “A Tangle of Knots” by Lisa Graff
3. “Tales From a Not-so-Glam TV Star” by Rachel Renee Russell
4. “Road Trip” by Jim and Gary Paulsen
5. “Ultimate Showdown” by James Patterson and Julia Bergen
6. “High Time for Heroes” by Mary Pope Osborne
7. “Aphrodite the Beauty” by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
8. “Flight of the Red Bandit” by Geronimo Stilton
9. “Addison the April Fool’s Day Fairy” by Daisy Meadows
10. “Thea Stilton and the Great Tulip Heist” by Thea Stilton

Top eBook Titles

1. Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James
2. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
3. “High Heat” by Lee Child
4. “Storm Front” by John Sandford
5. “Passion and Peril” by Suzanne Brockmann and Jill Sorenson
6. “The Last Boyfriend” by Nora Roberts
7. “Forged in Steele” by Maya Banks
8. “The Witness” by Nora Roberts
9. “Whiskey Beach” by Nora Roberts
10. “Takedown Twenty” by Janet Evanovich

Top eAudiobook Titles

1. “A Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin
2. “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith
3. “The Longest Ride” by Nicholas Sparks
4. “’W’ is for Wasted” by Sue Grafton
5. “Inferno” by Dan Brown
6. “Never Go Back” by Lee Child
7. “Sycamore Row” by John Grisham
8. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
9. “The Gods of Guilt” by Michael Connelly
10. “Deadline” by Sandra Brown

Top Digital Magazines

1. Us Weekly
2. Star Magazine
3. The Economist
4. Every Day with Rachael Ray
5. Family Handyman
6. Food Network Magazine
7. Reader’s Digest
8. Martha Stewart Living
9. AppleMagazine
10. Family Circle