Popular books of 2014!

Want to know what was most popular this year in the teen section?  I hope you do, cause I'm going to tell you!

Each section lists the 5 books with the most number of checkouts this year.

New Books
1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
2.  The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft by Stephen O'Brien
3.  Cress by Marissa Meyer
4.  The Finisher by David Baldacci
5.  Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Fantasy
1. The Finisher by David Baldacci
2. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
3. The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
4.  Graceling by Kristin Cashore
5.  Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Science Fiction
1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
3. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
4. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Divergent by Veronica Roth

Action/Adventure
1.  No Easy Way Out by Dayna Lorentz
2.  United We Spy by Ally Carter
3.  Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas
4.  Panic by Lauren Oliver
5.  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Historical Fiction
1.  The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2.  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
3.  VIII by H. M. Castor
4.  A Death-Struck Year by Makiaa Lucier
5.  A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller

Realistic Fiction
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
3.  We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
4.  An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
5.  Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Paranormal
1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
2.  City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
3.  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
4.  Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
5.  City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Mystery
1.  Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
2.  Asylum by Madeleine Roux
3.  Flawless by Sara Shepard
4.  Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard
5.  Fake ID by L. R. Giles

Graphic Novels (non manga)
1. Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time by Scott & David Tipton
2. Bone by Jeff Smith
3. Divided We Fall, United We Stand by Sam Humphries
4. The Amazing Spiderman by J. Michael Straczynski
5.  Maximum Ride by James Patterson

Graphic Novels (manga)
1. Black Butler by Yana Toboso
2. Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
3. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
4. Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima
5. Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino

Nonfiction
1. Zentangle Basics by Suzanne McNeill
2. Ultimate Players Guide to Minecraft by Stephen O'Brien
3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
4. Teens Cook Dessert by Megan and Jill Carle
5. Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat by Mike Ritland

Music CDs
1. Pure Heroine by Lorde
2. Prism by Katy Perry
3. El Camino by The Black Keys
4. Night Visions by Imagine Dragons
5. Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke

Audiobooks
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. Divergent by Veronica Roth
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. The Giver by Lois Lowry
5. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Nutmeg Nominees
1. The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
2. The Raft by S. A. Bodeen
3. See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
4. Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
5. Guitar Notes by Mary Amato

Markus, it's your birthday!

Time to celebrate :)

New books for the new year part 2

Ashfall by Mike Mullin

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After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.

 Under Dogs by Markus Zusak

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Three novels in one book, including The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, & Getting the Girl.

The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

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Twenty years after the start of the war that caused the Collapse, fifteen-year-old Stephen, his father, and grandfather travel post-Collapse America scavenging, but when his grandfather dies and his father decides to risk everything to save the lives of two strangers, Stephen's life is turned upside down.

 The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

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Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself.

 Boyfriend Season by Kelli London

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First boyfriends, first love, first mistakes--and an invitation to the hottest teen society party of the year sends three friends into a tailspin. Can they handle the pressure of getting everything they think they want?

 Variant by Robison Wells

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After years in foster homes, seventeen-year-old Benson Fisher applies to New Mexico's Maxfield Academy in hopes of securing a brighter future, but instead he finds that the school is a prison and no one is what he or she seems.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

70 years ago today a horrific attack was launched on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  Remember those we've lost by watching the movie, or reading one of these books about World War II.

Fiction Books  (all in the young adult section)

Heroes Don't Run by Harry Mazer
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
The Whirlwind by Carol Matas
House of the Red Fish by Graham Salisbury
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow
A Boy at War by Harry Mazer
Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury

Happy Birthday, Markus Zusak

Happy birthday to you, Markus Zusak~