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6-20-2007
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Read any good books lately?

OSU Libraries offer something for everyone

Construction update
The renovation of Thompson Library is on schedule for the planned summer 2009 re-opening. The 1977 addition and the building’s west pavilions were demolished this past spring, with stoneware removed and saved for future reuse. Structural demolition is underway on the east portion of the building to create the new east atrium.

The Grand Reference Hall, formerly rooms 200 and 300, is being restored into a single “grand” space. The floor that was added in 1965, which separated the two rooms, has been removed. The book stacks tower attic is being transformed into a campus reading room.
Ever wondered what books world-famous scholars, researchers and students have stacked up on their bedside tables? We asked the staff at the OSU Libraries to sift through their circulation data and find out what the most popular fiction and non-fiction titles are.

In a library where it’s as easy to research prehistoric flowers as it is to skim a John Grisham novel, it’s not surprising that the reading habits of its patrons are eclectic.

Top 10 fiction titles

1. “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown
2. “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
3. “Literary Theory: An Anthology” edited by Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan
4. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling
5. “Angels & Demons” by Dan Brown
6. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling
7. “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling
8. “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom
9. “State of Fear” by Michael Crichton
10. “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” by Gregory Maguir


Top 10 non-fiction titles

1. “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
2. “Fundamentals of Physics” by David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker
3. “The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis” by Fred Ramsey and Daniel Schafer
4. “Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry” by Robert Ouellette
5. “Sales and Leases: Examples and Explanations” by James Brook
6. “Trial Techniques” by Thomas Mauet
7. “Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio” by Aaron Betsky et al.
8. “Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language” by Ronald Cody and Jeffrey Smith
9. “A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy” by Mary Beth Beazley
10. “NMS Surgery Casebook” edited by Bruce Jarrell


Leisure Reading Collection
The Leisure Reading Collection is a rotating selection of popular and recreational reading, including mystery, general fiction, science fiction, fantasy, action/adventure and graphic novels.

The collection, leased from McNaughton Books, consists of roughly 1,000 popular current fiction titles. Each month, about 50 new titles come in and 50 go out.

“It’s like having a mini-public library collection available to OSU readers with only the highest-demand new titles,” says Marsha Hamilton, head of the Monographs Department.

Top 5 Leisure Collection titles

1. “State of Fear” by Michael Crichton
2. “Chasing Destiny” by Eric Jerome Dickey
3. “To Have and to Hold” by Jane Green
4. “Other People’s Weddings” by Noah Hawley
5. “Better Than I Know Myself” by Virginia DeBerry


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