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Top 10 Los Gatos Library All Time Reserved Items

Suzanne Collins' 'Catching Fire' has 373 total reserves at the Los Gatos Library.

Editor's Note: The following book list was submitted by Los Gatos Librarian Henry Bankhead.

1. Catching fire, Suzanne Collins

By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. 373 total reserves have been placed on this record

2. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. 373 total reserves have been placed on this record.

3. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and it is up to Katniss to accept responsibility for countless lives and to change the course of the future of Panem. 305 total reserves have been placed on this record.

4. Gone girl, Gillian Flynn

When a woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage, while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred. 303 total reserves have been placed on this record. 

5. Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand

Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war. 217 total reserves have been placed on this record. 

6. Wild, Cheryl Strayed

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. (amazon) 189 total reserves have been placed on this record.

7. Fifty shades of Grey, E.L. James

When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind - until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time. 185 total reserves have been placed on this record. 

8. Cutting for stone, A. Verghese

Twin brothers born from a secret love affair between an Indian nun and a British surgeon in Addis Ababa, Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in an Ethiopia on the brink of revolution, where their love for the same woman drives them apart. 154 total reserves have been placed on this record. 

9. The Paris wife, Paula McLain

A remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. 146 total reserves have been placed on this record.  

10. State of wonder, Ann Patchett

Researcher Marina Singh is sent by her boss at Vogel, a drug manufacturer, to the jungles of Brazil following the death of a co-worker. It is there that the company is looking into a miracle drug based on a tree bark used by a native tribe. Upon her arrival, Marina must find out the circumstances of her colleague's death, as well as find out why work has slowed to a crawl on the drug. 146 total reserves have been placed on this record.


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