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Most Wanted: December 2014

These are what people are most interested in in the Young Adult collection at the moment just now. 2014 has been the year of the movie, but! There is a new entry that doesn’t come with a movie (although it is by a YouTube sensation, so kind of sort of nearly): Girl Online. This deserves a book cover pic, to the right. And we’ll be getting a few more copies.

1. The Maze Runner, James Dashner [no change]
2. The Scorch Trials, James Dashner [no change]
3. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [up 1]
4=. Girl Online: the First Novel by Zoella, Zoe Sugg [new]
4=. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [again, again]
6=. Minecraft: construction handbook [down 3]
6=. Divergent, Veronica Roth [no change]
8=. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [up]
8=. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [up]
10. Paper Towns, John Green [back again]

 

Most Wanted: November 2014

These are the 10-ish most requested Young Adult titles for the month. We have recently got more copies of the Maze Runner series, so good news if you’re waiting to read it or re-read it!

1. The Maze Runner, James Dashner [up 1]
2. The Scorch Trials, James Dashner [new but old]
3. Minecraft: construction handbook [no change]
4. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [down 3]
5=. Minecraft: combat handbook [no change]
5=. The Revenge of Seven, Pittacus Lore [down 1]
7. Four: a Divergent Collection, Veronica Roth [down 1]
8. Divergent, Veronica Roth [up 2]
9. If I Stay, Gayle Forman [down 3]
10=. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [down 1]
10=. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [back]

Most Wanted: October 2014

The Maze Runner recently opened at a movie theatre near you, and it’s currently the second most requested young adult title at Wellington City Libraries. Reserve it now if you haven’t already! Other recent movies include The Giver and If I Stay. We also have a huge collection of books that aren’t movies… yet 😉 Have a look at our new books displays the next time you’re in the library these holidays, or browse through our new books blog posts.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
2. The Maze Runner, James Dashner [new and yet oldish]
3. Minecraft: construction handbook [down 1]
4. The Revenge of Seven, Pittacus Lore [up 2]
5. Minecraft: combat handbook [down 1]
6=. Four: a Divergent Collection, Veronica Roth [down 3]
6=. If I Stay, Gayle Forman [down 1]
8. The Giver, Lois Lowry [up 2]
9. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [down 1]
10. Divergent, Veronica Roth [down 3]

Most Wanted: September 2014

This month we’re excited to see a New Zealand book make our most wanted list: hello to Fleur Beale’s I am Rebecca! New movies for old books If I Stay and The Giver mean they’re really popular at the moment also. The good news: Revenge of Seven has arrived, along with extra copies of If I Stay, and also Richelle Mead’s Silver Shadows. We are busily getting these ready for you.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
2. Minecraft: construction handbook [no change]
3. Four: a Divergent Collection, Veronica Roth [up 1]
4. Minecraft: combat handbook [down 1]
5. If I Stay, Gayle Forman [new]
6. Revenge of Seven, Pittacus Lore [up 2]
7. Divergent, Veronica Roth [down 3]
8. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [up 1]
9=. I am Rebecca, Fleur Beale [new]
9=. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [back]
10. The Giver, Lois Lowry [new]

Most Wanted: August 2014

These are the 10 most-requested Young Adult titles for August. The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore is being published this month (we should have it in 3 weeks or so), also Four by Veronica Roth is on its way. Good news! This month the Most Wanted list was visited by John Green’s other book, Paper Towns.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
2. Minecraft: construction handbook [up 2]
3. Minecraft: combat handbook [up 1]
4. Divergent, Veronica Roth [down 2]
5. Four : a Divergent Collection, Veronica Roth [new]
6. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare [down 3]
7. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [no change]
8. Revenge of Seven, Pittacus Lore [new]
9=. Paper Towns, John Green [old/new]
9=. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [down 3]
9=. The One, Kiera Cass [down 1]

Most Wanted: July 2014

These are the 10 most-requested Young Adult titles for this month, presided over by John Green. An abundance of John Green.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
2. Divergent,Veronica Roth [no change]
3. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare [no change]
4=. Minecraft: construction handbook [up 1]
4=. Minecraft: combat handbook [up 4]
6. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [no change]
7. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [no change]
8. The One, Kiera Cass [up 1]
9. An Abundance of Katherines, John Green [old but new]
10. Eleanor & Park , Rainbow Rowell [no change]

Other popular soon-to-be-published titles are: Four : A Divergent Collection (Veronica Roth), Revenge of Seven (Pitacus Lore), Isla and the Happily Ever After (Stephanie Perkins), The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Michelle Hodkin).

It will be Happily Ever After when Isla and the Happily Ever After is finally published! If you have been waiting for ages for this book you will be pleased to hear we are told it will be produced in August, quite soon…

Also, don’t forget to enter the Fleur Beale giveaway competition!

Most Wanted: June 2014

The Fault in our Stars excitement is here for real and John Green is at the top of the most wanted again. We’re super excited to see Eleanor & Park on the list as this is one of our librarian’s choicest choices too.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [up 1]
2. Divergent,Veronica Roth [down 1]
3. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare [up 1]
4. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [down 1]
5. Minecraft: construction handbook [up 4]
6. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [down 1]
7. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [down 1]
8. Minecraft: combat handbook [new]
9. The One, Kiera Cass [down 2]
10. Eleanor & Park , Rainbow Rowell [new]

Most Wanted: May 2014

Business is booming for the Young Adult collection (and particularly for Veronica Roth and Minecraft): the first, second and fourth most popular titles in the entire library are Young Adult, so there you go.

1. Divergent,Veronica Roth [up 3]
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [down 1]
3. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [down 1]
4. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare [down 1]
5. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [back]
6. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [no change]
7. The One, Kiera Cass [down 2]
8. Minecraft: beginner’s handbook, Stephanie Milton [new]
9. Minecraft: construction handbook, Matthew Needler [new]
10. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [down 1]

Other popular titles include more Minecraft, Eleanor & Park, Naruto #66 (66!), and Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor, which has just arrived this week.

Most Wanted: April 2014

These are the 10 most reserved Young Adult titles for the month. We now have 2 bestseller copies of The Fault in our Stars at the Central Library (bestsellers are $5.00 for 10 days), so if you’re in town and they’re on the shelf you can grab one.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [up 1]
2. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [down 1]
3. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare [up 2]
4. Divergent,Veronica Roth [down 1]
5. The One, Kiera Cass [up 4]
6. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [down 2]
6. Looking for Alaska, John Green [up 3]
8. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [back]
9. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [back]
9. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [down 1]

Most Wanted: March 2014

These are the 10 most reserved Young Adult titles for the month. Happy reading!

1. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [no change] * **
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change] *
3. Divergent,Veronica Roth [up 1] * **
4. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [down 1] * **
5. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare [no change, on order]
6. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [up 1]
7. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [down 1] **
8. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [down 1] * **
9=. Looking for Alaska, John Green [back] **
9=. The One, Kiera Cass [new, on order]

* We also have this as a book on CD.
** We also have this as an eBook/eAudiobook.

Most Wanted: February 2014

These are the 10 most reserved Young Adult titles for the month. Hollywood rules: if they’re making movies of you (or your series) you’re onto a good thing. We’re really looking forward to The Fault in Our Stars (June) and Divergent (April).

1. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [up 3]
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
3. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [down 2]
4. Divergent,Veronica Roth [up 1]
5. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare [new, on order]
6. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [down 3]
7=. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
7=. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [up 2]
7=. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [back]
10. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [down 1]

The In Crowd

Here at the library we keep tabs on which books and authors are most popular and we also create lists. So, here’s a couple:

Most Issued YA Titles, 2013

  1. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
  2. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
  3. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
  4. Guardian Angel, Robert Muchamore
  5. Insurgent, Veronica Roth
  6. The Fault in our Stars, John Green
  7. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore
  8. People’s Republic, Robert Muchamore
  9. Brigands M.C., Robert Muchamore
  10. City of Lost Souls, Cassandra Clare

Most Issued YA Authors, 2013

  1. Robert Muchamore
  2. Cassandra Clare
  3. Sara Shepard
  4. James Patterson
  5. Suzanne Collins
  6. Anthony Horowitz
  7. Tamora Pierce
  8. John Marsden
  9. Michael Grant
  10. Meg Cabot

Obviously the more books you’ve published the better your chance of featuring on this list (hello James Patterson), so Suzanne Collins has done well to be at number 5 with only 3 young adult books! The Hunger Games trilogy was borrowed 902 times last year, which is amazing really.

Most Wanted: January 2014

The Book Thief has raced up the reserves list since New Year’s. It’s got staying power: first published in 2006, it was on our most wanted list in 2009 – 2010, and has been on the New York Times bestsellers list continually for a very long time. It’s also one of 5 movie books on our list this month.

1. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [no change]
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
3. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [no change]
4. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [back after 4 years]
5. Divergent,Veronica Roth [up 4]
6=. The Fall of Five, Pittacus Lore [down 2]
6=. Black Friday, Robert Muchamore [down 1]
6=. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [no change]
9=. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
9=. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [down 3]

Most Wanted: December 2013

These are the 10 most requested items in the Young Adult collection for this month. Because Catching Fire the movie ends on such a cliffhanger, everyone’s naturally wanting to re-read Mockingjay to remember what happens next – reserve yours now if you haven’t got around to it yet, so you don’t have to wait ages! See you next year.

1. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [no change]
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
3. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [back]
4. The Fall of Five, Pittacus Lore [down 1]
5. Black Friday, Robert Muchamore [down 1]
6. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [up 2]
7. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
8. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [down 3]
9=. Divergent,Veronica Roth [up 1]
9=. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [no change]
9=. Champion, Marie Lu [up 1]

Most Wanted: October 2013

It’s business as usual for the most popular YA titles this month. If there’s something you really want to read, place a reserve! (Also have a look to see if we’ve got the ebook.) If there’s something you really want to read and we don’t have it, let us know about it and we’ll see if we can order it in.

1. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [no change]
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
3. The Fall of Five, Pittacus Lore [up 1]
4. Black Friday, Robert Muchamore [no change]
5. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [up 1]
6. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [up 2]
7. Light, Michael Grant [down 4]
8. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
9. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [up 1]
10. Divergent,Veronica Roth [down 2]
10. Champion, Marie Lu [new, on order]

Most Wanted: September 2013

These are the top 10(ish) most requested items in the young adult collection so far this month. Allegiant, the final (but who knows?) in the Divergent trilogy has toppled John Green off his perch. Great scott. Also noteworthy, Into the River was the overall winner of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards this year. Nice to see a New Zealand book in the list!

YA movie trivia: both Hazel and Augustus from the Fault in our Stars movie (2014) also star in Divergent (also 2014).

1. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [up 1]
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [down 1]
3. Light, Michael Grant [no change]
4. The Fall of Five, Pittacus Lore [up 2]
4. Black Friday, Robert Muchamore [up 2]
6. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [down 2]
7. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [up 2]
8. Divergent,Veronica Roth [up 1]
8. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [no change]
10. Into the River, Ted Dawe (New Zealand author) [new]
10. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [back]

Most Wanted: August 2013

Black Friday, the new book in the spin-off CHERUB series, makes it into the list of the ten most reserved YA titles this month. There are lots of things we’re looking forward to arriving over the next few months (Allegiant, The Fall of Five, Black Friday, plus many others). It’s all good.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
2. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [up 5]
2. Light, Michael Grant [no change]
4. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [down 1]
5. The Fall of Five, Pittacus Lore [up 5]
6. Black Friday, Robert Muchamore [new]
7. Looking for Alaska, John Green [down 2]
8. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
9. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [down 5]
9. Divergent,Veronica Roth [back]

Most Wanted: July 2013

Two new titles are in this month’s top 10 most wanted YA list – Allegiant, the last in the Divergent trilogy, and The Fall of Five, the fourth book in the Lorien Legacies. Series rule okay, but John Green is still awesome.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
2. Light, Michael Grant [no change]
3. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [up 1]
4. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [up 2]
5. Looking for Alaska, John Green [no change]
5. Clockwork Princess, Cassandra Clare [down 2]
7. Allegiant, Veronica Roth [new]
7. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
9. The Elite, Kiera Cass [down 1]
10. The Fall of Five, Pittacus Lore [new]
10. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [down 1]

Most Wanted: June 2013

These are the ten most reserved / issued young adult titles as of today, including a couple of new titles – The Elite, the sequel to The Selection (a dystopian series), and the next Kitchen Princess omnibus.

Divergent fans: don’t forget Allegiant, the final in the trilogy, which is out in October.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [no change]
2. Light, Michael Grant [up 3]
3. Clockwork Princess, Cassandra Clare [down 1]
4. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [no change]
5. Looking for Alaska, John Green [down 2]
6. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [no change]
6. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [up 1]
8. The Elite, Kiera Cass [new]
9. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [back]
10. Divergent, Veronica Roth [back]
10. Insurgent, Veronica Roth [back]
10. Kitchen Princess Omnibus 4, Miyuki Kobayashi [new]

Most Wanted: May 2013

We still really love John Green. This doesn’t change even if you skip a month (oops). It’ll be a little while before we get something new from him – “Untitled” is due to be published in January next year. Until then, this post for other reading ideas.

Public service announcement: 1D, the story of One Direction’s X-factor experience: we have only one copy of this book! We asked nicely for more, but unhappily there are none available, so they’re rare things. Consequently we can’t do much about the reserve queue. We have another book about the fab five, here.

1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green [up 1]
2. Clockwork Princess, Cassandra Clare [down 1]
3. Looking for Alaska, John Green [no change]
4. 1D: One Direction: Forever Young [no change]
5. Light, Michael Grant [new]
6. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
7. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [up 1]
8. Chosen at Nightfall, C C Hunter [new]
9. Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl [down 3]
10. Scorched Earth, Robert Muchamore [down 2]

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