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See Books Most Popular at Library

Here are lists of the books that were most checked out during 2011 at the Eureka Hills Branch Library. Peruse them Tuesday while attending the grand opening event at the library's new location.

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Eureka-Wildwood Patch asked the St. Louis County Library staff which books were the most checked out items at the Eureka Hills Branch, so here they are.

Check out some of these books while attending the open house celebration at the library's new location Tuesday. Many of the activities start at 10:30 a.m. (See related article:  )

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Top 10 ADULT books checked out from the Eureka Hills Branch in 2011:

  1. Kill Alex Cross / James Patterson
  2. The Help / Katherine Stockett 
  3. The Affair : A Reacher Novel / Lee Child
  4. Sing You Home / Jodi Picoult
  5. The Litigators / John Grisham
  6. V is for Vengeance / Sue Grafton
  7. Shock Wave / John Sandford
  8. Kill me if you can / James Patterson and Marshall Karp
  9. Explosive Eighteen: a Stephanie Plum novel / Janet Evanovich
  10. 11/22/63 : a novel / Stephen King

Top 10 TEEN books checked out from the Eureka Hills Branch in 2011:

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  1. Son of Neptune / Rick Riordan
  2. The Lost Hero / Rick Riordan
  3. The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins
  4. Mockingjay / Suzanne Collins
  5. Runaway / Meg Cabot
  6. Tunnels / Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
  7. Perfect / Ellen Hopkins
  8. What Happened to Goodbye / Sarah Dessen
  9. Twilight / Stephenie Meyer
  10. I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd Have to Kill you / Ally Carter

Top 10 CHILDREN'S books checked out from the Eureka Hills Branch in 2011:

  1. Barbie Loves her friends
  2. Thomas & Percy & the Dragon
  3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  4. That's not my Dolly
  5. Cow loves Cookies
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Ugly Truth / Jeff Kinney
  7. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor / Lauren Tarshis
  8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Dog Days / Jeff Kinney
  9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Cabin Fever / Jeff Kinney
  10. Big Nate : in a Class by Himself / Lincoln Peirce


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