28 March 2006

OCLC's Top 1000 Titles

The top 1000 titles for 2005 according to OCLC. The top-ranked book is a no-brainer. Number 15 on the list was a bit of a shocker though.

Mississippians in the Top 1000, the number of titles in the Top 1000, and book rankings:

John Grisham: 13 titles - (#520, #570, #578, #595, #622, #623, #658, #668, #724, #805, #827, #866, #928)
William Faulkner: 5 titles - (#228, #625, #674, #701, #707)
Tennessee Williams: 2 titles - (#619, #849)
Richard Wright: 2 titles - (#426, #567)
Arthur Guyton: 1 title - (#665)

There may be more, but I didn't see them.

Thanks to The Book Depository for the heads-up.

3 Comments:

At 29 March, 2006 20:41, Blogger librarian pirate said...

I'm kinda surprised you have to go down to 220 before you get to a harry potter. But Taming of the Shrew is more important than Much Ado about Nothing? HA! I will tell them a thing or two about shakespear!

 
At 30 March, 2006 22:39, Blogger Mr. Satsuma said...

I used to read those garfield cartoon books. Now I realize how childish they were, and I have moved up to reading Snuffy Smith which searches out the true contradictions of Southern culture.

 
At 31 March, 2006 00:36, Blogger The Library Guy said...

I don't remember what would be the most-owned book published in the past ten years, but you'd think it would be Harry Potter.

As far as southern culture and cartoons are concerned, I'd also suggest Kudzu, Li'l Abner, and Pogo.

 

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