Curious about what some of the most popular items are at the MIT Libraries? Take a look at the list below for an overview of our most checked-out items of 2016.
First though, the most-circulated item of the year: Museum of Fine Arts passes. You can find these at the Hayden Library service desk. They go fast though, since they’re so popular, so be sure to check the catalog to see if we have any available before stopping over.
Without further ado, here are the most popular items by category, for 2016:
Books:
- Introduction to Linear Algebra / Gilbert Strang
- Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation / Marc P. Cosentino
- Introduction to Algorithms / Thomas H. Cormen … [et al.]
- Introduction to Probability / Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis
- Elements / Rem Koolhaas ; editor in chief, James Westcott ; editors, Ben Davis [and 6 others]
- Introduction to the Theory of Computation / Michael Sipser
- Thinking, Fast and Slow / Daniel Kahneman
- Financial Accounting / Thomas R. Dyckman, Robert P. Magee, Glenn M. Pfeiffer
- Redefining Realness: My path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More / Janet Mock
- Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis / John A. Rice
Graphic novels:
- Naruto / story and art by Masashi Kishimoto
- Saga / Brian K. Vaughan, writer ; Fiona Staples, artist
- Ranma 1/2 / story & art by Rumiko Takahashi
- Attack on Titan / Hajime Isayama ; translated and adapted by Sheldon Drzka
- The Sandman / Neil Gaiman, writer
- Rurouni Kenshin : Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story / story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki
- Death Note / story by Tsugumi Ohba
- Fullmetal alchemist / story and art by Hiromu Arakawa
Non-book items:
- MFA Pass
- Headphones
- Markers
- Cable adapters
- Portable audio recorders
- Circulating GPS units
- The Wire [videorecording]: The Complete Series / Home Box Office
- What We Do in the Shadows / Unison Films presents; a Defender Films production
- Solaris [videorecording] / Mosfilm ; directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Portable video recorder
Please see our Equipment page for a full list of other items the Libraries own.