Year in review: 2016’s most frequently circulated items

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:

Woman browsing 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