The Mallinson Library, Wellington College

It’s that fun time when all the ‘Best Books’ lists start emerging. Here’s a round up of some of the Best Books of 2024 if you’re looking for Christmas present inspiration or holiday reading but first here are our most popular books in 2024 based on issues from the Mallinson Library, Wellington College.

Top Ten Most Popular Books 2024

The Territory (Book 1) by Sarah Govett
Scythe (Book 1) by Neal Shusterman
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Lockwood and Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Inheritance Games (Book 1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Long Island by Colm Toibin
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
A good girl’s guide to murder (Book 1) by Holly Jackson
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Our Top Ten most borrowed books are all Fiction. Here’s the non-fiction list:

Top Ten Most Popular Non-Fiction

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
Bounce: The myth of talent and the power of practice by Matthew Syed
Shoe Dog: A memoir by the creator of Nike by Philip H. Knight
The Connell Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
Unbroken: An Extraordinary true story of courage and Laura Hillenbrand
Sapiens: A graphic History Vol 1. by Yuval Noah Harari
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Humanise: A maker’s guide to building our world by Thomas Heatherwick
Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Top Ten Most Popular Authors

Sarah J. Maas
Neal Shusterman
Leigh Bardugo
Holly Jackson
Sarah Govett
Colm Toibin
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Stephanie Garber
Jonathan Stroud
Richard Osman

Holly Jackson’s latest YA thriller comes highly recommended by our 4th Form avid readers – ‘The Reappearance of Rachel Price’ and Lyn Painter’s YA rom coms have been going down a storm with the Wellesley 3rd Form.