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At the end of the year there are always numerous Best Books of _____ lists that show up. Recently, the SF Chronicle compiled what they deem the best 100 books of 2011, but if you're like me and a 100 books seems rather daunting, the New York Times gives you the best 10 books of the year.

In that spirit, I decided to find out what was most checked out from the library in the past year. I looked at fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels and took the top five from each.

Fiction

Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson
Available in Print

The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly
Available in Print

The Help
Kathryn Stockett
Available in Print, Audio, and eBook

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Stieg Larsson
Available in Print, Audio, and eBook

Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon
Available in Print

Non-Fiction

Cleopatra: a Life
Stacy Schiff
Available in Print (92 C628sc) and Audio (92 C628s)

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
Erik Larson
Available in Print (943.086 L334) and Audio (943.086 L334c)

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis
Available in Print (330.973 L675), Audio (330.973 L675c), and eBook

Bossypants
Tina Fey
Available in Print (792.092 F433c) and Audio (792.092 F433)

How to Live: or, a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts to an Answer
Sarah Bakewell
Available in Print (92 M761) and eBook

Graphic Novels

The Comic Book Guide to the Mission
Lauren Davis, editor
Available in Print (741.5 C731)

Logicomix
Apostolos Doxiadis, et al.
Available in Print (741.5 D754)

Everything is Its Own Reward
Paul Madonna
Available in Print (741.5 M183e)

American Vampire: Volume 1
Scott Snyder, Stephen King, et al.
Available in Print (741.5 S675a v.1)

Simon’s Cat
Simon Tofield
Available in Print