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'50 Shades of Grey' Most Requested Book at Library

The E.L. James trilogy has been at the top of the Peabody Institute Library's list for months, but the library said it's not the only steamy book on the shelves.

 

Need a good book for summer reading? 

With the help of Patricia Arrington from the Peabody Institute Library, we've compiled a list of the ten most requested books right now, as well as a look at some hot summer picks. 

"We have some pretty dedicated romance readers here at the library and I'm
hoping that the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey might cause some people
to give some of our other romance titles a try," Arrington said. "Fifty Shades is not the only steamy book we have on the shelf!"

Other books that Arrington thinks will be popular this summer?

  • Wicked Business, the next book in Janet Evanovich's series starring Salem baker, Lizzy Tucker.
  • Reader's who loved last year's summer hit Maine, may like The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri.
  • Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the Shadow of the Wind, has a new book out this summer called the Prisoner of Heaven.
  • Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes has been getting a lot of pre-pub buzz.
  • Little Bee author, Chris Cleave has a new book called Gold about two Olympic athletes that will be coming out just in time for the London Games.

Here's a look at the current most popular book requests:

Title Author
Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James
Defending Jacob William Landay
Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James
Fifty Shades Free E.L. James
11th Hour James Patterson
Sins of the Father Jeffrey Archer
Wild Cheryl Strayed
The Amateur Edward Klein
The Shoemaker's Wife Adriana Trigiani
The Witness Nora Roberts

Have you read 50 Shades of Grey? Was it worth the hype? Let us know in the comments. 

Related Topics: 50 Shades of Grey, Peabody Institute Library, and Summer Reading
Have you read 50 Shades of Grey? What did you think? Tell us in the comments.

Doris Mitchell

3:12 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012

I started reading that book last week on a flight to vegas,didnt get too far into it,but im not impressed at all w/ it. Steamy??? All i can grasp is a eccentric rich guy , after a innocent younger woman,Maybe it gets better but i havnt picked it up and gone any further into it,Guess I will out of curiosity and see if it gets better, so far not a very good story

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Doris Mitchell

3:22 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012

I started reading that book on a flight to vegas this week,didnt get too far into it. Im not too impressed w/ it at all Steamy??? All i can grasp is an eccentric rich guy, after a younger woman.Maybe it gets better so far not much of a story to it. Guess i will pick it up again and see if it makes any more sense,sorry abut the repeat forgot to sign in first so had to do it again,maybe you can edit one of then i cant delete just one and dont feel like doing it over again

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