We’re always looking for good book recommendations, which is why you often hear librarian Nancy Pearl on KUOW. That's why, ahead of summer reading season, we found out the most-checked-out and downloaded titles in 2014 from the Seattle Public Library.

3. The Invention of Wings

2. The Signature of all Things

5. The Fault in Our Stars

4. Allegiant (Book 3 of the Divergent trilogy)

7. The Boys in the Boat : Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

By Daniel James Brown

Daniel James Brown on Fresh Air about the University of Washington rowers.

Video of the University of Washington team winning the Olympics: