Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40

It’s time for our third top 40 list of what you’re all reading already, it amazes me just how quickly time flies. The first two months have been a resounding success with The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern hitting the top spot for December will it hold on to top spot? Will it even make the Top Twenty? Read on and see for yourselves.

So here we go, with the featured Top 10 and your Top 40 Hits of the Lits for January. Where it was last month, or whether it’s a new entry is also shown!

1

A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini

Coming from nowhere Kahled’s A Thousand Splendid Suns rockets to the top of January’s chart.

A Thousand Splendid Suns US
A Thousand Splendid Suns UK

Review of A Thousand Splendid Suns

2

Harry Potter Series – J.K Rowling

Harry Potter seems to be one of those eternally read and re-read series. Up 2 places to 2nd from last month.

Harry Potter US
Harry Potter UK

Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

3

Bazaar of Bad Dreams – Stephen King

Another new entry at number 3 with Stephen King’s short story collection Bazaar of Bad Dreams.

Bazaar of Bad Dreams US
Bazaar of Bad Dreams UK

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4

All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doer

Up from 15th to 4th is Anthony Doer’s novel set in occupied France during World War II, it centres on a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths eventually cross.

All the Light We Cannot See US
All the Light We Cannot See UK

Review of All the Light We Cannot See

5

The Boys in the Boat – Daniel James Brown

Another new entry sees ‘Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics’  a non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown.

The Boys in the Boat US
The Boys in the Boat UK

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6

Child 44 – Tom Rob Smith

New in at number 6 this month is the first novel in a trilogy featuring former MGB Agent Leo Demidov, who investigates a series of gruesome child murders in Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union.

Child 44 US
Child 44 UK

A Review of Child 44

7

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke

Yet another new entry at number 7. With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange..

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell US
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell UK

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8

The Ice Twins – S. K. Tremayne

New this month, a year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives

The Ice Twins US
The Ice Twins UK

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9

The Japanese Lover – Isabel Allende

In at number 9 is an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from present-day San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII.

The Japanese Lover US
The Japanese Lover UK

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10

Find the Good – Heather Lende

And completing our top ten is another new entry,  Find the Good or Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer.

Find the Good US
Find the Good UK

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War and Peace  – Tolstoy (NEW)
Nearly Gone – Elle Cosimano (NEW)
We were Liars – E Lockhart (NEW)
Room – Emma Donoghue (NEW)
Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel (NEW)
Maus, #1 – Art Spiegelman (NEW)
A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness (NEW)
One of Ours – Willa Cather (NEW)
The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion (NEW)
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini (Review) (NEW)
Shutter Island – Dennis LeHane (NEW)
Feverborn – Karen Moning (NEW)
Romulus Buckle & the Engines of War – Richard Ellis Preston Jr (NEW)
The Four Forges – Charles Ingrid (NEW)
The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield (NEW)
The Bone Tree – Greg Iles (NEW)
A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman (Review) (-16)
The Signature of All Things – Elizabeth Gilbert (NEW)
Redeeming Love – Francis Rivers (NEW)
Lies Beneath – Anne Greenwood Brown (NEW)