Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40
We’ve given you our admin reads, and now it’s time to look at your favourite reads from last month. Apologies for the lateness of this month’s feature but the votes have now been added and we’ve whittled your reads down to a Top 40 of Literature!
Taken from the reads you voted for, here are the top 50 books from your February reads, including all the movers and shakers from last month!
1
A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
Back at the top spot this month is A Man Called Ove, a book that has barely been out of our top 40 chart! Up two places from January, back at number one is the tear-jerker about a grumpy old man.
2
Stephanie Plum – Janet Evanovich
It’s a bit of a cheat jump into number two for the Stephanie Plum novels this month as we added the votes together from everyone who is reading a book in the series, but with its first entry into the FRA Charts is Stephanie Plum, the spunky protagonist of this novel series.
3
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
Back in the charts after an absence last month is Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. This fantasy YA novel about children with special powers has proven popular with children and adults alike.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children US
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children UK
4
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
Our chart is always as full of classics contemporary novels and a new entry at number 4 this month is classic suspense novel, Rebecca.
5
Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
A new entry this month at number 5 is the award winning Americanah, a powerful story of race and identity by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche.
6
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Another favourite with our FRA community, although it didn’t make last month’s chart, is The Book Thief, the tale of a young German girl during World War II, at number 6 this month.
7
The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
A new entry at number 7 this month is the beautiful The Name of the Wind, the first novel in the Kingkiller chronicles and wonderful fantasy.
8
Bird Box – Josh Malerman
Another brand new entry at number 8 is Josh Mallerman’s Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic thriller with an original premise.
9
Harry Potter – J. K Rowling
We have another series this month at number 9 as many of you revisit the boy wizard and this magical series.
10
Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race – Margot Lee Shetterly
Recently adapted for movie, this nonfiction look at the African American women who powered the space race, behind the scenes and without recognition is new in our chart and completes our top 10 this month.
11. Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman (new)
12. The Thorn Birds -Colleen McCollough (new)
13. 1984 – George Orwell (new)
14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Steig Larsson (new)
17. The Little Paris Bookshop – Nina George (review) (new)
18. The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follet (new)
19. Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult (-17)
20. Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Rifka Brunt (new)
21. Tess of the d’Urbevilles – Thomas Hardy (new)
22. A Time to Kill – John Grisham (new)
23. An Abundance of Katherines – John Green (new)
24. All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr (-23)
25. And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie (new)
26. Big Little Lies – Liana Moriarty (new)
27. Everything, Everything – Nicola Yoon (new)
28. The Fire by Night – Teresa Messineo (new)
29. The Gentleman in Moscow – Amore Towles (new)
30. The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd (new)
31. King’s Cage – Victoria Aveyard (new)
32. A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihira (new)
33. The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstein (-6)
34. The Queen of the Tearling – Erika Johansen (new)
35. The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion (new)
36. The Storied Life of A. J Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin (new)
37. 11.22.63 – Stephen King (new)
38. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter – Seth Graham Smith (new)
39. Behind Her Eyes – Sarah Pinborough (new)
40. Between Shades of Grey – Rita Sepetys (new)
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