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Hit of the Lits: FRA Top 40 – December

By January 6, 2017Hit of the Lits!

Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40

Every month we run a poll on site asking you for your favourite reads for the previous month, a kind of bookish top of the pops. This month we received almost 500 replies with over 250 different book titles mentioned. As we always do, and according to your votes we’ve whittled that list down to a Top 40 Hit of the Lits, and we have that here for you now!

December’s list is an eclectic mix of books with a couple of Christmassy titles mentioned and a lot of classics being re-read. Also included are several titles that seem to be forever in someone’s hands being read. Enough from me, I shall leave you to enjoy the full Top 40, including all the ‘movers and shakers’ from last month, here’s the Hit of the Lits, top 40 for December.

1

Harry Potter – JK Rowling

Bouncing 35 places back to the top of our charts is the series of novels about the boy wizard.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone US
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone UK

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Review

2

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs

Up 30 places this month it seems that the film must have been a huge hit bringing new readers into the fold  and tempting others of you back into a re-read of this trilogy.

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children US
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children UK

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3

A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

Ahhh it wouldn’t be Christmas without revisiting Mr Scrooge and his ghostly companions. A Christmas Carol is a new entry for December.

A Christmas Carol US
A Christmas Carol UK

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4

The Name Of The Wind – Patrick Rothfuss

A much loved and oft revisited series is the fictional autobiography of Kvothe, an adventurer and famous musician as he tells the story of his life to Devan Lochees.

The Name Of The Wind US
The Name Of The Wind UK

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5

A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness

Up eight places is Patrick Ness’ best selling novel about love, loss and hope.

A Monster Calls US
A Monster Calls UK

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6

Outlander Series – Diana Gabaldon

A return to the top ten for Diana. How is there anyone who hasn’t read these books left?

Outlander box set US
Outlander box set UK

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7

Maze Runner Series – James Dashner

I do love these books and am pleased to see them returning to our charts. YA they may be but the writing is wonderful.

Maze Runner Trilogy US
Maze Runner Trilogy UK

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8

A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman

I do so love this book and with yet another month in our charts it seems many of you agree with me. A small drop of five places this month.

A Man Called Ove US
A Man Called Ove UK

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9

All the Light we Cannot See – Anthony Doerr

Another regular in our Top 40 is Anthony Doer’s novel set in occupied France during World War II

All the Light we Cannot See US
All the Light we Cannot See UK

Review of All the Light we Cannot See

10

To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

In this month that is filled with re-entries it’s lovely to see Harper Lee’s iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird back in the top 10.

TKaMB US
TKaMB UK

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11. Leaving Time – Jodi Picoult (New)

13. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (-8)

15. The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt (+6)

18. Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult (-3)

19. Watership Down – Richard Adams (New)

20. Gerald’s Game – Stephen King (+20)

21. Born With Teeth – Kate Mulgrew (New)

22. Safe with Me – KL Slater (New)

23. The Hogfather – Terry Pratchett (New)

24. A Canticle for Leibowitz – Walter Miller, Jr (New)

25. 1984 – George Orwell (New)

26. Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn (-16)

27. Career of Evil – Robert Galbraith (+4)

28. Divergent Series – Veronica Roth (New)

29. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (-11)

30. Room – Emma Donoghue (-16)

31. A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara (-14)

32. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho (New)

33. Tess of D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy (New)

34. Two Brothers – Ben Elton (New)

35. The Lost Hero – Rick Riordan (New)

36. The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton (+3)

37. The Spy – Paulo Coehlo (New)

38. The House Between Tides – Sarah Maine (New)

39. Me Before You – Jojo Moyes (New)

40. The Invisible Library – Genevieve Cogman (New)



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