Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40
Every month we ask our For Reading Addicts community to let us know what their favourite reads have been and then compile our very own monthly chart; this month has been a particularly interesting one as we had almost 100 different titles mentioned. From all of those who received a mention, and ordering them in accordance with your votes we have a Top 40 Books for July and as always it’s an eclectic and surprising list.
Just like the charts, we’ll have a Top 10 featured, and then the full Top 40, and we’ll feature all the ‘shakers and movers’ each month. And just like the music charts, it’s unlikely to be just new releases that feature as events in popular culture push books to the top of your reading pile, and perennial books that stay popular forever.
1
The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
Flying back up the charts 31 places to reach top spot is Paula Hawkins best selling tale of Rachel and the consequences of her train fantasies.
2
Outlander – Diana Gabaldon
New this week is a regular from our polls Diana Gabaldon’s fantasy series where the protagonists travel through time and literary landscapes.
3
The Shepherds Crown – Terry Pratchett
The late great Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel is a new entry this month at number three.
4
Message In A Bottle – Nicholas Sparks
New in this week is the story of a heartfelt message put into a bottle and thrown into the sea, and the person who picked it up when it came back to shore.
5
The Maze Runner (series) – James Dashner
Moving up a spot Thomas and his friends are still negotiating that maze of death that they have found themselves in, but what waits for them on the other side when they finally escape?
The Maze Runner US
The Maze Runner UK
6
Night – Elie Wiesel
The sad passing of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel sees the memoir of his time spent in Nazi Germany’s concentration camps straight in at number 6.
7
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Another new entry on this month’s chart is some classic Orwell; it appears that we were all revisiting our old favourites in July.
8
Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
Another new entry and the book that spawned the most anticipated film of the nineties. Dinosaurs aren’t limited by CGI in this format.
9
A Man Called Ove – Fredrick Backman
Moving up eleven places and a well deserved return to the top ten for the heartwarming tale of a man called Ove
10
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
Finishing off our featured top ten and a deserved return to the top forty is a book that appears in most of our polls and discussions; The Kite Runner is a book that everyone seems to enjoy reading.
11. The Book Thief -Markus Zusak (+2)
12. Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom (New)
13. The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt (New)
14. Dark Tower series – Stephen King (New)
15. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay (New)
16. A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness (New)
17. Stephen King – End of Watch (-15)
18. The Five People you Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom (New)
19. Glue – Irvine Welsh (New)
20. Manuscript Found in Accra – Paulo Coelho (New)
21. Lady Midnight- Cassandra Clare (New)
22. The Fifth Gospel – Ian Caldwell (New)
23. Salem Falls – Jodi Picoult (New)
24. Money – Martin Amis (New)
25. Poldark – Winston Graham (New)
26. Killer Look – Linda Fairstein (New)
27. Ocean Beach – Weny Wax (New)
28. The Religion – Tim Willocks (New)
29. Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts (New)
30. Child of the Morning – Pauline Gedge (New)
31. The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss (New)
32. Miss Peregrine’s home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs (-30)
33. Old Man’s War – John Scalzi (New)
34. Simon vs The Homo-Sapiens Agenda – Becky Albertalli (New)
35. Left Neglected – Lisa Genova (New)
36. In the Time of Butterflies – Julia Alvarez (-1)
37. We Need to Talk about Kevin – Lionel Shriver (New)
38. The Last Child – John Hart (New)
39. Me Before You – Jojo Moyes (-32)
40. The Girl You Left Behind – Jojo Moyes (New)
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