Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40
We promised you a monthly top 40 of what you’re all reading and now we’re into our second month. The first month was a resounding success with November 9 by Colleen Hoover hitting the top spot for November, and as we promised to keep up with the movers and shakers, we can confirm that the book didn’t make a spot for December with no mentions.
So here we go, with the featured Top 10 and your Top 40 Hits of the Lits for December. Where it was last month, or whether it’s a new entry is also shown!
1
The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
In first place this December is Night Circus and while it’s been a popular book in the group it didn’t make November’s list so shoots right in at number 1.
2
Lord of the Rings Trilogy – J. R. R. Tolkien
The book that never goes out of fashion! It didn’t make our top 40 last month though it did get a few mentions, and for December it’s in second place.
3
100 Days of Happiness – Lucio Battistini
In the number 3 spot is 100 Days of Happiness, and not one of the top three made last month’s selections at all!
4
Harry Potter Series – J. K Rowling
It made the number 4 spot last month and it’s sticking for another month as the new illustrated edition has the world reading HP again!
5
A Banquet of Consequences – Elizabeth George
This was only released in October and is part of the Inspector Lynley series. A new entry at number 5.
6
To Have and Have Not – Ernest Hemingway
Another new entry with a classic diving right back into the chart at number 6!
7
The Hunger Games Series – Suzanne Collins
Up 18 places from November, many of you were enjoying The Hunger Games in the run up to Christmas and it’s number 7 in the top 10.
8
Things fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Another new entry at number 8 with Things Fall Apart, originally published in 1958 but that’s not stopping you putting it into our top 10 in 2016!
9
Portrait in Sepia – Isabel Allende
The sequel to Daughter of Fortune, the 2000 novel Portrait in Sepia is a new entry at number 9 this December.
10
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café – Fannie Flagg
A classic book and movie and completing our top 10 for this month as a new entry!
11. A Court of Thorn and Roses – Sarah Maas (NEW)
12. Burial Rites – Hannah Kent (NEW)
13. The Golden Lily – Richelle Mead (NEW)
14. Reading Lolita in Tehran – Azar Nafisi (NEW)
15. All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr (+4)
16. The Fever Tree – Jennifer Mcveigh (NEW)
17. The Lake House – Kate Morton (-1)
18. Let it Snow – John Green (NEW)
19. The Kind Worth Killing – Peter Swanson (NEW)
20. A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman (-11) (review)
21. Summer of the Dead – Julia Keller (NEW)
22. House of the Rising Sun – James Lee Burke (NEW)
23. A Thousand Pieces of You – Claudia Gray (NEW)
24. Pretending to Dance – Diane Chamberlain (NEW)
25. Library of Souls – Ransom Rigg (-22)
26. Nature of the Beast – Louise Penney (NEW)
27. Perido Street Station – China Melville (NEW)
28. The Secret Keeper – Kate Morton (NEW)
29. Handle with Care – Jodi Picoult (NEW)
30. The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Safak (-19)
31. The Collector – Nora Roberts (NEW)
32. Did you Ever Have a Family? – Bill Clegg (NEW)
33. The Calendar Girl Series – Audrey Carlan (NEW)
34. The Year of the Flood – Margaret Atwood (NEW)
35. The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah (NEW)
36. Secrets She Kept – Cathy Gohlke (NEW)
37. Alice in Zombieland – Gena Showalter (NEW)
38. The Rest of Us Just Live Here – Patrick Ness (NEW)
39. Two Brothers – Ben Elton (NEW)
40. The Program – Suzanne Young (NEW)
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