Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40
It’s time for our regular top 40 list of what you’re all reading, with the month of March and the onset of Spring (here in the northern hemisphere) arriving it amazes me just how quickly time flies. We’ve had another wonderful response to our question as to what your favourite reads for February have been and an amazing variety of titles have been mentioned.
So here we go, with the featured Top 10 and your Top 40 Hits of the Lits for February. Where it was in January, or whether it’s a new entry is also shown!
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
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Top spot goes to a new entry month and with the sad news of her death, a fitting tribute to its author it’s Harper Lee’s iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
2
The Martian – Andy Weir
Andy Weir’s epic survival story The Martian returns to the top ten after a brief absence.
3
NOS4A2 (NOS4R2) – Joe Hill
Another new entry at number 3 proves that Joe is a chip off the old block with this truly scary Christmas story.
4
The Stupidest Angel – Christopher Moore
I wonder if this was a book that arrived under the Christmas tree for many of you? New in at number 4.
5
The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
At number 5 we have a classic, it may not have been in evidence last month but it’s riding high in February’s chart.
6
All the Light we Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
Dropping a couple of places from 4th to 6th 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
7
Uprooted – Naomi Novik
This beautiful fantasy novel about a village, a girl, and a dragon (wizard) is a new entry at number 7.
8
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See
Another new entry is the story of Lily and the horrors of foot binding that she must endure if she is to marry well and improve her family’s fortunes.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan US
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan UK
9
A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
Up eighteen places from last month is Patrick Ness’ best selling novel about love, loss and hope.
10
The Dark Half – Stephen King
The last of our featured top ten is another new entry, Stephen King’s story of an author in fear for his sanity is a fitting finish indeed.
11. Little Men – Louisa May Alcott(NEW)
12. Child 44 – Tom Rob Smith (review)(-6)
13. Rumi – Maryam Mafi(NEW)
14. Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami(NEW)
15. Furiously Happy – Jenny Lawson(NEW)
16. Sleepwalkers – Chris Clark(NEW)
18. The Passion of Dolssa – Julie Gardner Berry (NEW)
18. Experiences of Eon and Eona – Eona (NEW)
19. Endings and Beginnings – Redi Tlhabi(NEW)
20. Me Before You – JoJo Moyes(-2)
21. Where Angels Fear to Tread – E M Forster(NEW)
22. The Island of the Day Before – Umberto Eco(NEW)
23. The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov(NEW)
24. The Girl in the Steel Corset – Kady Cross(NEW)
25. A House Called Askival – Merryn Glover(NEW)
26. The Taxidermist’s Daughter – Kate Mosse(NEW)
27. Leaving Berlin – Joseph Kanon(NEW)
28. Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder(NEW)
29. I Let You Go – Clare McKintosh(NEW)
30. Morning Star – Pierce Brown(NEW)
31. As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner(NEW)
32. Queen of Shadows – Sarah J. Maas(NEW)
33. A House in the Sky – Amanda Lindhou(NEW)
34. The One – Kiera Cass(NEW)
35. Nemesis – Agatha Christie(NEW)
36. Spark – Brigid Kemmerer(NEW)
37. High Rise – J. G. Ballard(NEW)
38. Aleph – Paulo Coelho(NEW)
39. Silent House – Orhan Pamuk(NEW)
40. Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut(NEW)
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