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Hit of the Lits: FRA Top 40 Books – March

By April 2, 2016Hit of the Lits!

Every month we like to get a measure of the books you’re reading, the chance for you to recommend the books you’ve loved. As we move into the month of April, we asked for your favourite reads of March for our FRA Top 40 books of the month list. As always you replied with enthusiasm, giving us a list of over 100 books, but as always we’ve condensed those down to a top 10 and then the top 40.

So here they are, the For Reading Addicts books for March, according to you, including all the ‘movers and shakers’, and links to any reviews we have on site. As always you’re an eclectic lot, and the list is made up of new releases, and classic literature.

 

1

Room – Emma Donoghue

Although Room by Emma Donoghue fell right out of the charts last month, it’s been consistent all year, and this thriller told from a single room is storming straight back up the charts as your number 1 read for March!

Room US
Room UK

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2

The 5th Wave – Rick Yancey

Shan from the team has just read and recommended this, and it seems a few of you are checking it out too! From nowhere, The 5th Wave, a YA sci-fi novel and the first in the trilogy, it takes the second spot this month.

The 5th Wave US
The 5th Wave UK

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3

Prince of Tides – Pat Conroy

We’re not sure what fired this up the charts either. Prince of Tides was released back in 1986, with a feature film coming five years later, but this month enough of you are reading it for it to take the third spot in our top ten!

Prince of Tides US
Prince of Tides UK

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4

Scarlet – Marissa Meyer

The books from the Lunar Chronicles have been making our top 40 all year, and this month the second book in the quartet makes our top ten with a new twist on an old tale.

Scarlet US
Scarlet UK

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5

11/22/63 – Stephen King

We don’t think we’ve ever had a month where King doesn’t make the top 40 somewhere and this month, the day that Kennedy died features in the number 5 spot.

11/22/63 US
11/22/63 UK

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6

To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

The classic novel from the recently departed Ms. Lee took the top spot last month, and this month it’s in the top 10 again, falling 5 places to number 6.

To Kill a Mockingbird US
To Kill a Mockingbird UK

Review of To Kill a Mockingbird

7

Queen of Swords – Sara Donati

The fifth book in the Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati is Queen of Swords, at number 7 in the top 10. It’s the summer of 1814, and this is highly recommended historical fiction.

Queen of Swords US
Queen of Swords UK

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8

Circling the Sun – Paula McLain

Circling the Sun is a moving memoir style novel about a young girl brought to Kenya from Britain for a new dream life. However, dreams turn sour and enough of you are enjoying this touching book to put it in our top 10 for March.

Circling the Sun US
Circling the Sun UK

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9

Sarah’s Key – Tatiana De Rosnay

Sarah’s Key is a story of two plots, a mesmerising tale set between wartime France and the present day, and it’s Number 9 in our top 10 for March.

Sarah’s Key US
Sarah’s Key UK

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10

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

There’s no doubt the H2G2 is perennial reading so we’re not at all surprised to see it complete our top ten for the month!

A Hitchhiker’s Guide US
A Hitchhikers Guide UK

Review of a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

11. You – Caroline Kepnes

12. The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah (review)

13. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

14. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath

15. Outlander – Diana Gabaldon (Review)

16. After You – Jojo Moyes



17. I am the Messenger – Markus Zusack

18. Girl in the Ice – Robert Bryndza

19. One True Thing – Anna Quindlen

20. The Price of Salt – Patricia Highsmith

21. The Year Growing Ancient – Irene Hunter Steiner

22. Franny and Zooey – J. D Salinger

23. Reading Lolita in Tehran – Azar Nafisi

24. The Storied Life of A. J Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin

25. Throne of the Crescent Moon – Saladin Ahmed

26. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Steig Larsson

27.  Glass Sword – Victoria Aveyard

28. Pretending to Dance – Diane Chamberlain

29. Magic Strings of Frankie Presto – Mitch Albom

30. In the Time of the Butterflies – Julia Alvarez

31. Jupiter Bones – Fay Kellerman

32. Mr Mercedes – Stephen King

33. Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand

34. East of Eden – John Steinbeck (review)

35. As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner (-4)

36. Down Came the Rain – Brooke Shields

37. Devoted in Death – J. D Robb

38. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury (review)

39. The Goldfinch – Donna Tart

40. Little Black Lies – Sharon Bolton



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