Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40
We’re starting a brand new monthly feature here at For Reading Addicts! Hit of the Lits will be a monthly top 40 chart based on the books you read this month. For those who saw and replied to our poll question this month, thank you. There were over 1,300 replies with around 500 books mentioned in all! December’s post will go up on our Facebook page on the 20th of the month so you can vote for next month’s book then.
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
November 9 – Colleen Hoover
Topping our very first FRA chart is November 9 from New York Times bestselling author, Colleen Hoover.
2
The Martian – Andy Weir
Not a new release, but many of you have loved the Martian this month as it’s pushed back into the top of the reading list thanks to the movie release.
3
Miss Peregrine Series – Ransom Riggs
Every time a new book in a series is released it pushes the entire series back into the reading lists and with Library of Souls released back in September, many of you are at some stage of this series.
4
Harry Potter Series – J. K Rowling
It seems the launch of the Harry Potter illustrated version has many of you reading this old favourite again!
5
Song of Ice and Fire Series – George R. R. Martin
Martin hasn’t released a new novel since 2011, maybe it’s the prequel release A Knight of Seven Kingdoms that has you all reading the series, or maybe given the verbosity of the author, you’re still trying to get through it all.
6
Outlander Series – Diana Gabaldon
I’ve come to the conclusion that at any point in time, at least twenty of you are reading Outlander, often for the tenth time!
7
Maze Runner Series – James Dashner
Maze Runner the movie seems to have brought this one back into fashion and with the sixth book to be released in 2016 we can see why you’re playing catch up!
8
The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
This is probably the book that has most divided our page this year. You love it, you hate it, you love it but you hate the characters, you wanted to defenestrate the whole thing! Enough of you love it to put it in November’s top ten though!
9
A Man Called Ove – Fredrick Backman
The heart warming story that has had our reading group ablaze with chat all year comes in at number 9, it seems you all love Ove! Backman’s second novel also came in at number 89, not making the top 40 but worth a mention.
10
Winter – Marissa Meyer
Book four in the Lunar Chronicles is Winter, and makes number 10 on our list. Most of you who voted are reading Winter, but I also included votes from those who are catching up with the series.
11. The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak
12. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (review)
13. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
14. Room – Emma Donoghue
15. To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
16. The Lake House – Kate Morton
19. All the Light we Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
20. Carry On – Rainbow Rowell
21. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams – Stephen King
22. The God Delusion – Richard Hawkins
23. Little Paris Bookshop – Nine George
24. Career of Evil – Robert Galbraith
25. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
26. Divergent Series – Veronica Roth
27. Station Eleven – Emily St John
28. Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
29. The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
30. 1984 – George Orwell
31. Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
32. Still Alice – Lisa Genova
33. Confess – Colleen Hoover
34. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
35. Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
36. The Unlikely Event – Judy Blume
37. A Fifty Year Silence – Miranda Richmond
38. The Aeronaut’s Windlass – Jim Butcher
39. The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton
40. Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
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