Hit of the Lits – FRA Top 40
Every month we run a poll on site asking you for your favourite reads for the previous month, a kind of bookish top of the pops. This month we received almost 500 replies with over 250 different book titles mentioned. As we always do, and according to your votes we’ve whittled that list down to a Top 40 Hit of the Lits, and we have that here for you now!
December’s list is an eclectic mix of books with a couple of Christmassy titles mentioned and a lot of classics being re-read. Also included are several titles that seem to be forever in someone’s hands being read. Enough from me, I shall leave you to enjoy the full Top 40, including all the ‘movers and shakers’ from last month, here’s the Hit of the Lits, top 40 for December.
1
Harry Potter – JK Rowling
Bouncing 35 places back to the top of our charts is the series of novels about the boy wizard.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone US
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone UK
2
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
Up 30 places this month it seems that the film must have been a huge hit bringing new readers into the fold and tempting others of you back into a re-read of this trilogy.
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children US
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children UK
3
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
Ahhh it wouldn’t be Christmas without revisiting Mr Scrooge and his ghostly companions. A Christmas Carol is a new entry for December.
4
The Name Of The Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
A much loved and oft revisited series is the fictional autobiography of Kvothe, an adventurer and famous musician as he tells the story of his life to Devan Lochees.
5
A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
Up eight places is Patrick Ness’ best selling novel about love, loss and hope.
6
Outlander Series – Diana Gabaldon
A return to the top ten for Diana. How is there anyone who hasn’t read these books left?
7
Maze Runner Series – James Dashner
I do love these books and am pleased to see them returning to our charts. YA they may be but the writing is wonderful.
8
A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
I do so love this book and with yet another month in our charts it seems many of you agree with me. A small drop of five places this month.
9
All the Light we Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
Another regular in our Top 40 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
10
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
In this month that is filled with re-entries it’s lovely to see Harper Lee’s iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird back in the top 10.
11. Leaving Time – Jodi Picoult (New)
12. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (New)
13. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (-8)
15. The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt (+6)
16. The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah (-15)
17. 11/22/63 – Stephen King (New)
18. Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult (-3)
19. Watership Down – Richard Adams (New)
20. Gerald’s Game – Stephen King (+20)
21. Born With Teeth – Kate Mulgrew (New)
22. Safe with Me – KL Slater (New)
23. The Hogfather – Terry Pratchett (New)
24. A Canticle for Leibowitz – Walter Miller, Jr (New)
25. 1984 – George Orwell (New)
26. Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn (-16)
27. Career of Evil – Robert Galbraith (+4)
28. Divergent Series – Veronica Roth (New)
29. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (-11)
30. Room – Emma Donoghue (-16)
31. A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara (-14)
32. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho (New)
33. Tess of D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy (New)
34. Two Brothers – Ben Elton (New)
35. The Lost Hero – Rick Riordan (New)
36. The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton (+3)
37. The Spy – Paulo Coehlo (New)
38. The House Between Tides – Sarah Maine (New)
39. Me Before You – Jojo Moyes (New)
40. The Invisible Library – Genevieve Cogman (New)
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