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url 2014-04-30 18:55

America's favorite book is no longer The Da Vinci Code

Reflections

Gone with the Wind - Pat Conroy,Margaret Mitchell

Atlas Shrugged - Leonard Peikoff,Ayn Rand

According to a Harris Poll America's favorite books are moving away from best sellers and towards classics. Here is a link to a NY Times article about the poll: NYTimesLink And here are the results:

TABLE 1

FAVORITE BOOK

"Who is your favorite book of all time?"

Unprompted responses

Base: All adults

	2008	2014
The Bible	1	1
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell	2	2
Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling	4	3
The Lord of the Rings (series) by J.R.R. Tolkien	3	4
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee	7	5
Moby Dick by Herman Melville	*	6
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger	10	7
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott	*	8
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck	*	9
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald	*	10

DROPPED OFF OF LIST IN 2014

The Stand by Stephen King (was No. 5), The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (was No. 6) Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (was No. 8) and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (was No. 9)

TABLE 2

TOP BOOK AMONG DIFFERENT GROUPS AFTER THE BIBLE

AMONG:	2014
Men	The Lord of the Rings (series)
Women	Gone with the Wind

Millennials (18-36)	Harry Potter (series)
Gen X (37-48)	The Lord of the Rings (series)
Baby Boomers (49-67)	Gone with the Wind
Matures (68+)	Gone with the Wind

White	Gone with the Wind
Black/African American	Moby Dick
Hispanic	The Great Gatsby

Republicans	Gone with the Wind
Democrats	Gone with the Wind
Independents	Gone with the Wind

Conservatives	Gone with the Wind
Moderates	Gone with the Wind
Liberals	Harry Potter (series)

East	The Lord of the Rings (series)
Midwest	Gone with the Wind
South	Gone with the Wind
West	Harry Potter (series)

High School or less	Gone with the Wind
Some College	Gone with the Wind
College Graduate	Gone with the Wind
Post Graduate	The Lord of the Rings (series)

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Source: jaylia3.booklikes.com/post/869871/america-s-favorite-book-is-no-longer-the-da-vinci-code

url 2013-10-12 23:51

An invitation to a Louisa May Alcott read-along

Abandoned by user

Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father - John Matteson

Little Women: (Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio) - Louisa May Alcott

Eight Cousins (Puffin Classics) - Louisa May Alcott

Work: A Story of Experience (Penguin Classics) - Louisa May Alcott

Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Norton Critical Editions) - Margaret Fuller

I am part of a private group of friends on GR who read books written by dead authors. A number of us have been planning on reading some of the works of Louisa May Alcott in November. I have created a public group for this event, and thought I would extend the invitation here, as well.

I will be reading the books listed above, and discussing them there.

Alcott was part of the American transcendentalist movement, along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, the Peabody sisters, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bronson Alcott, and Henry David Thoreau. Anything written by or about any of those writers would also be excellent fodder for discussion in the Alcott event!

Please join us, even if all you want to do is talk about how much you loathe Ms. Alcott and her books. All opinions are welcome.

The title of the post will link you to the GR group.