J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has topped National Public Radio's poll of the 100 Best Beach Books Ever!
Here are the top ten books on the list:
1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
10. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
Thanks to TLC!
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07-29-2009
at 10:25 PM
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 22:32:29
There are a lot of great classics at the top but Harry Potter beats them all!
Also, Happy Birthday to me and my twin today!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 22:32:40
That sounds quite accurate! My mom loves the kite runner! 1st!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 22:44:01
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 22:45:22
1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling--YES!
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee--AGREED
3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
4. Bridget Joness Diary, by Helen Fielding--I really hated that book. I mean, it was interesting, but really redundant.
5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen--Oooof course.
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
10. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 22:45:22
Ive read all of these except teh kite runner, I suppose I should add it to the stack.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 22:51:45
Wow. Thats an impressive list. Is this for real?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 22:57:09
What does that even mean? Best beach books?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:01:27
Awesome! haha, at first I was like... "Harry only goes to Shell Cottage which is kinda beachy... but thats all I can think of..." and then I was like, " OH. As in, best books to read AT the beach!" LOL. I like this list... although I really did not like The Great Gatsby. It just didnt stand out to me. And I love that Twilight is only #30... Potter is #1!!!!!!! :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:08:46
Okay I guess beach books means fun things people like to read (the Lord of the Flies?? I hated that book. I mean, interesting literature, sure, but fun to read at the beach? no way.) But way to go Potter! Someone in the comments there is like, Harry Potter is only for people that dont like to read, and Im like, eh? Dont like to read? Maybe it gets people hooked on reading that didnt before, but Potter appeals to all! Plus, people that vote on NPR are likely to be the smart, bookish type (read: LIKE TO READ)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:13:26
cuz we all love reading the great gatsby on the beach
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:18:26
BEACH books? what does it mean?? Im confused...
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:20:58
I would say that would be a reasonably ordered list. Ive read most of them and say that Id concur with the list. But Im not sure why they would call it a beach book, since few people I know have ever read it at the beach. LoL.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:26:46
Go JKR!!!!!! We love you! And, I agree, completely - Take That Twilight! :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:27:13
Harry Potter rules! Love Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, I actually read that at the beach last year, lol.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:32:40
Coinsidence? I am on vacation at the beach this week and I brought HBP along...fave in the series :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:33:06
Coinsidence? I am on vacation at the beach this week and I brought HBP along...fave in the series :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-29 23:45:12
id have to agree!!!! i always take harry potter on vacations, but then again, i take almost everywhere!!!! :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 00:32:20
I love how four of my favorite books are on this list!
Harry Potter
To Kill a Mockingbird
Pride and Prejudice
The Great Gatsby
I must have a great taste in books!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 01:00:13
Defnition of beach book:
A book that you read while sunbathing because...
----Your ipod ran out of batteries.
----There is not that many good looking people around.
----It is simply enjoyable to listen to the waves and read.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 03:05:30
Awesome!!! It most definitely it is...but it would take alot of time on the beach to read all 7 books. lol. Thats an awesome list! Pride and Prejudice is another one of my absolute favorites, so is To Kill a Mockingbird. Alot of the others are on my "Books I Wanna Read" list.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 04:17:14
does beach books mean books you should read on the beach? LOL. thats the logical explanation i can think of. help?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 04:50:25
I wouldnt want to get sand in my Potter books. To be honest, Im pretty impressed HP is way up there, whatever this list means :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 07:10:53
JKR, You simply Rock!
:D
Twilight is a good book, but story wise it doesnt even compare to harry Potter. HP series has a very very solid and powerful story and the way it is written by JKR is simply amazing. I, for one, started reading because of the Harry Potter series. Im really glad it has topped the list.
Twilight, meanwhile, is a good teenage romance book. Edward Cullen is probably the hottest fictional character ever. But thats just it. It doesnt really have a very solid story to back up the character. The last couple of books were kind of a drag.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 07:32:13
Awesome... But personally Ive always consider HP an airport/airplane (or any tipe of waiting room) book, I dont recall ever actually reading a book at the beach I usually read magazines theyre easier to carry around and if they get wet its not big deal... But its really cool that other people do read Harry at the beach. Yay JKR!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 07:33:19
HA! I brought Deathly Hallows to the beach a few weeks ago.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 07:46:45
The Great Gatsby? I know its a classic, but I could never under stand that thing. That and "Heart of Darkness." Both very hard to read. But not the good ole Boy Wizard, hes never boring
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 07:53:50
Thats so funny! To Kill a Mockingbrid is my favorite non-Harry Potter book!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 08:12:12
In fact, the HP books used to be out in the summer... maybe thats why?
I never read HP on the beach because of the sand but I did in public pools.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 08:46:08
yay!! i always read hp at the beach
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 09:18:18
haha yaaaaaaaay! ive read 1 2 and 3. i feel so beachy! :]
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 09:36:57
Yay! Go Hp! I wish I could go to the beach. :(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 10:02:21
The Harry Potter books and To Kill A Mockingbird are my favorites!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 10:18:59
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 11:06:18
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 11:09:27
woohoo!!!! go harry potter!!!!! I guess that just shows how much better HP is than Twilight!! this is great!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 12:38:24
What is The Great Gatsby doing there? That has got to be the lamest book in existence. The rest of them are pretty good, though, I LOVE The Poisonwood Bible and To Kill a Mockingbird and Pride and Prejudice. And Harry Potter, of course.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 13:19:21
yay harry potter #1 thats how it should be!!!!!! twilight sucks!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 14:20:01
I LOVE THE KITE RUNNER! its an amazing book. Everyone should read it.
Hahaha, I agree with the ppl. TAKE THAT TWILIGHT.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 14:32:48
Umm, I dont read at the beach. I guess HP could be my number 1 book to read on the way to the beach. And who would read Twilight (vomit) if you could be swimming?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 15:03:34
Not surprised.. (:
Twilight for #30? Spare me.
The world is slowly becoming more stupid..
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 16:23:31
the beach?? lol but YAY glad it won.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 17:50:43
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 19:03:45
hmm...i suppose harry potter is a good read anywhere...but overall, i feel like whoever took the poll might have overlooked a few novels that would be especially enhanced by the beach (i mean seriously, the great gatsby?). eh, whatevs. :p
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 19:04:09
hmm...i suppose harry potter is a good read anywhere...but overall, i feel like whoever took the poll might have overlooked a few novels that would be especially enhanced by the beach (i mean seriously, the great gatsby?). eh, whatevs. :p
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-07-30 20:50:25
yay!!! i love some of those books/novels on the list, especially To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby!!! =]
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-08-01 09:20:29
guess that pride && prejudice is really great, huh?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-08-01 18:09:02
Ok, I am soooo happy about HP being on top (i am a big Hp fan) but do all HP fans have to celebrate by trash talking Twilight??? Gosh, and I thought the boys in my 8th grade class were immature....
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-08-03 01:22:25
Im thrilled that Harry Potter and To Kill a Mockingbird are numbers one and two. Both are at the top of my favorite books list. :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-08-03 01:27:34
I really wish The Princess Bride was higher up than 28th, though. William Goldman is brilliant.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-08-03 15:27:41
I am so amused by this list. It is so obvious what kind of people NPR listeners are. Leo Tolstoy on the beach? Are you kidding me?! In fact (NPR listener that I am) I was listening to one of the news shows and the host was making fun of the list saying things like "Youre supposed to hide your books behind an US Weekly!" But regardless, Harry SOOO belongs at the top. Those books make time fly.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-08-05 15:06:54
Wow. Do I sense some rivalry between Twilight and Harry Potter fans? Haha, geez, people calm down. Both are good series. *Though HP will always win, hehe* Oh, and, uh...go JKR.
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