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“Harry Potter” series features in top ten favorite books poll!

by Sophie Reid · May 1, 2014

Unsurprisingly, the Harry Potter books frequently crop up on lists of favorite books, and a new top ten list of favorite books conducted by Harris, a research firm, is no exception. Over 2,000 American adults were asked what their favorite books of all time were, resulting in a top ten list, which features the Harry Potter series as a whole.

The top favorite was the Bible, keeping its top position from when the poll was previously conducted in 2008.

The Harry Potter series appears at number three on the list, behind Gone with the Wind.

The full top ten is as follows:

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

See the original article here. Thanks to Brandon M. for the tip.

Do you agree with the Harry Potter series’s position on this list? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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