What’s the most popular book in your library? Have you read it? What did you think? How many users have it? What’s the most popular book you don’t have? How does a book’s popularity figure into your decisions about what to read?
I had never sorted my books by popularity, but my top 5 most popular books are:
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
- Wuthering Heights
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- American Gods
- Middlesex
And of those, I have only read Geisha. I really enjoyed Geisha and it actually inspired me to pick up some other Japenese historical fiction.
Over 20,000 people with Harry Potter doesn't surprise me. I sometimes feel like one of the only people who hasn't read this series!
A books popularity doesn't have much influence on whether I read something or not. A popular book might get a look just because of its hype, but that doesn't always mean I will pick it up.
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Hi,
I always feel the same way about Harry - I am the only one who only knows him from the big screen. I just can't make myself read them even though I did not hate the movies. Well, I guess that explains it - it is a huge time committment to not just be dying to read them!
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I've read all but "American Gods"
Is there a list at your library?
You were smart to include your top five, not just the HP titles!
My neighborhood book group read _Middlesex_ this fall. There was a lot going on in that novel, more than the obvious "main" story. I really liked it (much more than Eugenides' _The Virgin Suicides_)
I have read all of your top 5 except HP.
I have read all five of your top five books. :-) Middlesex is one of my favorite books, while I probably liked Wuthering Heights the least.
I'm so happy to have found your blog! It's wonderful and I'll be reading it often :)
A books popularity doesn't have much influence on whether I read something or not either.
The 5 most popular books in my library are:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Kite Runner
100 Years of Solitude
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Time Travelers Wife
Of these I've only read The Kite Runner and The Time Travelers Wife.
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