LWW Among Top 10 Re-read Books in UK

November 10, 2007 Holyboy C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Narnia Books, The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Book News, The Lord of the Rings Comments Off on LWW Among Top 10 Re-read Books in UK

A recent survey in the United Kingdom (UK) found that The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was the eighth most re-read book among UK readers. The Narnia book was beaten by many noteworthy novels and series, including Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, and the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, which took the number one spot.

The survey was conducted by Costa to mark the 2007 Costa Book Awards. Out of a sample of 2,034 people, it was found that 77% of UK readers re-read books, and almost a fifth of readers will re-read their favourite book more than five times.

Other books re-read more often than The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe are The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, 1984 by George Orwell, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and The Hobbit, also by JRR Tolkien.

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