These are the nation's top 10 favourite books of all time - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life These are the nation’ s top 10 favourite books of all time By You Magazine - September 21, 2018 Ever wondered which books we, as a nation, would collectively put on our ultimate reading bucket list? Well, wonder no more – because a new survey has revealed just that. Conducted by online bookshop Wordery, the research has confirmed the 10 most popular books in the UK and you won’t be surprised to learn that none other than J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series came out on top. Yep, of the 2,000 people who took part in the survey, 14.4 percent voted the JK Rowling series as their literary go-to. It was closely followed by the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R Tolkien, while Dan Brown’s famous The Da Vinci Code was placed as the third most popular book. Turns out we Brits love our fantasy thrillers. See the full list below: 1 The Harry Potter series by J K Rowling 14 4% Amazon 2 The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien 8 9% Amazon 3 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 7 2% Amazon 4 Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James 7 1% Amazon 5 The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis 7% Amazon 6 The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien 6 2% Amazon 7 Alice’ s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 5 4% Amazon 8 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 4 7% Amazon 9 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 4 5% Amazon 10 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 4 2% Amazon When it comes to authors, the research by Wordery showed that J.K Rowling topped the list once again. However, the survey also highlighted a gender divide with Rowling the most popular among women (24%), and men preferring Stephen King (13.1%). As for location, Wordery suggests that Glaswegians are the nation’s biggest bookworms, with people reading for an average of four hours and 20 minutes per week. They are closely followed by residents of Brighton, who spend an average of four hours and 16 minutes per week, while those in Cardiff were crowned the nation’s third biggest readers, with a reading average of three hours and 57 minutes per week. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved