Local Favorite Novels Are Harry Potter Series

When the votes were all counted in the PBS Great American Read Tuesday night, America’s favorite novel was declared to be “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.
Voters at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library ranked it fourth and gave top honors to the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling, with 67 votes.
In all, 304 votes were cast at the library. The other top-ten novels were:
2. “Left Behind,” 54 votes.
3. “The Chronicles of Narnia,” 30 votes.
4. “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “Pride & Prejudice,” 12 votes each.
5. “Gone With The Wind,” 11 votes.
6. “Little Women” and “The Book Thief,” 7 votes each.
7. “Outlander, 6 votes.
8. “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” 5 votes.
9. “1984,” “Anne of Green Gables,” “Rebecca,” “The Alchemist,” “The Great Gatsby,” 4 votes   each.
10. “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” “Charlotte’s Web,” “Jane Eyre,” “Lonesome Dove,” “Lord of the Rings,” “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “The Help,” “The Hunger Games,” “Wuthering Heights,” 3 votes each.
The list of books in the national vote in order of popularity can be found here:
www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/books/#.