Monthly Archive for August, 2008

I was browsing through the Angus & Robertson bookstore today which is like the Barnes & Noble of Australia and I found a handout that listed the Top 100 books bought in all the Angus & Robertson’s in Australia. I thought it would be interesting to list the top books bought here in order for Americans to see what Australians read. With no further ado, here are the Top 25 Books in Australia:

1. Harry Potter Series – J.K. Rowling
2. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
3. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen
5. To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
6. The Power of One – Bryce Courtenay
7. Memoirs of A Geisha – Arthur Golden
8. My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
9. Magician – Raymond E. Feist
10. Angels & Demons – Dan Brown
11. Cloudstreet – Tim Winton
12. The Bronze Horseman – Paullina Simons
13. It – Stephen King
14. The Lovely Bones – Alice Seabold
15. April Fool’s Day – Bryce Courtenay
16. Mao’s Last Dancer – Li Cunxin
17. Eragon – Christopher Paolini
18. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
19. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
20. The Bible
21. Jessica – Bryce Courtenay
22. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
23. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
24. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
25. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte’

It is also interesting to compare the Top 25 books Americans read to this list because not one book in the Amazon’s Top 25 is on the Top 25 list of what Australians read. My unbiased opinion is that Australians definitely have better taste then us Americans when it comes to books.