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Potter most re-read novels in UK

According to BBC News, a survey conducted found that the Harry Potter novels are the most re-read books in the United Kingdom.

J.K. Rowling's series beat out JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which came in second and third place, respectively.

The survey also found that almost a fifth of readers read their favorite book more than five times and roughly 77% of UK readers re-read books overall.

Posted by Micah on Nov 8th | 130 Comments

Visitor Comments

Posted by SCPGOH_ad24 Nov 8th 2007

well of course it won, who does not read their HP books over and over again? i've read pride and prejudice, i loved it, but i've never re-read it. :)

Posted by Rainbow_muggle Nov 8th 2007

alright!!!! my favorite books!!!

Posted by Daniel_Radcliffe_Is_My_Husband Nov 8th 2007

Woot! Yeah for England! Someday I'll live there with Dan and our kids.......yeah. Woot! Top infinity

Posted by Ellisosee Nov 8th 2007

YES!!!! Top 10?!!!

Posted by MissTonks Nov 8th 2007

Woo Top 5. That is pretty awesome. I reread those books a whole lot.

Posted by HPmeg0013 Nov 8th 2007

WHY aren't they the # 1 most read books EVERYWHERE!?! come on step it up people! haha GO HP!

Posted by AuntieEm2 Nov 8th 2007

They should have a US poll. I mean, I don't live in the UK, but I've read those books SO MANY times. This just goes to show the skill of Jo's writing- people will go back and reread to find new meanings.

Posted by Ginny311 Nov 8th 2007

Well yeah! I've re-read them and re-re-read them too!

Posted by Firebolt7 Nov 8th 2007

awsome !!

Posted by i_am_nagini_777 Nov 8th 2007

sweet! top ten?

Posted by Lady_of_the_Dark_March Nov 8th 2007

Commendable!! To have beat Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy AND Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Jo's has something to congratulate herself on. I applaud her.

Posted by Lady_of_the_Dark_March Nov 8th 2007

Commendable!! To have beat Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy AND Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Jo's has something to congratulate herself on. I applaud her.

Posted by Roonilwwazlib Nov 8th 2007

yay! re-reading books is really good. You get much more out of them, especially harry potter and especially when your on your 20th reread!

Posted by IIaneII Nov 8th 2007

i re-read harry potter too!!! hahaha i wonder if it's the same here in the US =P

Posted by marauder_number_five Nov 8th 2007

WOOT TOP 20!! Harry potter is awesome; i've read book six 13 times. I'm not surprised!

Posted by gracie_lou13 Nov 8th 2007

your not a harry potter fan if you havent read each book AT LEAST 4 times--minimum.

Posted by honeydukes0209 Nov 8th 2007

whoo! top 20! awesome...i lovooooveo em..

Posted by naveh4 Nov 8th 2007

who cares???????

Posted by Grnd3lW4Ld Nov 8th 2007

"who cares???????" Agreed. asthe LOTR books were written so long ago compared to how recent hp is its not fair to compare them and speaks more for the current popularity of the books then the quality...congrats jo...

Posted by lilpotterfan Nov 8th 2007

oomgeee. it shud be in the us. tooo! i loveeee harry potter. it shall be my favorite books forever and ever and ever... !

Posted by rooon Nov 8th 2007

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO HARRY POTTER!!!!!!! :)

Posted by rooon Nov 8th 2007

daniel_radcliffe_is_my_hu sband- sorry,but you're out of luck. i'm on dan's list.

Posted by ginerva_weasley Nov 8th 2007

psh, i've read the series 18 times all the way through. PoA 31 times.

Posted by Kraize Nov 8th 2007

Yah I've definitely read them all through at least 7 times easy. And for LOTR, honestly for me I could never re-read those books even once, they were good and all, but just not something i'd ever go back to twice. Only 8 books I've read that are worth re-reading, and 7 of them are HP obviously XD

Posted by Jarlie Nov 8th 2007

if you've re-read, all the Harry Potter books (too many times to count), LotR (twice), and Pride and Prejudice (many-a-time) does that make you a complete nerd or completely awesome? ... awesome i think. Go Harry you sexy bugger!

Posted by Jarlie Nov 8th 2007

Posted by HpAlwaysN4ever Nov 8th 2007

I think they're the most re-read books in the US too. :)

Posted by rooon Nov 8th 2007

I've read the hp books to many times to count, i live in the us.

Posted by Roonil Nov 8th 2007

I've read the HP books way more times than is completely sane. But I do sometimes miraculously find new things in the books sometimes. Like a phrase that I had misread the first 25 times I'd read a certain book. Hahaha. >>> Jarlie - I've reread LOTR as well, 3 times. I think we're just awesome. :P

Posted by iheartmugglecast Nov 8th 2007

Of course! I don't know how many times I've read each Harry Potter book. but I'm sure it's more than five. I love them so much- I find new things every time I read them! And especcially since the last book is out, I can look back and think "Wow- I'm very stupid!" lol =)