First Harry Potter title “best book of the past 25 years”
The U.K. bookstore chain Waterstone’s has just released the results of a poll they put together for their 25th anniversary, in which they asked readers to vote for their favorite novels of the past 25 years. To practically nobody’s surprise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the top pick.
Also not surprising is the fact that Canadian Yann Martel made the cut with his enormously popular Life of Pi. What is a bit surprising, though, is that Margaret Atwood’s highly un-recent 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale made it onto the list, too – and that it ranked as high as #11. Who says readers have short term memories?
The full list, as it appears in London’s Daily Telegraph, can be seen here, along with a short article analyzing the list and discussing how it reflects British tastes.
