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Harris Interactive | The Harris Poll - The Bible is America’s Favorite Book Followed by Gone with the Wind
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The Harris Poll® #38, April 8, 2008

The Bible is America’s Favorite Book Followed by
Gone with the Wind

When it comes to reading, we know what genre
Americans are reading (see Harris Poll #37, April 7, 2008),
but what is Americans’ favorite book? Across all demographic
groups the number one book is The Bible. Behind The
Bible, the Civil War is still being fought as Margaret Mitchell’s
Gone with the Wind comes in second. Fantasy and a bit
of fear round out the top five favorite books of all time: in at
number 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series and
number 4 is that other fantasy series, J.K Rowling’s Harry
Potter books. In fifth is one of the masters of scary books –
Stephen King’ and The Stand.

These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 2,513
U.S. adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive® between
March 11 and 18, 2008.

The next five start off with Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code,
followed by To Kill a Mockingbird. Number 7 is another Dan
Brown novel, the Robert Langdon prequel Angels and Demons,
followed by Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged at number nine.
Finishing off the top ten favorite books is J.D. Salinger’s
Catcher in the Rye.

The Second Favorite Book among Different Groups

While The Bible is number one among each of the
different demographic groups, there is a large difference
in the number two favorite book. For men, that belongs to
Lord of the Rings while women cite Gone with the Wind
as their number two. There is also a generational divide.
For Echo Boomers (those aged 18-31) their second favorite
is the Harry Potter series while Generation X (those aged
32-43) is split between The Stand and Angels and Demons.
Baby Boomers (those aged 44-62) and Matures (those aged
63 and older) think alike and both cite Gone with the Wind.

While it’s not surprising that Gone with the Wind is the
second favorite book in the South, it’s also number two
in the Midwest. Easterners are more partial to the Lord
of the Rings series and Westerners cite The Stand as
their second favorite book. Whites and Hispanics also
say Gone with the Wind is their second favorite while
African Americans say it is Angels and Demons.
Educational levels have the largest differences. Those
with high school or less education cite Gone with the
Wind as their second favorite book of all time while
Americans with some college education say it is The
Stand. College graduates go to Lord of the Rings and
those with a post graduate education are tied as both
Lord of the Rings and To Kill a Mockingbird come in
number two for them.

Finally, they may not agree on candidates, but one thing
that brings together partisans is their favorite book. For
Republicans, Democrats and Independents, the top two
books are the same – The Bible followed by Gone with
the Wind.

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See tables breaking down the list at the above URL.



Also see:

Harris Interactive | 2008 Harris Polls
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PollYear=2008




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BOOKS: POLLS: FAVORITE BOOKS:
Harris Poll - Top Ten Favorite Books in U.S.

Harris Interactive | The Harris Poll - The Bible is America’s Favorite Book
Followed by Gone with the Wind

<http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=892>

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