{"id":180,"date":"2008-04-09T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T12:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/feilerfaster\/2008\/04\/is-scarlett-ohara-catching-the.html"},"modified":"2008-04-09T12:46:10","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T12:46:10","slug":"is-scarlett-ohara-catching-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/feilerfaster\/2008\/04\/is-scarlett-ohara-catching-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Scarlett O’Hara Catching the Bible?"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, but Harry Potter may be. Harris Interactive has released results of its Favorite Book of 2008<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the Top Ten:<\/p>\n

1. The Bible
\n2. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
\n3. Lord of the Rings (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien
\n4. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
\n5. The Stand, by Stephen King
\n6. The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
\n7. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
\n8. Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown
\n9. Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
\n10. Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps the Harris poll might be questioned somewhat since another poll on their site says that over 1\/3 of Americans read more than ten books a year<\/a>. Hmmm. But 1\/5 read no book. Are people trying to appear smarter — or at least more well-read — to their pollsters?! Gotta be. <\/p>\n

For years, people have been crying about the death of the book. While reading books may be declining, Americans are reading. Just one in ten (9%) say they typically read no books in an average year. About one-quarter (23%) read between 1 and 3 books, while one in five (19%) read between 4 and 6 books and 13 percent typically read between 7 and 10 books. And, over one-third (37%) of Americans say they read more then ten books in an average year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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