Here are the top October sellers from BetterWorldBooks.com during the last couple of years. Wait, wait, first try to guess. Did you guess something spooky? The answer may terrify and/or not-at-all-terrify you.
In October 2011:
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
- A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Tick Tock by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
So, varying degrees of terrifying-ness in 2011. Let’s try one year farther back. Maybe in 2010 we were reading scarier stuff?
In October 2010:- I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer
- Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch and Sheila McGraw
- Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals: A Guide to Successful Evaluations by James E. Neal
- The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Oprah’s Book Club) by Sidney Poitier
- Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Shack by William Paul Young
Overall, we were clearly into some darker stuff in 2010, as #7 will attest.
A few days ago, you gave us your scary book suggestions on Facebook. What are you reading this October? And how scary would you rate it on a scale of one to Eat, Pray, Love?
