Australians Prefer Harry Potter
Following the UK's example, the Australian bookselling chain Angus & Robertson polled their countrymen to find out what their favorite books were. Number one was the "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling, with Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code at #2 and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien at #3.
The British, when polled, had Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as their top book, but it only came in at #4 with the apparently less-romantic Aussies.
