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The most popular author was Catherine Cookson, with Jane Austen in fifth place and Tolkien down in 12th. The lists mix old favourites with newer challengers &#8211; the fourth favourite book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson coming in just ahead of Thomas Harris&#8217;s Silence of the Lambs. Disgraced Tory peer Jeffrey Archer&#8217;s novel Kane and Abel was chosen as the 14th most popular book. The authors&#8217; list was dominated by recent novelists, with Cookson followed by Stephen King, Roald Dahl and, in fourth place, Danielle Steel.<\/p>\n<p>William Shakespeare was tenth and Charles Dickens 11th. The survey was to propmote the annual Thumping Good Read Award, won this year by Boris Starling for Storm.<\/p>\n<p>(W H Smiths is a chain of booksellers\/newsagents in the UK)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ringer Spy Daniel son of David sends in this report from the London paper &#8216;Metro&#8217;: Here&#8217;s a short&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-special-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ringer Spy Daniel son of David sends in this report from the London paper &#039;Metro&#039;:Here&#039;s a short article from London paper Metro:LORD OF THE RINGS MORE POPULAR THAN THE BIBLELord of the Rings is more popular than the Bible, according to a new survey.JRR Tolkien&#039;s fantasy novel beat Jane Austen&#039;s classic Pride and Prejudice to\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"xoanon\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"old special reports\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2000\/08\/04\/27747-bigger-than-the-bible-2\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. 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