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Mighty Ape Best Books Ever Written (so far). Win Your Height in Books - Winner announced!

By Stacey

Wow! We had thousands of votes to find the best books! Thanks to everyone who voted and entered the competition to ‘Win Your Height in Books’.

The votes have been counted and we can now announce the lucky winner: Zoe S. from Auckland.

Congratulations Zoe, we have contacted you and will be sending out your prize very soon.

A big thanks to the following awesome publishers who sponsored the prize.
Hachette, Allen & Unwin, Harper Collins, Potton & Burton, Walker Books and Gecko Press

Fantasy writers dominated the list this year, with the genre taking 8 out of the top 10 spots.

Here's the top 100 Best Books Ever Written (so far) as voted for by you:

1] Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
2] The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
3] A Song of Ice and Fire Series (Game of Thrones) George R. R. Martin
4] To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5] The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
6] Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
7] Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
8] The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
9] The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
10] Discworld Terry Pratchett

11] The Bible
12] The Magician by Raymond E Feist
13] The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
14] The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
15] The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
16] The Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
17] Dune by Frank Herbert
18] The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss
19] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
20] The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

21] Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
22] The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
23] Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
24] Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
25] Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
26] The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
27] The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
28] Catch-22 by Joesph Heller
29] The Stand by Stephen King
30] The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

31] Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
32] The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
33] The Great Gatsby by Scott F Fitzgerald
34] The Fault in our Stars
35] The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
36] Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan
37] His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
38] The Dark Tower by Stephen King
39] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
40] War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

41] Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
42] Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
43] Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
44] Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
45] Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
46] Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
47] My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
48] It by Stephen King
49] The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
50] The Belgariad by David Eddings

51] Jack Reacher Series by Lee Child
52] The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
53] Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery
54] The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
55] American Gods by Neil Gaiman
56] Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd
57] Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
58] The Shining by Stephen King
59] The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
60] Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

61] Little Women by Louise May Ascott
62] BFG by Roald Dahl
63] Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
64] The Secret History by Donna Tartt
65] The Maz Runner Series by James Dashner
66] The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
67] The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
68] River God by Wilbur Smith
69] Lord of the Flies by William Golding
70] The Martian by Andy Weir

71] Looking for Alaska by John Green
72] Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
73] Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare
74] Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
75] Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
76] Foundation by Isaac Asimov
77] Dracula by Bram Stoker
78] The Princess Bride by William Goldman
79] The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
80] Moby Dick by Herman Melville

81] Matilda by Roald Dahl
82] Life of Pi by Yann Martel
83] The Assassin's Ap­prentice by Robin Hobb
84] Animal Farm by George Orwell
85] Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
86] Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
87] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
88] Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
89] The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
90] The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

91] The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
92] Ranger's Appren­tice by John Flanagan
93] Paper Towns by John Green
94] The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
95] Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
96] Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
97] Ice Station by Mathew Riley
98] Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
99] Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
100] Atonement by Ian McEwan

Enjoy browsing the Best Books for 2015 as voted by our customers. If you don't see your favourite book on here be sure to watch out for our next Best Books competition.

– From the Book Gorilla

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