Ripping Good Yarns: Book Lover's Hall of Fame WINNER!

The results are in!

First - a summary of winners from past categories -

Ripping Good Yarns TV Hall of Fame

2012     M*A*S*H

Ripping Good Yarns Movie Hall of Fame

2012  Star Wars

The results of this year's Book Hall of Fame vote:

Receiving no votes:

Cold, Sassy Tree by Olive Burns

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Receiving 7% each:

Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Lee

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Receiving 14%:

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery

Receiving 21%:

The Stand by Stephen King

And this year's winner, with 37% of the vote:

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

An amazing book, encapsulating many of the stresses and strains and charm and glory of Southern life.  Atticus Lee represents the ideal of what a man and a father can be.  The children of Atticus are brought from their primal fear instincts into the light of tolerance and understanding.  It is a great book, with an excellent movie based on it.  And there is also a great play version that I have been fortunate enough to see, but not fortunate enough to be in.

And there you have it.  Three Hall of Fames, each with their initial entrant.  Keep checking in with Ripping Good Yarns for the 2013 votes for TV and movie Hall of Fame.  Meanwhile, reach into your bookshelf or local library and catch up on one of these great books today!