Ripping Good Yarns: 2013 Book 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

2013   Seinfeld

Ripping Good Yarns Movie Hall of Fame

2012  Star Wars

2013 The Wizard of Oz

Ripping Good Yarns Book Hall of Fame

2012  To Kill A Mockingbird

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

Receiving no votes:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Receiving 6% each:

The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Receiving 13%:

The Stand by Stephen King

Receiving 19% each:

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery

And this year's winner, with 25% of the vote:

The Catcher In the Rye by JD Salinger

An amazing book, and like last year's book, it is a book that stands out as the singular achievement of the author's career.  It really was an opening bell to youth culture in this country, and was an insightful look into teen angst.  It is one of the most read and published American fiction books, and also one of the most censored from public and school libraries.  If there has been a successful movie or theatrical adaption of this, I am not aware of it.

And there you have it.  Three Hall of Fames, each with their initial two entries.  Keep checking in with Ripping Good Yarns for the 2014 votes for TV and Movie and Book Hall of Fame.  Meanwhile, reach into your bookshelf or local library and catch up on one of these great books today!