favourite novels

Researchers polled Britons and asked them to vote for their favourite books

The Greatest Debut Novels Of All Time

Researchers polled Britons and asked them to vote for their favourite books, from a list of novels from (at the time) first time authors, with the first instalment of Rowling’s Harry Potter series, published in 1997, was most popular, with 31 percent of the vote.

Harper Lee’s historical coming-of-age drama, To Kill a Mockingbird (26 percent) followed close behind, along with JRR...