Number 1 book left behind in the Travelodge
In a bid to flee reality for a world of fantasy and fiction, Britons have become a nation addicted to trilogies according to the Travelodge 2012 books left behind index.
For the first time ever, the budget hotel chain, has reported fictitious trilogies has dominated its top 10 books left behind charts – with no celebrities or chick-lit making the listing this time.
E.L. James’ ‘Fifty Shades’, Suzanne Collins’ ‘Hunger Games’ and Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millennium’ trilogies all lead the chart, suggesting we’re a nation escaping reality to delve into a fantasy world of crime, thriller and eroticism.
Outside of the trilogies, the only book to enter the top 10 is ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett taking 10th place. David Nicholls’ ‘One Day’ reached 11th place and Dawn French and Steve Jobs both enter the top 20 in 12th and 13th place respectively.
Our 2012 books left behind index has revealed we are a nation addicted to trilogies, this is probably so that we can flee the reality of gloom and doom for a world of fantasy
Travelodge spokeswoman, Shakila Ahmed, said: “It is interesting to see for the first time ever that our top ten books left behind index is not being dominated by celebrity biographies and chick-lit books which it has done in the past.
"Trilogies have dominated the charts this year with Fifty Shades of Grey topping the poll. So popular is this book, our hotel staff have reported that business and leisure customers of all ages are reading this trilogy. Customers can not get enough of Mr Grey and Miss Steele, they are even reading the book whilst eating breakfast and dinner.
“Our 2012 books left behind index has revealed we are a nation addicted to trilogies, this is probably so that we can flee the reality of gloom and doom for a world of fantasy," she added.
During the last 12 months, around 21,786 books have been left behind in 36,500 Travelodge hotel rooms.
Previous number ones have included Katie Price’s autobiography ‘Pushed to the Limit’, Piers Morgan’s ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am’ and ‘The Blair Years’ by Alastair Campbell. This year’s full list of books left behind reads like this:
1. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James
2. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
3. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest Stieg Larsson
4. Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James
5. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
6. The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson
7. Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James
8. Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
9. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
10. The Help Kathryn Stockett
11. One Day David Nicholls
12. A Tiny Bit Marvellous Dawn French
13. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Steve Jobs
14. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
15. The Brightest Star In The Sky Marian Keyes
16. The Fry Chronicles Stephen Fry
17. Room Emma Donoghue
18. StrengthsFinder 2.0 Tom Rath
19. The Confession John Grisham
20. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Le Carre
The research also revealed the top three reasons to why customers leave books behind in Travelodge hotels are:
1. An accident which guests hadn’t meant to do and subsequently called the hotel to find their missing possession.
2. Leaving heavy books behind is a good way of lightening the weight of luggage, this was prevalent for airport hotel guests.
3. Finished reading the book and leaving for the next guest to enjoy.
All books left behind at Travelodge hotels that are not claimed within three months are donated to Cancer Research UKcharity shops across the UK.
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