FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Studies have shown consumers around the globe are spending more time reading as COVID-19 restrictions resulted in a “homebody economy” of stay-at-home activities from reading, to streaming, to cooking, crafting, and more. Open Road Integrated Media (OR/M), through its technology platform, data science, and one-to-one relationship with millions of readers via its sites and newsletters, developed a Top 50 title list based on its data and consumer preferences. The list comprised a broad spectrum—bestsellers from Elena Ferrante and Donna Leon; classics by Octavia Butler and James Herriot; media tie-ins from Walter Tevis and Gordon Prange; and many more titles that found new audiences through OR/M’s marketing engine.
“So often these classic gems remain undermarketed and undiscoverable,” said OR/M’s Chief Marketing Officer Mary McAveney, “because of our discovery platform thousands of books are now finding or re-finding their audience.”
Below is the complete list with author links:
| 1. The Queen’s Gambit | Tevis, Walter |
| 2. Trace Elements (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Book 29) | Leon, Donna |
| 3. My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels Book 1) | Ferrante, Elena |
| 4. Eddie’s Boy: A Novel (The Butcher’s Boy Novels Book 4) | Perry, Thomas |
| 5. Parable of the Sower | Butler, Octavia E. |
| 6. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich | Shirer, William L. |
| 7. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels Book 3) | Ferrante, Elena |
| 8. The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set | Ferrante, Elena |
| 9. The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels Book 2) | Ferrante, Elena |
| 10. The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels Book 4) | Ferrante, Elena |
| 11. A Small Town: A Novel of Crime | Perry, Thomas |
| 12. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect | Webb, Jonice |
| 13. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies | West, J. B. |
| 14. Parable of the Talents | Butler, Octavia E. |
| 15. Still Life (Karen Pirie Books Book 6) | McDermid, Val |
| 16. Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti Book 1) | Leon, Donna |
| 17. Lilith’s Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy (The Xenogenesis Trilogy) | Butler, Octavia E. |
| 18. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street | Brooks, John |
| 19. Keto Meal Prep by FlavCity: 125+ Low Carb Recipes That Actually Taste Good | Parrish, Bobby |
| 20. All Creatures Great and Small | Herriot, James |
| 21. Unto Us a Son Is Given (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Book 28) | Leon, Donna |
| 22. The Corfu Trilogy: My Family and Other Animals; Birds, Beasts and Relatives; and The Garden of the Gods | Durrell, Gerald |
| 23. Clean Hands: A Novel | Hoffman, Patrick |
| 24. Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti Book 2) | Leon, Donna |
| 25. West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War | Cox Richardson, Heather |
| 26. The Color Purple | Walker, Alice |
| 27. The Millionaire Next Door (Millionaire Set Book 2) | Danko, William D. |
| 28. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West | Brown, Dee |
| 29. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement | Davis, Angela Y. |
| 30. 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series) | Moore, Lorrie |
| 31. The Rebels (The Kent Family Chronicles Book 2) | Jakes, John |
| 32. House Privilege (The Joe DeMarco Thrillers Book 14) | Lawson, Mike |
| 33. The Bastard (The Kent Family Chronicles Book 1) | Jakes, John |
| 34. Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century | Roberts, Dorothy |
| 35. I Am Legend | Matheson, Richard |
| 36. The Keepers of the House | Grau, Shirley Ann |
| 37. The Elegance of the Hedgehog | Barbery, Muriel |
| 38. All Things Wise and Wonderful (All Creatures Great and Small Book 3) | Herriot, James |
| 39. My Family and Other Animals (The Corfu Trilogy Book 1) | Durrell, Gerald |
| 40. Swan Song | McCammon, Robert R. |
| 41. Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Bledsoe, Jerry |
| 42. The Seekers (The Kent Family Chronicles Book 3) | Jakes, John |
| 43. Dressed for Death (Commissario Brunetti Book 3) | Leon, Donna |
| 44. A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti Book 7) | Leon, Donna |
| 45. Seed to Harvest: The Complete Patternist Series (The Patternist Series) | Butler, Octavia E. |
| 46. The Furies (The Kent Family Chronicles Book 4) | Jakes, John |
| 47. The Forever War (The Forever War Series Book 1) | Haldeman, Joe |
| 48. Rendezvous with Rama | Clarke, Arthur C. |
| 49. The Temptation of Forgiveness (Commissario Brunetti Book 27) | Leon, Donna |
| 50. The Lord God Made Them All (All Creatures Great and Small Book 4) | Herriot, James |
About OR/M
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