03 Sep 2010 21:22:41
It isn’t easy to save popularity when you was followed by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, who penned the Millennium trilogy, and big screen favourites JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer, responsible for the Harry Potter and Twilight series.
Meanwhile, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson became the first non-fiction author to make the annual survey's top 10 most donated list, at number eight.
Oxfam's best-selling author Ian Rankin said: ''It's great to be Oxfam's most purchased author for the second year in a row - and I'm really pleased that readers are donating my books to Oxfam too.
''Just looking at the terrible scenes from Pakistan and West Africa on our TV screens at the moment, it is clear how important the work of organisations like Oxfam is, and I'm really glad that my books are going some way to help this vital work.''
The charity's trading director David McCullough said: ''The survey illustrates the number of current titles available in Oxfam shops sitting alongside collector's items and classic volumes.
''Everyone expects to find Shakespeare and the Brontes in Oxfam shops, but our shoppers are just as likely to pick up a book from the Twilight series or one of the Stieg Larsson trilogy.
''I'd like to say a big thank you to all the people who generously donate their books to Oxfam, and to encourage everyone to think of us when they are clearing out their bookshelves.''
Brown has become one of the world's best-paid authors despite savage reviews from critics including Salman Rushdie, who say his books were an example of appalling writing.
The Da Vinci Code, which explored the religious organisation Opus Dei, was published in Britain in March 2004 and spent more than two years in the top 10 best-seller lists.
It has sold more than 81 million copies worldwide and films based on the novels have become box office hits. Its sequel, The Lost Symbol, was another literary hit.
Following the success of The Da Vinci Code, Brown's earlier novels Angels & Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress all went on to become multi-million copy international best sellers.
They are all are ranked in the top 10 best selling adult paper back novels of all time.
It also angered religious officials, with the plot including secret religious cults and speculation Jesus fathered a child with Mary Magdalene.
The survey gathers information from the charity's network of 686 shops.
Oxfam is Europe's biggest high street retailer of second-hand books and the third-biggest bookseller in the UK.
It isn’t easy to save popularity when you was followed by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, who penned the Millennium trilogy, and big screen favourites JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer, responsible for the Harry Potter and Twilight series.
Meanwhile, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson became the first non-fiction author to make the annual survey's top 10 most donated list, at number eight.
Oxfam's best-selling author Ian Rankin said: ''It's great to be Oxfam's most purchased author for the second year in a row - and I'm really pleased that readers are donating my books to Oxfam too.
''Just looking at the terrible scenes from Pakistan and West Africa on our TV screens at the moment, it is clear how important the work of organisations like Oxfam is, and I'm really glad that my books are going some way to help this vital work.''
The charity's trading director David McCullough said: ''The survey illustrates the number of current titles available in Oxfam shops sitting alongside collector's items and classic volumes.
''Everyone expects to find Shakespeare and the Brontes in Oxfam shops, but our shoppers are just as likely to pick up a book from the Twilight series or one of the Stieg Larsson trilogy.
''I'd like to say a big thank you to all the people who generously donate their books to Oxfam, and to encourage everyone to think of us when they are clearing out their bookshelves.''
Brown has become one of the world's best-paid authors despite savage reviews from critics including Salman Rushdie, who say his books were an example of appalling writing.
The Da Vinci Code, which explored the religious organisation Opus Dei, was published in Britain in March 2004 and spent more than two years in the top 10 best-seller lists.
It has sold more than 81 million copies worldwide and films based on the novels have become box office hits. Its sequel, The Lost Symbol, was another literary hit.
Following the success of The Da Vinci Code, Brown's earlier novels Angels & Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress all went on to become multi-million copy international best sellers.
They are all are ranked in the top 10 best selling adult paper back novels of all time.
It also angered religious officials, with the plot including secret religious cults and speculation Jesus fathered a child with Mary Magdalene.
The survey gathers information from the charity's network of 686 shops.
Oxfam is Europe's biggest high street retailer of second-hand books and the third-biggest bookseller in the UK.
