The Most Popular Book in Your State

You've definitely cried to #1.

There is an eternal battle among bookworms and fandoms, forever trying to decide what book or series is actually the best. No one ever wins, but the argument is usually based around a few top contenders. But now, the never-ending debate can finally be put to rest.

Lernalytics conducted a survey of 9.8 million students in over 31k different schools from across the U.S., according to Arts.Mic. And they're sharing their findings in a map that shows the most popular books by state.

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Now Potterheads might be looking at the map thinking No way is Harry Potter missing from the most popular books list. This can't be legit. But keep in mind that the map only shows what students read their senior year of high school, not their most read or their favorite book. So a more accurate title might be, "Books Most Commonly Assigned By Teachers For Their Senior Class to Read."

But other than a missing wizard, there rest of the list makes total sense and is basically the outline of your standard high school reading list.

The Fault in Our Stars is so epic that it basically reduced our entire lives to a free-flowing puddle of tears the first time we read it, so it comes as no surprise that it was read the most by seniors in 16 out of the 50 states. The second place award is tied between three books, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

What we learned from this: John Green is taking over the world, people in Maine actually prefer Alaska, and more teachers need to add Harry Potter books to their reading lists.

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