C S Lewis’s classic Narnia story, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has topped a new survey of the most-read fiction books in Britain.
Beating novels by Dan Brown and J K Rowling into second and third place, Lewis’ story of four children who discover a mysterious land was chosen by 33 per cent of respondents.
Lewis wrote that the “whole Narnian story is about Christ”, with the Aslan character’s death and resurrection mirroring what happened to Jesus.