Books by E.L. James, Sylvia Day are most often left behind at Travelodge hotels
It turns out those who stay at the hotel chain Travelodge may want to know how the 鈥�Fifty Shades of Grey鈥� trilogy turns out but don鈥檛 need to keep the books for a reread.
Travelodge recently compiled its annual list of the 20 books that are left at their hotels most often, according to the , and James鈥� 鈥淔ifty Shades Freed,鈥� the third book in her romance series, was the novel that was left at the hotels most often by guests. The hotel company estimated more than a thousand copies of the book were left at their locations.聽
The erotic novel 鈥淏ared to You鈥� by Sylvia Day came in second, while Jennifer Probst鈥檚 romance novel 鈥淭he Wedding Bargain鈥� (sense a theme?) took third place. The popular thriller 鈥淕one Girl鈥� by Gillian Flynn was fourth and J.K. Rowling鈥檚 satire 鈥淭he Casual Vacancy鈥� was the fifth-most-left book.
James and Day both appear on the list multiple times, with 鈥淔ifty Shades of Grey鈥� by James coming in at sixth and Day鈥檚 鈥淩eflected in You鈥� scoring seventh place. In addition, Day鈥檚 鈥淓ntwined with You鈥� has ninth place and James鈥� 鈥淔ifty Shades of Darker鈥� has tenth.
Probst also appears frequently, with her novel 鈥淭he Marriage Trap鈥� taking twelfth place and 鈥淭he Marriage Mistake鈥� coming in at sixteenth.
For reasons that customers left their books at the hotels, Travelodge says the most popular is the charitable 鈥渇inished reading it and left it for others,鈥� while the second most popular comes from absentminded customers: 鈥済enuinely lost or forgot it.鈥�
