Dan Brown tops list of books given to charity

US author Dan Brown's books are donated to charity Oxfam more than any other.

It is the third year in a row that the writer's novels - which include 'The Da Vinci Code', a tome that was third in the charity's best seller list this year compared to 10th in 2010 - have topped the list.

Ian Rankin - who was last year's best selling author - and 'Top Gear' presenter Jeremy Clarkson are second and third respectively in the most donated list.

Clarkson entered at number 10 last year, becoming the first non-fiction author to ever feature in the table.

The most donated authors to Oxfam shops are (with last year's position in brackets):

1 Dan Brown (1)

2 Ian Rankin (2)

3 Jeremy Clarkson (8)

4 Stephenie Meyer (New entry)

5 Alexander McCall Smith (4)

6 Stephen King (New entry)

7 Maeve Binchy (9)

8 James Patterson (New entry)

9 JK Rowling (7)

10 Jackie Collins (New entry)