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Britain's Favourite 100 Books - a BBC Poll
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml
Here is the BBC's result of a poll of 140,000 Brits on their favourite book. You were only allowed to nominate 1 book.
Annoyingly, they did not let us know the winners, just the top 100. Apparently, 8000 books got at least one vote (some got only one).
Note that the list goes on two pages.
How many have you read? Me - only 40 (oops recounted).
Top authors are Dickens and Pratchett with 5 each.
My 40:
1984
The Alchemist
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Animal Farm
Birdsong
Black Beauty
Brave New World
Bridget Jones's Diary
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Catch 22 (MY VOTE)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory,
The Colour Of Magic
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Crime And Punishment,
Emma,
Far From The Madding Crowd,
Guards! Guards!
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone,
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
Kane And Abel
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Lord Of The Flies,
The Lord Of The Rings
Love In The Time Of Cholera
Midnight's Children
Mort
Night Watch
One Hundred Years Of Solitude
A Prayer For Owen Meany
Pride And Prejudice
A Suitable Boy
Swallows And Amazons
To Kill A Mockingbird
Treasure Island
Ulysses
War And Peace
Watership Down
The Wind In The Willows
Winnie-the-Pooh
Edited: to paste in books and recount!
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May 19, 2003, 10:45
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A whooping 10.
Edit : From 9 to 10, I missed one.
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May 19, 2003, 11:08
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21 edit: missed Winnie the Pooh.
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May 19, 2003, 11:23
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37...
Veronica Loughran: Something like... 36.
Dante Hicks: What? Something like 36?
Veronica Loughran: Lower your voice.
Dante Hicks: Wait a minute, what is that anyway, something like 36? Does that INCLUDE me?
Veronica Loughran: Ummm...37.
Dante Hicks: I'm 37?!
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May 19, 2003, 11:26
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I'm not sure if I read 'brideshead revisted"
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May 19, 2003, 11:33
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37 total
1984
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Anna Karenina
Anne Of Green Gables
Black Beauty
Catch 22
The Catcher In The Rye
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
A Christmas Carol
The Clan Of The Cave Bear
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Crime And Punishment
David Copperfield
Dune
Gone With The Wind
(Saw The Godfather movies does that count?  )
The Grapes Of Wrath
Great Expectations
The Great Gatsby
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling, Author profile
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, JK Rowling, Author profile
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling, Author profile
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
(I'm a Potter nut  )
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Hobbit
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Lord Of The Flies
The Lord Of The Rings (This should count for three)
Memoirs Of A Geisha
The Secret Garden
A Tale Of Two Cities
Tess Of The D'urbervilles
To Kill A Mockingbird
Treasure Island
War And Peace (All 1874 pages of it and the 89 page translaters notes)
Watership Down
The Wind In The Willows
Wuthering Heights
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May 19, 2003, 11:36
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Oops, I missed the Lord of the Flies and the Treasure Island. Make that 12. 
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May 19, 2003, 11:37
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This is the thread where the native English speakers are going to clean up.
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Christianity is the belief in a cosmic Jewish zombie who can give us eternal life if we symbolically eat his flesh and blood and telepathically tell him that we accept him as our lord and master so he can remove an evil force present in all humanity because a woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from an apple tree.
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May 19, 2003, 11:44
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Originally posted by Oerdin
This is the thread where the native English speakers are going to clean up.
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There are only 8 non-English language (first publication) books on the list: Doestoyevsky, Tolstoy (2), Garcia Marquez (2) Coelho one in German (Perfume by Susskind, maybe) and ..... cannot remember the other one.
Although I am sure many have been translated, certainly the adventures of H. Potter and F. Baggins
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May 19, 2003, 11:48
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I see the Dianna people have made another pact 
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May 19, 2003, 12:07
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26 for me.
1984, George Orwell
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Catch 22, Joseph Heller
The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
Dune, Frank Herbert
Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, CS Lewis
Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
The Lord Of The Rings, JRR Tolkien
Matilda, Roald Dahl
Mort, Terry Pratchett
Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
The Ragged Trousered Philantrhopists, Robert Tressell
Winnie-the-Pooh, AA Milne
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"Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
"That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world
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May 19, 2003, 12:08
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Only 10, but I'm not british 
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May 19, 2003, 12:11
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Stefu or somebody else, can you give me a brief rundown on Prachett? It seems like everybody here has read Prachett but me... and perhaps I should rectify that.
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May 19, 2003, 12:23
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Basically, he writes humor fantasy (some say fantasy parody, but that's really not a good description - while there's certainly a strong amount of parody, parody makes us think of a work dependent upon another work and Discworld is a world that can stand on it's own merits). It's, um, good. Funny. Stuff like that. Just read it, dammit!
Basically, an easy way to get started is to read Wyrd Sisters and everything from then on in chronological order, possibly skipping Eric. Best Pratchett stuff, IMHO, comes between Lords and Ladies and Feet of Clay, but they will benefit from reading some of the earlier books.
At some point, you may want to read the first five books, too.
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"That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world
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May 19, 2003, 12:33
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Damn, how many books are there? Nevermind that, I can find out myself. Thanks for the info.
Humor Fantasy, maybe Parody...
Hmm.
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May 19, 2003, 12:33
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19, unfortunately 4 of those were Harry Potter books and one was um, Black Beauty.
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May 19, 2003, 12:51
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32. Two more from that list on my immediate "to read" list (as in have them from the library right now)
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May 19, 2003, 12:52
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Only 7...  Some 20 more that I'd like to read.
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May 19, 2003, 12:58
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29! I didn't think I have read that many books! I need to slow down and watch more tv
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May 19, 2003, 12:58
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grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.
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May 19, 2003, 13:21
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17.
But some of them I've read more than once. Including these extra reads I have 48,596.
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May 19, 2003, 13:55
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I counted twenty.
And none of them included Harry Potter.
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May 19, 2003, 13:56
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Harry Potter are great books!
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May 19, 2003, 14:37
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Wohoo  Hitch Hikers Guide got in I tried to get people to vote for that, easily the best 
33, far more than I thought, I'm no big reader. I really don't like Pratchett either, but I happen to have read a couple that were up there. I still refuse to read Harry Potter 
1984, George Orwell 
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm, George Orwell
The BFG, Roald Dahl
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
Catch 22, Joseph Heller
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
Dune, Frank Herbert, Discussion
Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams (should count as 5 too)
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, CS Lewis (there's quite a few of those too)
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
The Lord Of The Rings, JRR Tolkien
Matilda, Roald Dahl
Mort, Terry Pratchett
Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
Pride And Prejudice, Jane Austen
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Twits, Roald Dahl
Ulysses, James Joyce
The Wind In The Willows, Kenneth Grahame
Winnie-the-Pooh, AA Milne
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May 19, 2003, 16:36
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I might have voted in this one by pretending that I am from Wales. I know that I did that for some BBC poll to do with the Hithchhiker's Guide.
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May 19, 2003, 17:06
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Where's Atlas Shrugged??? 
I'm glad to see Dune and The Godfather making the list.
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May 19, 2003, 17:26
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I've read 10 and then read sparknotes on a few others.
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May 19, 2003, 17:54
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32 1/2 now. Lord of the Flies is pretty good.
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May 19, 2003, 19:53
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29, if you count books I partially read and partially skimmed through for various duff school assignments, and stuff my dad read to me when I was little child.
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26 and mostly the childrens ones.
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