Ottawa’s 100 favourite books contest

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Presented by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library

100 favourite books for 100 years of Library service

As part of the Ottawa Public Library’s 100 th anniversary celebrations, the OPL and several corporate sponsors and media partners presented a fun and interactive online contest to identify Ottawa’s 100 favourite books.

662 people voted for 634 books between Sunday, April 30 and Saturday, May 13. During this period, library cardholders could vote for their favourite book three times or vote for their favourite fiction, non-fiction and children’s book.

The results are in! Here is the list of Ottawa’s 100 favourite books:

Note: Camus’ L’Etranger (a.k.a. The Outsider/The Stranger) is on the list twice, once in English translation and once in the original French.

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  1. 1.
    Pride and Prejudice (Modern Library Classics)
    by Jane Austen
  2. 2.
    Anne of Green Gables (Signet Classics)
    by L. M. Montgomery
  3. 3.
    A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Rohinton Mistry
  4. 4.
    The Lord of the Rings
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
  5. 5.
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee
  6. 6.
    The Outsider
    by Albert Camus
  7. 7.
    The Da Vinci Code
    by Dan Brown
  8. 8.
    Jane Eyre (Step into Classics)
    by Charlotte Bronte
  9. 9.
    Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics)
    by George Orwell
  10. 10.
    The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
    by Khaled Hosseini
  12. 12.
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    by Mark Haddon
  13. 13.
    ?
    Pensées du Jour - Tome Rouge
    by Martin Laporte
  14. 14.
    ?
    Mimi The Angel Gets Her Wings
    by Sylvie Brûlé
  15. 15.
    Charlotte's Web
    by E. B. White
  17. 17.
    A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library)
    by John Irving
  18. 18.
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    by J K Rowling
  19. 19.
    Memoirs of a Geisha
    by Arthur Golden
  20. 20.
    Little Women (Signet Classics)
    by Louisa May Alcott
  21. 21.
    Life of Pi: Student Edition
    by Yann Martel
  22. 22.
    The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, No. 1)
    by Douglas Adams
  23. 23.
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    by C. S. Lewis
  24. 24.
    The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
    by Barbara Kingsolver
  25. 25.
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
    by J.K. Rowling
  26. 26.
    Outlander
    by Diana Gabaldon
  27. 27.
    Green Eggs and Ham Deluxe Edition (Classic Seuss)
    by Dr. Seuss
  28. 28.
    No Great Mischief: A Novel
    by Alistair MacLeod
  29. 29.
    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J. D. Salinger
  30. 30.
    Gone with the Wind
    by Margaret Mitchell
  31. 31.
    The Plague
    by Albert Camus
  33. 33.
    The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    by Mitch Albom
  34. 34.
    The Little Prince: Sixtieth-Anniversary Gift Edition
    by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  35. 35.
    The Stone Angel (Phoenix Fiction)
    by Margaret Laurence
  36. 36.
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    by J. K. Rowling
  37. 37.
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
    by Betty Smith
  38. 38.
    Oryx and Crake
    by Margaret Atwood
  39. 39.
    Goodnight Moon
    by Margaret Wise Brown
  40. 40.
    The Handmaid's Tale
    by Margaret Atwood
  41. 41.
    Angelas Ashes
    by Frank Mcouyt
  42. 42.
    The Diviners (Phoenix Fiction)
    by Margaret Laurence
  43. 43.
    The Secret Garden (Dover Juvenile Classics)
    by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  44. 44.
    Fifth Business (Penguin Classics)
    by Robertson Davies
  45. 45.
    The Hobbit
    by J.R.R. Tolkien
  46. 46.
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    by Roald Dahl
  47. 47.
    Fall On Your Knees (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Ann-Marie MacDonald
  48. 48.
    Angels & Demons
    by Dan Brown
  49. 49.
    Don Quixote
    by Miguel De Cervantes
  50. 50.
    The Thorn Birds
    by Colleen McCullough

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Comments

wystful

I goofed! — 6 years ago

All I wanted to do was correct the then #93 from “Thursdays with Morrie” to “Tuesdays…” But instead I deleted the whole entry. If anyone knows how to repair this list, please do! (And why were there only 97 books on this 100 book list to begin with?)

Jun 10, 04:23PM | 1 comment | Reply to this



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