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. (found at: http://www.biblioottawalibrary.ca/contest/results_e.cfm)
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Pride and Prejudice (Modern Library Classics)
by Jane Austen
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Anne of Green Gables (Signet Classics)
by L. M. Montgomery
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A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)
by Rohinton Mistry
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The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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The Outsider
by Albert Camus
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The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
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Jane Eyre (Step into Classics)
by Charlotte Bronte
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Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics)
by George Orwell
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The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
by Khaled Hosseini
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Live Your Dreams... Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You
by PhD, CMC, Roger Ellerton
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
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Pensées du Jour - Tome Rouge
by Martin Laporte
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Mimi The Angel Gets Her Wings
by Sylvie Brûlé
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Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library)
by John Irving
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
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Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
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Little Women (Signet Classics)
by Louisa May Alcott
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Life of Pi: Student Edition
by Yann Martel
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
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The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
by J.K. Rowling
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Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
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Green Eggs and Ham Deluxe Edition (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
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No Great Mischief: A Novel
by Alistair Macleod
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The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
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Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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The Plague
by Albert Camus
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Wuthering Heights: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic (Kaplan Score Raising Classics)
by Emily Bronte
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
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The Little Prince: Sixtieth-Anniversary Gift Edition
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The Stone Angel (Phoenix Fiction Series)
by Margaret Laurence
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Perennial Classics)
by Betty Smith
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Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
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Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
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The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
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Angelas Ashes
by Frank Mcouyt
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The Diviners (Phoenix Fiction Series)
by Margaret Laurence
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The Secret Garden (Dover Juvenile Classics)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Fifth Business (Penguin Classics)
by Robertson Davies
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The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
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Fall On Your Knees (Oprah's Book Club)
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
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Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown
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Don Quixote (P.S.)
by Miguel de Cervantes
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The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
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