BBC's "The Big Read - Books 1-100"

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The Big Read series was broadcast on BBC Two from 18 October to 13 December 2003.

Web, SMS, phone and interactive voting ended on 11 December and only the phone vote was opened briefly for the duration of the final programme on 13 December.

Here is the final ranking 1-100. See also "BBC The Next 100" list for 101-200.

DEAR READER: Please do not change this list in any way. If you do not agree with any of the entries on this list feel free to create your own, but please bear in mind that others are also working on this list. Thank you for your consideration and happy reading.

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Embas
Mount Gambier

God of Small Things... — 3 years ago

am glad this made the list – i read this as a teenager, was a real eye opener… Highly reccommended!

Sep 19, 03:29PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

gypsyjudy
Toronto

an eye opener — 3 years ago

I’m surprised at how many I’ve read and it seems to me that there are a lot of holes in it as well – pretty representative overall

Sep 12, 06:06PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

EveT
Doncaster

WOW! — 3 years ago

Amazed how many of these I had actually read …

Sep 11, 02:24PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

franzianne

Order correction — 3 years ago

Someone had deleted lord of the rings from No1 and put Catch 22 in its place. I have re-added Lord of the Ring’s and moved Catch 22 back down to 11. There may be other changes but I don’t have time to check through the list just now.

Jul 09, 03:29PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

liwymi
Sydney

Untitled — 3 years ago

I need to read more often (a goal in 43things I think actually). Proud to say I’ve read some though (especially Wuthering Heights)

May 25, 11:18PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

tere616
Jakarta

The most popular ? — 3 years ago

What a list !

My 1st English Book “Jane Eyre” given by my mother when I was 12 years old.

Animal Farm, the story that I played when I was a member of Teater Koma (one of the most popular theater group in Indonesia)

My lovely Winnie the Pooh and Harry Potter, the book that me and my daughter loves to read.

Will copied that list and put a mark to see how many of the list that I had read.

Thank you !!!!

May 09, 05:20PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

siquecountry
Austin

read and reread.... — 3 years ago

funny thing about this list…half I read as a child and the other half my children have read and insisted I read….shows the power of teaching your children a love of reading!

May 02, 06:29PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

DrunkenDom19
Leeds

Wow what a list — 3 years ago

I’v read a lot of these books I read most when I was quite young, but once id ticked a lot i felt quite proud of myself seeing how many I had read.

Apr 30, 03:34AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Ella
Montreal

Untitled — 3 years ago

wow, this list is so random – from tess of the d’urbervilles to the princess diaries. You can definitely tell it was voted on by a really random selection of people.

Mar 24, 10:36PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Robert Shiels
Windsor

Ordering the list. — 3 years ago

This list really ought to be ordered, as the votes were counted and there were clear winners.

Here is a link to the BBC’s site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml

They also published the next 100.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top200.shtml

Mar 03, 12:37AM | 2 comments | Reply to this


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