Lists of Bests: Ottawa’s 100 favourite books contest http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5898 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._ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:54:13 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 Pride and Prejudice (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19145 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19145"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679783261.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465050_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Anne of Green Gables (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1086056 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1086056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528824.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. M. Montgomery</div> A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/140003065X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> The Lord of the Rings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17254 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618346244.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060935464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115951817_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> The Outsider http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970605 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970605"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140274170.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Camus</div> The Da Vinci Code http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227304 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227304"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277674.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> Jane Eyre (Step into Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106976 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106976"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679886184.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Bronte</div> Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014118776X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Live Your Dreams... Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1277976 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1277976"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1412047099.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by PhD, CMC, Roger Ellerton</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Pensées du Jour - Tome Rouge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2713851 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Laporte</div> Mimi The Angel Gets Her Wings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2713854 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvie Brûlé</div> Charlotte's Web http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064410935.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. B. White</div> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972823 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972823"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/006055651X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18602 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18602"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679642595.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Irving</div> Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51207 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51207"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747573603.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Memoirs of a Geisha http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961356 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961356"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400096898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Golden</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> Life of Pi: Student Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84347 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84347"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156030209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1077660117_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143703 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143703"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330258648.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The Chronicles of Narnia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79007 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066238501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150141"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439785960.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> Outlander http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76189 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76189"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440242940.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diana Gabaldon</div> Green Eggs and Ham Deluxe Edition (Classic Seuss) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73648 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73648"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679891293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dr. Seuss</div> No Great Mischief: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9287 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726659.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alistair Macleod</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> Gone with the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967922"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mitchell</div> The Plague http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18615 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18615"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679720219.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44869057_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Camus</div> Wuthering Heights: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic (Kaplan Score Raising Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1208413 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1208413"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743261992.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130453945_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> The Five People You Meet in Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490721 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490721"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401308589.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131065022_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mitch Albom</div> The Little Prince: Sixtieth-Anniversary Gift Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974443 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974443"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152048049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antoine de Saint-Exupery</div> The Stone Angel (Phoenix Fiction Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4993 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4993"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226469360.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Laurence</div> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1188490 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.K. Rowling</div> A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55094 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55094"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060736267.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Betty Smith</div> Oryx and Crake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10561 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385721676.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Goodnight Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016320 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016320"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060775866.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Wise Brown</div> The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10315 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10315"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Angelas Ashes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493911 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ERR51Q.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Mcouyt</div> The Diviners (Phoenix Fiction Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4992 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4992"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226469352.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Laurence</div> The Secret Garden (Dover Juvenile Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969603 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969603"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0486407845.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1109790993_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frances Hodgson Burnett</div> Fifth Business (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58393 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58393"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141186151.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59602568_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robertson Davies</div> The Hobbit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003206 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1003206"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618260307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9483 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9483"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375834605.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roald Dahl</div> Fall On Your Knees (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21034 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21034"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743237188.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann-Marie MacDonald</div> Angels & Demons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17705 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17705"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671027360.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Brown</div> Don Quixote (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1359 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1359"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060934344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miguel de Cervantes</div> The Thorn Birds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51607 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51607"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380018179.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1124218743_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colleen McCullough</div>