BBC - The Big Read

[sexy-girl]

bbc have been doing a big read series where they decide the nations top 100 books ... they've done it really well in typical bbc style working with libraries and book shops you can buy all the top 100 books 3 for 2 for example they are also doing 30min dicussions on each book ... ruby wax's catcher in the rye was good last week

anyway heres the top 21 in no order because it hasn't been decided yet but what do you think of the list keep in mind these lists always are a bit odd because they are voted by the public on whats popular now (theres about 4 harry potters in the top 100)

how many have you actually read ?

Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks

Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres

Catch 22, Joseph Heller

The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling

His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien

Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy

The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë



http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/vote/

can vote there if you want

 

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[sexy-girl]

from the list i really recommend birdsong



hanns i think you used that joke before

 

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[Sir Locksley]

I have read 14 of them at one time or another. Actually there is only a couple I am not familiar with at all.

 

[sexy-girl]

I have read 14 of them at one time or another. Actually there is only a couple I am not familiar with at all.

so how would you rate the ones you've read ? ... i know its hard to rate books ... i don't think i could even say what my all time fav book is

 

[Sir Locksley]

so how would you rate the ones you've read ? ... i know its hard to rate books ... i don't think i could even say what my all time fav book is

I have a quirk. When I pick up a book, I read it from start to finish. Some of them take a lot longer than others depending on how much I can get into it.

My wife, if she doesn't like a book, she will stop reading it. It is hard to rate a book for me because I always seem to get something out of anything I read.

I read a lot so the chance of going back and reading any one of them is probably out of the question.

 

[sexy-girl]

I have a quirk. When I pick up a book, I read it from start to finish. Some of them take a lot longer than others depending on how much I can get into it.

My wife, if she doesn't like a book, she will stop reading it. It is hard to rate a book for me because I always seem to get something out of anything I read.

I read a lot so the chance of going back and reading any one of them is probably out of the question.

i always read start to finish too ... i've even read some all way through without putting it down ... i did that with the beach when i wasn't well ... some books i've reread more once dune i've read 5 or 6 times but i still couldn't say that was my fav book

out of the top 21 list i've read birdsong, 1984, hitch hikers guide and lord of the rings all those books could nearly be my fav of all time

 

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how many have you actually read ?

Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks yes a 10

Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres yes a 7

Catch 22, Joseph Heller ys a 10

The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger yes a 8

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens yes a 10

Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell yes a 5

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling NO

His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman not sure

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams yes a 10

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë yes - so long ago I can't ratr iy

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis yes a 10

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott yes - I know I enjoyed it as a child, no rating

The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien yes a 5

Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell yes a 8

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee a big 10

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen yes a 8

Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier No

War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy partially - seveal times - unratable

The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame yes a 10

Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne yes a 10

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë yes a 8

 

[sexy-girl]

tristesse aw how can you give lord of rings a 5 and 1984 not a 10

but i guess they aren't the best written books out there ... i still enjoyed their stories though

his dark materials is actually one im going to buy i've heard some really good things from it


sounds like you read quite a bit ... thanks for your opinion in this thread

 

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[sexy-girl]

i cant believe nobody reads books on an erotic fiction site

 

[just pet]

Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks - no, but perhaps I should

Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres - no

Catch 22, Joseph Heller - yes, 10

The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger - yes, 10

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens - yes, 9

Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell - yes, 8

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling - yes, 6

His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman - no, but on my list

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - yes, 9

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë - yes, 10

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis, - as a child loved it, as an adult way too preachy - 3

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott - yes, 10

The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien - yes, Bored of the Rings, 2

Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell - yes, 8

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee - yes, 9

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen - yes, 8

Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier - yes, 8

War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - yes, 8, loved Anna Karenina more

The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame - yes, 10

Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne - yes, 10

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë - yes, 5

 

[Bluereign]

I've read these books from that list:

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy

Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë