BBC book list

I had never heard of the BBC Top 100 Book List so thank you for this discussion. I did a search and found the updated list here... http://writtennerd.blogspot.com I hope that helps someone. I just did a quick look at the list and can say I have read several of them, don't know how many exactly. I copied the list to have a guide, I'll see how many I have read and will see if I can catch up and read many more. I can say that I have read Wurthering Heights and it is one of my all time favorites, along with The Hobbit and The HandMaids Tale.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml Here is the list,well the one I found it,and I have personally read about 9, for example I've read more Terry Pratchett, but not the titles there, I read Wyrd sisters and witches abroad and lords and ladies, I read books in any language I understand I think,hehe.

I just looked at the list. I've read 19 of the books on it. Out of the ones I've read, my favorite changes depending on mood. But, it's usually a toss up between Jane Eyre and Little Women. Little Women is an old childhood favorite that I re-read at least once a year. But, I think as a character, I love Jane Eyre best, so the book is special to me.

I am over six of these books that I've read. The ones that I have read are: 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 2. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 3. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë 4. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens 5. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott 6. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell 7. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck 8. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 9. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 10. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery 11. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald 12. Animal Farm, George Orwell 13. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens 14. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett 15. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding 16. Matilda, Roald Dahl So nearly three times what the average person has read from this list.

I haven't seen the updated one, maybe you could post the link, when you have a moment? I've seen one a few years back, and it struck me as extremely focused on English-language books. If I remember correctly, very few authors who didn't write in English made it on the list, Tolstoy, Garcia Marquez and Dostoevsky. Surely the top 100 made by such a reputable source deserves to be more universal.

I've read around 30 which is ok. I wanted to read more but I don't think I'll have time this summer considering I have other books to read. 30 isn't that bad for someone who is on the cusp of adulthood! I can't remember the names of the books but I believe all the ones I read were very good, so I don't have a favourite.

Hello, Thewayis. I've actually read around 30 of those books, but I have to say there are quite a few there that just don't appeal to me. My favourites? Definitely the Jane Austen novels. However, the most under-rated author there is Gabriel Garcia Marquez. His books are a delight, and I'd urge anyone to read not only the ones on the list, but all his works. I'd say that list is now out of dat - it's time there was a revised version, because some great fiction has been published in the last 7 years.

I've read most of them too, and I don't think I'm all that unusual. I think the BBC's estimate that most people have only read 6 is far off base--I am sure most people have read AT LEAST 10% of them, in high school lit. class if nowhere else.

I've read about 40 of them, and my favourite is Watership Down by Richard Adams, followed by Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy. I know there are a lot of books on there I would never read - they're just not my kind of book.