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BBC The Big Read: top 20 books (excerpt)

Curated ranking · Source: BBC The Big Read

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20 ranked · top 10 made the cut
  1. The Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. TolkienFantasy
  2. Pride and Prejudice — Jane AustenHistorical Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction
  3. His Dark Materials — Philip PullmanFantasy
  4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas AdamsScience Fiction, Humor
  5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J. K. RowlingFantasy
  6. To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee
  7. Winnie the Pooh — A. A. MilneHumor
  8. Nineteen Eighty-Four — George OrwellScience Fiction
  9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — C. S. LewisFantasy
  10. Jane Eyre — Charlotte BrontëRomance
  1. 1 below the Cut
    Catch-22 — Joseph Heller
  2. 2 below the Cut
    Wuthering Heights — Emily BrontëHistorical Fiction, Romance
  3. 3 below the Cut
    Birdsong — Sebastian FaulksHistorical Fiction, Romance
  4. 4 below the Cut
    Rebecca — Daphne du MaurierRomance
  5. 5 below the Cut
    The Catcher in the Rye — J. D. Salinger
  6. 6 below the Cut
    The Wind in the Willows — Kenneth GrahameFantasy, Humor
  7. 7 below the Cut
    Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
  8. 8 below the Cut
    Little Women — Louisa May AlcottHistorical Fiction, Romance
  9. 9 below the Cut
    Captain Corelli's Mandolin — Louis de BernièresHistorical Fiction
  10. 10 below the Cut
    War and Peace — Leo TolstoyHistorical Fiction

#1 for BBC The Big Read: The Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. Tolkien — the top 10 made the cut out of 20.

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