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For the communal reading programs, see One city one book. One City One Book is a generic name for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book

The Big Read was a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS, and telephone. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The show attracted controversy for adopting an allegedly sensationalist approach to literature, but supporters praised it for raising the public awareness of reading. Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely Controversial, loud or attention grabbing Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter

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BBC version 1-200

The British public voted originally for any book that they wished. From this, a list of 200 was drawn up, with the highest 21 then put forward for further voting, on the provision that only one book per author was permitted in the top 21 (which suggests that the first three Harry Potter novels, ranked 22-24, were in fact rated higher, but excluded due to inclusion of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).

  1. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
  2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  3. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
  4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
  6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  7. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
  8. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
  10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  11. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  12. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
  13. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
  14. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  15. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
  16. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
  17. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  18. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
  20. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  21. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  22. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
  23. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
  24. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
  25. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
  26. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
  27. Middlemarch by George Eliot
  28. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
  29. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  30. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  31. The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
  32. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
  33. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  34. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  35. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  36. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  37. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
  38. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  39. Dune by Frank Herbert
  40. Emma by Jane Austen
  41. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  42. Watership Down by Richard Adams
  43. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  44. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  45. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
  46. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  47. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  48. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
  49. Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
  50. The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
  51. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  52. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  53. The Stand by Stephen King
  54. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  55. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
  56. The BFG by Roald Dahl
  57. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
  58. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  59. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
  60. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  61. Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
  62. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
  63. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  64. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
  65. Mort by Terry Pratchett
  66. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
  67. The Magus by John Fowles
  68. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
  69. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
  70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  71. Perfume by Patrick Süskind
  72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
  73. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
  74. Matilda by Roald Dahl
  75. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
  76. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  77. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
  78. Ulysses by James Joyce
  79. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  80. Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson
  81. The Twits by Roald Dahl
  82. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  83. Holes by Louis Sachar
  84. Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
  85. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
  86. Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson
  87. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  88. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
  89. Magician by Raymond E. Feist
  90. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  91. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
  92. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
  93. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
  94. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  95. Katherine by Anya Seton
  96. Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
  97. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
  98. Girls in Love by Jacqueline Wilson
  99. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
  100. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
  101. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
  102. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
  103. The Beach by Alex Garland
  104. Dracula by Bram Stoker
  105. Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz
  106. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
  107. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
  108. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
  109. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
  110. The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
  111. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
  112. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
  113. The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
  114. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  115. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  116. The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson
  117. Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
  118. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  119. Shōgun by James Clavell
  120. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
  121. Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson
  122. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
  123. The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
  124. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
  125. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
  126. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
  127. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
  128. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
  129. Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
  130. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
  131. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  132. Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
  133. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
  134. George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
  135. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
  136. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  137. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
  138. The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan
  139. Girls in Tears by Jacqueline Wilson
  140. Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson
  141. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  142. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
  143. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  144. It by Stephen King
  145. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  146. The Green Mile by Stephen King
  147. Papillon by Henri Charrière
  148. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
  149. Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
  150. Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
  151. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
  152. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
  153. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
  154. Atonement by Ian McEwan
  155. Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson
  156. The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
  157. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
  158. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  159. Kim by Rudyard Kipling
  160. Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon
  161. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
  162. River God by Wilbur Smith
  163. Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
  164. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
  165. The World According to Garp by John Irving
  166. Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
  167. Girls Out Late by Jacqueline Wilson
  168. The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
  169. The Witches by Roald Dahl
  170. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
  171. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  172. They Used to Play on Grass by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
  173. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  174. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  175. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
  176. Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
  177. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
  178. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
  179. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
  180. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  181. The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
  182. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  183. The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
  184. Silas Marner by George Eliot
  185. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
  186. Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
  187. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
  188. Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
  189. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
  190. Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
  191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
  192. Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
  193. The Truth by Terry Pratchett
  194. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
  195. The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
  196. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
  197. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
  198. The Once and Future King by T. H. White
  199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  200. Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews

Authors by Number of Novels in the Top 100

Authors by Number of Novels in the Top 200

German version

The initiative was launched in Germany as well in 2004, under the name Das große Lesen (literal translation), where a list of 200 items was pre-selected by a committee of professionals to choose from. The Lord of the Rings is an epic Pride and Prejudice, first published on 28 January 1813, is the most famous of Jane Austen 's novels and one of the first " romantic Jane Austen (16 His Dark Materials is a Trilogy of Fantasy Novels by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights (1995 Philip Pullman CBE (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( 1979, ISBN 0-330-25864-8 is the title of the first of five books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize -winning Novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American Author known for her Pulitzer Prize -winning 1960 novel To Kill Winnie-the-Pooh (1926 is the first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, by A Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 Jane Eyre (dʒeɪn ɛə by Charlotte Brontë, published by Smith Elder & Company of London in 1847, is one of the most influential and Charlotte Brontë (ˈbrɒnti (21 April 1816 &ndash 31 March 1855 was a British Novelist, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters whose Novels Catch-22 is a satirical, historical Novel by the American author Joseph Heller, first published in 1961 Joseph Heller (May 1 1923 – December 12 1999 was an American Satirical novelist Short story writer and playwright Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë 's only Novel. It was first published in 1847 under the Pseudonym Ellis Bell and a posthumous second Emily Jane Brontë (ˈbrɒnti ( July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British Novelist and Poet, now best Birdsong is a 1993 War novel by the English Author Sebastian Faulks. Sebastian Faulks CBE FRSL (born 20 April 1953) is an acclaimed English Novelist. Rebecca is a Novel by British author Daphne du Maurier. When Rebecca was first published in 1938 du Maurier became - to her great Daphne du Maurier Lady Browning DBE ( 13 May, 1907 – 19 April, 1989) (ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ was a British The Catcher in the Rye is a Novel by J D Salinger. First published in the United States in 1951 the novel has been a frequently Jerome David "J D" Salinger (born January 1 1919 (ˈsælɨndʒɚ is an American author best known for his 1951 Novel The Catcher in the Rye The Wind in the Willows is a classic of Children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Kenneth Grahame ( March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a British Writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows Great Expectations is a Novel by Charles Dickens first serialised in All the Year Round from 1 December Little Women or Meg Jo Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832&ndash1888 Louisa May Alcott ( November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American Novelist. Louis de Bernières (born London, UK on December 8, 1954) is a British novelist most famous for his book Captain Corelli's Mandolin War and Peace (Война и мир Voyna i mir) is a Novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded This is about the 1936 American Novel. For the film see Gone with the Wind (film Gone with the Wind is a 1936 American Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh ( November 8 1900 – August 16 1949) popularly known as Margaret Mitchell was an American Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is the first novel in Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the The Hobbit or There and Back Again is an award-winning fantasy Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a Novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891 Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw Middlemarch is a Novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans later Marian Evans Mary Ann (Marian Evans ( 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) better known by her Pen name George Eliot, was an A Prayer for Owen Meany is a novel by American writer John Irving, first published in 1989. John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942 as John Wallace Blunt Jr The Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865 is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known under the Pseudonym Lewis Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's book first published in 1991 written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad is a novel by Nobel Prize winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that was first Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian The Pillars of the Earth is a Historical novel by Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a Cathedral in Kingsbridge Ken Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British Author of thrillers and historical novels David Copperfield or The Personal History Adventures Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (which he never meant to publish Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964 is a children's book by British Author Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer Treasure Island is an adventure Novel by author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold" Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in A Town Like Alice ( US title The Legacy) is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute. Nevil Shute Norway ( 17 January 1899 - 12 January 1960) was both a popular novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer Persuasion is Jane Austen 's last completed novel She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August 1816 Jane Austen (16 Dune is a Science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American EMMA - the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy (Awards - was founded in 1997 by Bobby Syed. Jane Austen (16 Anne of Green Gables is a book by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery CBE, (always called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L Watership Down is the first and most successful Novel by British author Richard Adams. Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920) is an English Novelist who is best known as the writer of three novels featuring animal characters The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the The Count of Monte Cristo ( Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas père. Brideshead Revisited The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a Novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945 Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Animal Farm is a Novel by George Orwell, and is the most famous satirical Allegory of Soviet Totalitarianism Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol) is a Novella by Charles Dickens Far from the Madding Crowd (1874 is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw Goodnight Mister Tom (also Good Night Mr Tom) is a 1981 Novel by Michelle Magorian. Michelle Magorian (born November 6, 1947 in Southsea, Portsmouth) is an English author of children's books including Goodnight First published in 1987 by Thomas Dunne Books / St Martin's Press, The Shell Seekers became one of Rosamunde Pilcher 's most famous best-sellers Rosamunde Pilcher OBE ( Maiden name Scott, born 22 September 1924) is a British Author of Romance novels The Secret Garden is a Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1909. Frances Hodgson Burnett, ( November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English – American Playwright and Of Mice and Men is a Novella written by Nobel Prize -winning author John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century The Stand is a Post-apocalyptic horror / Science fiction Novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978 Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Anna Karenina ( Анна Каренина) also Anglicised as Anna Karenin, is a Novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded A Suitable Boy is a Novel by Vikram Seth, released in 1994 At 1349 pages (1488 pages softcover and 591552 words the book is one of the longest Vikram Seth (विक्रम सेठ pronounced /vɪkrəm seːʈʰ/ born June 20, 1952 is an Indian Poet, Novelist, travel The BFG (which stands for "Big Friendly Giant" is a children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, first published Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer Swallows and Amazons is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome and was published in 1930 Arthur Mitchell Ransome (born 18 January 1884 in Leeds - died 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist Black Beauty (in full Black Beauty The Autobiography of a Horse, first published November 24, 1877) is Anna Sewell 's only Anna Sewell ( March 30, 1820 &ndash April 25, 1878) was a British writer best known as the author of the classic novel Black Artemis Fowl is a Eoin Colfer (born 14 May 1965) is an Irish Author of children's books and a comedian Crime and Punishment (Преступление и наказание is a Novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, Dostoievsky, Malorie Blackman, OBE (born February 1962 is an award-winning British Author of Literature and Television drama for children Memoirs of a Geisha is a Novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. Arthur Golden (born in 1956 in Chattanooga Tennessee) is the writer of the bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha. A Tale of Two Cities (1859 is the second Historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling Novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author Colleen McCullough AO (born 1 June 1937 is an internationally acclaimed Australian author MoRT (an acronym for "Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories" Mort is also the French word for death) is an Avant-garde metal Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The Faraway Tree series is a series of popular novels for children by Enid Blyton. Enid Mary Blyton ( August 11 1897 &ndash November 28 1968) was a British children's writer. The Magus is the first novel by British author John Fowles, but actually the second to be published following the success of The Collector (1963 John Robert Fowles ( March 31, 1926 &ndash November 5, 2005) was an English Novelist and Essayist. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch (1990 is a Fantasy Novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989 Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Lord of the Flies is an allegorical Novel by Nobel Prize -winning author William Golding. Sir William Gerald Golding ( 19 September, 1911 – 19 June, 1993) was a British novelist poet and Nobel Prize for Literature Perfume The Story of a Murderer is a 1985 literary historical Cross-genre novel (originally published in German as Das Parfum Patrick Süskind (born March 26, 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a Novel by Robert Tressell ( 17 April 1870 &ndash 3 February Robert Tressell ( Pen name used by Robert Noonan; April 17, 1870 &mdash February 3, 1911) was an Irish - British Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Matilda is a Novel by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer Bridget Jones' Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. It chronicles the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single woman Helen Fielding (born 19 February 1958 in Morley West Yorkshire) is an English author, best known as the author of the novel The Secret History, the first novel by Mississippi-born writer Donna Tartt, was published by Alfred A Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels The Secret History The Woman in White is an Epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860 and first published in book William Wilkie Collins ( 8 January 1824 &ndash 23 September 1889) was an English Novelist, Playwright, and Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920 James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Bleak House is the ninth Novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 Double Act is a 1995 children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson, written in the style of a diary which follows the story of Identical twins Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial The Twits is a funny children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith 's first novel and was published in 1948 Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith ( May 3, 1896 - November 24, 1990) was an English Novelist and Playwright Holes is a Newbery Medal -winning Novel by Louis Sachar. It was later adapted into a screenplay for the 2003 film by Walt Louis Sachar (ˈsækɚ or "Sacker" (born March 20, 1954) is an American Author of children's books who is best known for The Gormenghast series is a series of books written by Mervyn Peake centered around Castle Gormenghast and the character Titus Groan. Biography Mervyn Peake was born of British parents in Kuling ( Lushan) in Jiangxi Province of central China in 1911 only three months before the revolution The God of Small Things (1997 is a semi-autobiographical politically charged novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born November 24, 1961) is an Indian Writer and Activist who won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel Vicky Angel is a children's book by Jacqueline Wilson, about a young girl's struggle with her Grief over losing her best friend Vicky Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial Brave New World is a 1932 Novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Cold Comfort Farm is a comic Novel by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932 Stella Dorothea Gibbons ( 5 January, 1902, London &mdash 19 December, 1989, London) was an English Novelist Magician (formerly published under the title Pug and Tomas) is a fantasy novel by Raymond E Raymond Elias Feist (born 1945 Los Angeles California) is an American Author who primarily writes fantasy fiction On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951 and published by Viking Press in 1957. Jack Kerouac ( March 12 1922 &ndash October 21 1969) was an American Novelist, Writer, Poet, and The Godfather is a Crime novel written by American Author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( October 15, 1920 &ndash July 2, 1999) was a two time Academy Award -winning Italian American The Clan of the Cave Bear is a Historical fiction Novel by Jean M Jean Marie Auel (dʒiːn mɘˈɹiː aʊl née Untinen (born February 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American and The Colour of Magic is a 1983 Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The Alchemist (O Alquimista is a Bestseller novel that is the most famous work of author Paulo Coelho. Paulo Coelho (ˈpau̯lu ˈko̯eʎu (born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian Lyricist and Novelist. Anya Seton 's Katherine is a Historical novel based largely on facts Anya Seton ( January 23, 1904 (although the year is often misstated to be 1906 or 1916 - November 8, 1990) was the pen name of the American Kane and Abel is a 1979 Novel by British author Jeffrey Archer. Jeffrey Howard Archer Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940 is an English Author and former Politician. Love in the Time of Cholera (El amor en los tiempos del cólera is a novel by Nobel Prize winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian Girls in Love is a drama series produced by Granada Television which aired on ITV. Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial The Princess Diaries is the most notable series of novels by Meg Cabot in the Chick-lit genre and the title of the first volume, published Meg Cabot (born Meggin Patricia Cabot on February 1, 1967 in Bloomington Indiana, United States) is a American chick-lit Midnight's Children is a 1981 Novel by Salman Rushdie. It centres on the author's native India and was acclaimed as a major milestone in Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt (born 19 June 1947 is an Indian - British novelist and essayist Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog, published in 1889 is a humorous account by Jerome K Jerome Klapka Jerome ( May 2, 1859 – June 14, 1927) was an English writer and Humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett 's popular Discworld Novels, published in 1992 Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The Beach (1996 is a Novel by Alex Garland about backpackers in Thailand. Alex Garland (born 1970 is a British Novelist and screenwriter Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912 was an Irish writer of novels and short stories who is best known today for his 1897 horror Point Blanc (North America Point Blank) follows on from Stormbreaker and is the second book in the ''Alex Rider'' series written by British Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956 is an English Author and Screenwriter. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Stormbreaker is the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series by British author Anthony Horowitz. Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956 is an English Author and Screenwriter. The Wasp Factory was the first Novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks. Iain Menzies Banks (born on 16 February 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife) is a Scottish Writer. The Day of the Jackal (1971 is a thriller Novel by Frederick Forsyth, about a professional Assassin who is contracted by the Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born August 25, 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator The Illustrated Mum is a children's novel by the renowned British author (and 2005-2007 Children's Laureate) Jacqueline Wilson, and illustrated by Nick Sharratt Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy 's Novels begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ is the first book in the Adrian Mole series of comedic fiction written by Sue Townsend. Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend (born 2 April 1946) is a British Novelist, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole The Cruel Sea ( 1951, ISBN 978-0141007328 is a novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat RNVR ( 22 March 1910 &ndash 8 August 1979) was a UK novelist Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886 is a tragic novel by English Author Thomas Hardy subtitled "The Life and Death of a Man of Character" Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw The Dare Game is a children's novel written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt, first published in 2000 Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial Bad Girls is a British children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson first published in 1996. Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published Novel written by Oscar Wilde, first appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Shōgun is a 1975 novel by James Clavell. It is the first Novel (chronologically speaking in the author's Asian Saga. James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell ( 10 October, 1924 – 7 September, 1994) was a British (later The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. John Wyndham was the main Pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British Science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris Lola Rose is a Children's novel by Jaqueline Wilson, which revolves around the life of a young girl called Jayni, who runs away to Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero is a Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847-48 that satirizes society in early William Makepeace Thackeray (ˈθækərɪ 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863 was an English Novelist of the 19th century The Forsyte Saga is a series of three Novels and two interludes by John Galsworthy. John Galsworthy OM (ˈgɔːlzwɝːðɪ ( 14 August, 1867 — 31 January, 1933) was an English Novelist and House of Leaves is the debut Novel by the American author Mark Z Mark Z Danielewski (born March 5 1966 is an American author He is the son of Polish Avant-garde film director Tad Danielewski and the brother The Poisonwood Bible ( 1998) by Barbara Kingsolver is a bestselling novel about a Missionary family the Prices who in 1959 move Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American Writer. Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1991 it is the 11th Discworld novel and the second to focus on Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Louise Rennison is an English Author and Comedian She is the author of the best-selling books Confessions of Georgia Nicolson The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the Dame Antonia Susan Duffy DBE (born Antonia Susan Drabble 24 August 1936 Sheffield, England) is a Postmodern Novelist The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven about the premise of a visit by the Devil to the Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, Kiev &ndash March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart in Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian Writer. Danny the Champion of the World is a 1975 Children's book by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer East of Eden is a Novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952 John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century George's Marvellous Medicine (or "Marvelous" in the US print-runs is a children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett 's sixth Discworld novel published in 1988 and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The Color Purple is an acclaimed 1982 Epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker. Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9 1944 is an American Author, self-declared Feminist and Womanist - the latter a term she herself Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. The Hogfather is also a character in the book representing something Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The Thirty-nine Steps is an adventure Novel by the Scottish author (and future Governor General of Canada John Buchan, first published John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC ( August 26, 1875 &ndash February 11, 1940 Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial A sleepover, also known as a pajama party or a slumber party (or rarely a snoozer) is a Party where a guest or guests are Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues is an Anti-war Novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark 22 June 1898 &ndash 25 September 1970) was a German author. Behind the Scenes at the Museum is the first novel of Kate Atkinson. Kate Atkinson (born 1951 is an English author Her life She was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of High Fidelity is a 1995 British Novel by Nick Hornby. It was adapted into a 2000 film directed by Stephen Frears Nick Hornby (born 17 April 1957 in Redhill Surrey, England is an English Novelist and Essayist. It is a Horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1986 Considered one of King's most visceral and graphic works and his masterpiece alongside Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, James and the Giant Peach is a children's book by Welsh author Roald Dahl, originally illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, first published in Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer The Green Mile (1996 is a serial novel by Stephen King, later republished with all six volumes in a Trade paperback. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Papillon is a Memoir by convicted felon Henri Charrière. It was first published in 1969 and became an instant bestseller at the time Henri Charrière ( November 16, 1906 - July 29, 1973) was a convicted felon chiefly known as the author of Papillon Men at Arms is the 15th Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett first published in 1993 Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Master and Commander is an historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian. Patrick O'Brian, CBE ( 12 December 1914 &ndash 2 January 2000; born as Richard Patrick Russ) was an English Skeleton Key is the third book in the ''Alex Rider'' series written by British author Anthony Horowitz. Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956 is an English Author and Screenwriter. Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld Novel written by Terry Pratchett. Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Atonement ( 2001) is a novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works and was shortlisted for the 2001 Ian McEwan, CBE, FRSA, FRSL, (born June 21, 1948) is a Booker Prize -winning English Novelist Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial The Silver Sword is a classic piece of children's literature written by Ian Serraillier, first published in the UK in 1956 by Jonathan Cape and then Ian Serraillier ( September 24, 1912 - November 28, 1994) was a British novelist and poet One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962 is a Novel written by Ken Kesey. Kenneth Elton Kesey ( September 17, 1935 &ndash November 10, 2001) was an American Author, best known for his major novels Heart of Darkness is a Novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924 was a Polish-born English novelist Kim is a novel by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in ''McClure's Magazine'' from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet Outlander (published in the UK as Cross Stitch) is the first in a series of novels (currently six by Diana Gabaldon. Diana Jean Gabaldon Watkins (b January 11, 1952 in Arizona) is an American Author of Mexican-American and English Moby-Dick is an 1851 Novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Herman Melville (August 1 1819 &ndash September 28 1891 was an American novelist Short story writer Essayist and poet Wilbur Addison Smith (born January 9 1933 in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) is a best-selling Novelist. Wilbur Addison Smith (born January 9 1933 in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) is a best-selling Novelist. Sunset Song is a 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the Pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell ( 13 February 1901 &ndash 7 February 1935) a The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize -winning novel by E Annie Proulx which was published in 1993. For the film see The World According to Garp (film. For other uses of 'GARP' see GARP. John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942 as John Wallace Blunt Jr Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor is a Novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Richard Doddridge Blackmore ( June 7, 1825 &ndash January 20, 1900) referred to most commonly as R Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, (born 17 December 1945) is an English Author of over 90 children's books and professorial The Far Pavilions is an epic Novel of British- Indian history by M Mary Margaret ('Mollie' Kaye ( August 21, 1908 - January 29, 2004) was a British writer The Witches is a book for children by Roald Dahl, first published in London in 1983 by Jonathan Cape. 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  1. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
  2. Bible
  3. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  4. Perfume by Patrick Süskind
  5. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  6. Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
  7. The Physician by Noah Gordon
  8. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
  10. Pope Joan by Donna Cross
  11. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
  12. Outlander a. The Lord of the Rings is an epic Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The Pillars of the Earth is a Historical novel by Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a Cathedral in Kingsbridge Ken Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British Author of thrillers and historical novels Perfume The Story of a Murderer is a 1985 literary historical Cross-genre novel (originally published in German as Das Parfum Patrick Süskind (born March 26, 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter The Little Prince ( Le Petit Prince) published in 1943 is French Aviator Antoine de Saint Exupéry 's most famous Novella Antoine de Saint Exupéry (ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃tɛgzypeˈʀi ( June 29, 1900 — July 31, 1944) was a French Writer and Buddenbrooks was Thomas Mann 's first Novel, published in 1901 when he was twenty-six years old Paul Thomas Mann ( June The Physician is a novel by Noah Gordon, 1986. It is about the life of an English boy of the 11th century, named Robert Jeremy Cole Noah Gordon (born November 11, 1926) is an American Novelist He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Alchemist (O Alquimista is a Bestseller novel that is the most famous work of author Paulo Coelho. Paulo Coelho (ˈpau̯lu ˈko̯eʎu (born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian Lyricist and Novelist. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is the first novel in Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Pope Joan is the name of a Female Pope (also La Papessa) who supposedly reigned for less than three years in the 850s between the papacies of Donna Woolfolk Cross (1947 -) is an American Writer and the author of the novel Pope Joan, about a supposed female Catholic Pope Inkheart (original title Tintenherz) is a young adult-child Fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Cornelia Caroline Funke (FOON-ka (kuh means "spark'" in German) was born December 10, 1958, in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia Outlander (published in the UK as Cross Stitch) is the first in a series of novels (currently six by Diana Gabaldon. k. a. Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon
  13. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
  14. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
  15. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  16. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
  17. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  18. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  19. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
  20. Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
  21. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
  22. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
  23. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  24. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
  25. The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
  26. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
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The Big Read was imported into Hungary under the name A Nagy Könyv (lit. Diana Jean Gabaldon Watkins (b January 11, 1952 in Arizona) is an American Author of Mexican-American and English The House of the Spirits ( La casa de los espíritus, 1982 is a debut novel by Isabel Allende. Isabel Allende Llona, (born in Lima, Peru; 2 August 1942 is a Chilean American Novelist. The Reader ( Der Vorleser) is an award-winning Novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink. Bernhard Schlink (born 6 July 1944 in Bielefeld) is a German writer with a legal background Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's Faust is a tragic play. It was published in two parts de Faust der Tragödie erster Teil (translated ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer The Shadow of the Wind ( La sombra del viento) is a 2001 Novel by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and a worldwide bestseller Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish novelist Born in Barcelona in 1964 he has lived in Los Angeles, United States, since 1993 and works as Pride and Prejudice, first published on 28 January 1813, is the most famous of Jane Austen 's novels and one of the first " romantic Jane Austen (16 The Name of the Rose, a novel by Umberto Eco, is a Historical whodunnit — a Murder mystery set in an Italian Monastery Umberto Eco (born 5 January 1932 is an Italian Medievalist, semiotician, Philosopher, literary critic and Novelist, best Angels & Demons is a Bestselling mystery Novel by Dan Brown. Published in 2000 it introduces the character Robert Langdon Dan Brown (born June 22 1964 is an American Author of Thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code Effi Briest ( 1894) is realist Theodor Fontane 's masterpiece and one of the most famous German Novels of all time Theodor Fontane (ˈtʰeodoɐ̯ fɔnˈtaːnə December 30, 1819 – September 20, 1898) was a German Novelist and Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Paul Thomas Mann ( June This is about the 1936 American Novel. For the film see Gone with the Wind (film Gone with the Wind is a 1936 American Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh ( November 8 1900 – August 16 1949) popularly known as Margaret Mitchell was an American Siddhartha is an allegorical Novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with Hermann Hesse (ˈhɛʀman ˈhɛsə ( 2 July, 1877 — 9 August, 1962) was a German - Swiss poet novelist and painter The Discovery of Heaven is a 1992 Novel by the famous Dutch author Harry Mulisch. Harry Mulisch (born July 29, 1927) is a Dutch author Along with W The Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte is a German fantasy novel by Michael Ende, first published in 1979. Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende ( November 12, 1929 - August 28, 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and Children's Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic "The Big Book", [3]) and took place in 2005.

Voting for the Top 100 began in late February: one was allowed to vote for any novel published in Hungarian. It ended on April 23, when the 50 "foreign" and 50 Hungarian most popular novels were selected. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at 1400 libraries, 500 book shops and 1300 schools participated in the competition with various programmes. This round proved to be far more popular in Hungary (with a population of 10 million) than in the UK (with a population of 60 million), with 400,000 votes arriving (as opposed to 140,000 votes in the UK competition in the corresponding period).

On June 11, the Top 12 novels were chosen in the framework of a television show presented by cultural celebrities. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. In the next months, 12 short films were made from these novels and screened in television, which competed with each other in pairs. On December 15, 2005, the population selected their ultimate favourite by SMS and phone in a similar show. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Short Message Service ( SMS) is a Communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices. The winning novel, which received the title "the most liked novel of Hungary 2005", was the same book as the result of the previous round, "Eclipse of the Crescent Moon". The other two books that participated in the final were The Paul Street Boys (2nd) and "Abigail" (3rd; see their details below). The programme A Nagy Könyv is intended to be continued.

Note: When English translations are available for Hungarian novels, usually the title of their most recent English translation is given. Literal translations, where no English translation is available, are marked with quotation marks.

The top 12 before screening the films (June 11, 2005)

  1. Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Géza Gárdonyi (literal translation: "Stars of Eger")
  2. The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár
  3. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
  4. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
  5. The Little Prince by A. de Saint-Exupéry
  6. Abigail by Magda Szabó plot summary
  7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
  8. "Thorn Castle" (Tüskevár) by István Fekete
  9. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  10. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
  11. The Man with the Golden Touch (Az arany ember) by Mór Jókai (other translations: Timar's Two Worlds; Modern Midas; literal title: "The Golden Man")
  12. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

The final list after screening the films (December 15, 2005)

  1. Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Géza Gárdonyi (literal translation: "Stars of Eger")
  2. The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár
  3. Abigail by Magda Szabó plot summary
  4. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  5. The Man with the Golden Touch (Az arany ember) by Mór Jókai (other translations: Timar's Two Worlds; Modern Midas; literal title: "The Golden Man")
  6. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
  7. The Little Prince by A. de Saint-Exupéry
  8. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
  9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
  10. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
  11. "Thorn Castle" (Tüskevár) by István Fekete
  12. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
  13. Abel Alone by Áron Tamási
  14. The Baron's sons by Mór Jókai
  15. "The Railroad House about to Start" by Sándor Rideg
  16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
  17. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
  18. Be Faithful Unto Death by Zsigmond Móricz
  19. Vuk: The Little Fox by István Fekete
  20. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  21. Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner
  22. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  23. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  24. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  25. "The Funtinel Witch" by Albert Wass
  26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
  27. Fateless by Imre Kertész
  28. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
  29. The Treasure-Hunting Smock by Ferenc Móra
  30. Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  31. "Give me back my mountains" by Albert Wass
  32. Embers by Sándor Márai
  33. "Pansy Violet" by Zsigmond Móricz
  34. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  35. 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September 20, 1897 – May 26, 1966) was an Austro-Hungarian -born Hungarian Mór Jókai, born Móric Jókay de Ásva ( 19 February 1825 &ndash 5 May 1904) outside Hungary also known as Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Zsigmond Móricz ( June 29, 1879 &mdash September 4, 1942) was a Hungarian novelist and Social Realist István Fekete ( January 25, 1900 – June 23, 1970) was a Hungarian writer author of several youth novels and animal stories The Old Man and the Sea is a Novella (just over 100 pages in length by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. Lottie and Lisa (original German title Das doppelte Lottchen "The double Lottie" is a 1949 novel by Erich Kästner, which Erich Kästner (ˈʔeːʁɪç ˈkʰɛstnɐ ( February 23, 1899 &ndash July 29, 1974) was one of the most famous German authors, This is about the 1936 American Novel. For the film see Gone with the Wind (film Gone with the Wind is a 1936 American Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh ( November 8 1900 – August 16 1949) popularly known as Margaret Mitchell was an American Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist The Count of Monte Cristo ( Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas père. Albert Wass de Szentegyed et Czege (Hungarian gróf szentegyedi és czegei Wass Albert; Válaszút, Kingdom of Hungary (now Răscruci, Cluj Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Fateless or Fatelessness ( Hungarian: Sorstalanság, lit "Fatelessness" is a novel by Imre Kertész, winner Imre Kertész (imrɛ ˈkɛrteːs (born November 9, 1929, Budapest) is a Hungarian Jewish author Holocaust The Three Musketeers ( Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a Novel by Alexandre Dumas père. Ferenc Móra ( Kiskunfélegyháza, 19 July 1879 &ndash Szeged, 8 February 1934) was a Hungarian novelist journalist Quo Vadis A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a Historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Albert Wass de Szentegyed et Czege (Hungarian gróf szentegyedi és czegei Wass Albert; Válaszút, Kingdom of Hungary (now Răscruci, Cluj Embers is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957 and first broadcast on BBC Radio Sándor Márai (originally Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára ( April 11, 1900 – February 22, 1989) was a Hungarian Zsigmond Móricz ( June 29, 1879 &mdash September 4, 1942) was a Hungarian novelist and Social Realist Crime and Punishment (Преступление и наказание is a Novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, Dostoievsky, Peter's Umbrella by Kálmán Mikszáth
  36. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  37. "Dirty Fred the Captain" by Jenő Rejtő
  38. Slave of the Huns by Géza Gárdonyi
  39. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
  40. "The Lover of the Sun" by Sándor Dallos
  41. The Red and the Black by Stendhal
  42. The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger
  43. Anna Édes by Dezső Kosztolányi
  44. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  45. Thistle by István Fekete
  46. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  47. The 14-carat Roadster by Jenő Rejtő
  48. "The Golden Brush" by Sándor Dallos
  49. Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
  50. Winnetou by Karl May
  51. "Winter Grove" by István Fekete
  52. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  53. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
  54. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  55. The Gold Coffin by Ferenc Móra
  56. "The Black Town" by Kálmán Mikszáth
  57. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
  58. The Toth Family by István Örkény
  59. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  60. "Stop Mommy Teresa!" by Zsuzsa Rácz
  61. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  62. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  63. Death is my trade by Robert Merle
  64. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  65. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
  66. The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek
  67. The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
  68. "The Sword and the Scythe" by Albert Wass
  69. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  70. Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
  71. School at the Frontier by Géza Ottlik
  72. A Hungarian Nabob by Mór Jókai
  73. This above all by Eric Knight
  74. Revulsion by László Németh
  75. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
  76. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  77. A Journey round my Skull by Frigyes Karinthy
  78. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  79. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
  80. The Book of Fathers by Miklós Vámos
  81. The Pendragon Legend by Antal Szerb
  82. "Just look at my time" by Klára Fehér
  83. "Greg and the Dream-catchers" by Gyula Böszörményi
  84. Malevil by Robert Merle
  85. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  86. "Für Elise" by Magda Szabó
  87. Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
  88. Jadviga's Pillow by Pál Závada
  89. "Ida's Novel" by Géza Gárdonyi
  90. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
  91. An Old-fashioned Story by Magda Szabó
  92. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
  93. The Door by Magda Szabó
  94. "The Confessions of a Haut-Bourgeois" by Sándor Márai
  95. The Red Lion by Mária Szepes
  96. Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann
  97. "Do not be afraid" by Anna Jókai
  98. My Happy Days in Hell by György Faludy
  99. "PetePite" by Gábor Nógrádi
  100. Celestial Harmonies by Péter Esterházy

Authors by number of novels in the top 100

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István Fekete ( January 25, 1900 – June 23, 1970) was a Hungarian writer author of several youth novels and animal stories Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Magda Szabó ( October 5 1917 &ndash November 19 2007) was a Hungarian writer arguably Hungary 's foremost woman novelist Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler (Agárdpuszta Austria-Hungary, August 3 1863 &ndash Eger, Hungary, October Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. Mór Jókai, born Móric Jókay de Ásva ( 19 February 1825 &ndash 5 May 1904) outside Hungary also known as Albert Wass de Szentegyed et Czege (Hungarian gróf szentegyedi és czegei Wass Albert; Válaszút, Kingdom of Hungary (now Răscruci, Cluj Eric Knight ( April 10, 1897 - January 15, 1943) was an author who is mainly notable Paul Thomas Mann ( June Sándor Márai (originally Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára ( April 11, 1900 – February 22, 1989) was a Hungarian Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian Robert Merle ( 28 August 1908 - 28 March 2004 was a French Novelist. Kálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó ( January 16, 1847 &mdash May 28, 1910) was a major Hungarian novelist journalist and politician Ferenc Móra ( Kiskunfélegyháza, 19 July 1879 &ndash Szeged, 8 February 1934) was a Hungarian novelist journalist Zsigmond Móricz ( June 29, 1879 &mdash September 4, 1942) was a Hungarian novelist and Social Realist Jenő Rejtő (born Jenő Reich, pseudonyms P Howard Gibson Lavery was a Hungarian author science fiction writer playwright and journalist who died as a forced Antal Szerb ( May 1, 1901, Budapest - January 27, 1945, Balf) was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded My Favourite Book was a 2004 survey carried out by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation toidentify the nation's favourite books
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