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Originally Posted by HarryT
This being "World Book Day", the BBC commissioned a survey of the UK's favourite books. The "top 10" were:
1. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen.
2. "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien.
3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.
4. Harry Potter books, by J.K. Rowling.
5. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
6. The Bible.
7. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte.
8. "Nineteen Eighty Four" by George Orwell.
9. "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman.
10. "Great Expectation" by Charles Dickens.
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I am missing seven, eight and nine... okay, I also lost interest in Rowling after the second book. I did try to read Orwell, but could not get through it, though I may have been too young at the time.
Also, have to toss in my agreement with Wood on "To Kill a Mockingbird." One of my all-time books, though perhaps it is
because I am American.
Also have to agree that they are not really the 'read again and again' types for me, except Tolkien. Although, from the 2003 list, I would add Milne and and Adams! The first few Hitchhiker's books were just beyond the imagination, and yet logical in a rather silly way.
Jack