The "BBC" Book List Challenge (100 books)

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This is a list of 100 books which has been widely circulated on the Internet with the tagline "The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books on this list. How many have you read?"

However, this list was *not* created or endorsed by the BBC. A history of this internet meme is here: http://www.purplecar.net/2009/03/how-...

The list bears some similarities to the BBC Big Read list from 2003 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top... and available on Listopia here https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...) which was based upon a UK public vote. This fake list contains a number of titles which were not on the original list - eg the Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare (the BBC Big Read was a search for the UK's most popular novels and did not include plays), the Da Vinci Code, The Five People You a Meet in Heaven etc.

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List Challenge
The average Goodreads member has read 24 out of 100 books on this list — how many have you read?

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1	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling 4.47 avg rating — 11,587,682 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,552,546 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,989,253 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.02 avg rating — 4,664,082 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.33 avg rating — 2,533,682 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,596,833 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.54 avg rating — 739,478 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 894,595 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 2,218,823 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 3,650,705 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,529,701 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,249,010 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.22 avg rating — 2,042,498 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.33 avg rating — 1,047,519 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,022,290 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.94 avg rating — 1,768,374 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.30 avg rating — 4,897,709 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,364,113 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,946,103 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott 4.17 avg rating — 2,497,793 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.25 avg rating — 740,167 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 615,951 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,263,512 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 4.21 avg rating — 2,072,950 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.17 avg rating — 1,314,903 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl 4.17 avg rating — 940,543 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,505,886 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 570,116 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 6,015,506 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,124,458 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 4.28 avg rating — 715,060 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.16 avg rating — 2,125,457 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.09 avg rating — 1,314,014 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,543,793 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 950,883 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.94 avg rating — 553,315 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.90 avg rating — 2,885,242 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 4.10 avg rating — 350,176 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Holy Bible: The New King James Version by Anonymous 4.42 avg rating — 8,220 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,867,970 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) by Helen Fielding (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 1,029,202 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.03 avg rating — 1,008,089 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 883,563 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 566,097 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.98 avg rating — 2,110,877 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie 3.97 avg rating — 134,550 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.11 avg rating — 947,439 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 3.81 avg rating — 133,905 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 792,070 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.86 avg rating — 2,474,369 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.31 avg rating — 734,337 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.29 avg rating — 1,114,244 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 780,693 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) by Philip Pullman 4.29 avg rating — 169,311 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) by A.A. Milne 4.37 avg rating — 355,884 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.33 avg rating — 1,132,319 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 960,973 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 817,216 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 340,325 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 453,523 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.57 avg rating — 624,180 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 761,907 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 1,001,134 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,613,155 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Complete Works by William Shakespeare 4.48 avg rating — 57,823 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,484,760 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 852,238 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute 4.16 avg rating — 62,641 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.84 avg rating — 305,498 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 432,381 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 4.38 avg rating — 161,863 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Middlemarch by George Eliot 4.04 avg rating — 182,349 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 4.05 avg rating — 262,440 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Bleak House by Charles Dickens 4.02 avg rating — 115,469 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 128,491 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.17 avg rating — 371,193 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.04 avg rating — 1,262,017 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.90 avg rating — 85,283 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 4.02 avg rating — 244,050 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.30 avg rating — 329,934 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 370,951 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.71 avg rating — 381,395 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 4.02 avg rating — 168,355 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 3.97 avg rating — 168,319 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 3.88 avg rating — 55,716 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 271,394 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Faraway Tree Collection: Three Exciting Stories in One by Enid Blyton 4.30 avg rating — 16,291 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 4.11 avg rating — 84,680 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières 4.04 avg rating — 93,401 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Dune by Frank Herbert 4.29 avg rating — 1,662,448 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.09 avg rating — 509,722 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) by Vikram Seth 4.11 avg rating — 50,381 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Secret History by Donna Tartt 4.15 avg rating — 1,070,218 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 3.84 avg rating — 76,735 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson 3.92 avg rating — 120,772 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 139,641 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1) by Arthur Ransome 4.02 avg rating — 32,956 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Germinal by Émile Zola 4.21 avg rating — 43,911 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.76 avg rating — 112,601 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 3.89 avg rating — 302,485 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Ben (new)

Apr 29, 2011 01:20PM

It looks like Pride and Prejudice is listed twice.... which means there is one book missing.....

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message 2: by LVR (new)

Apr 29, 2011 02:47PM

It was Emma! Fixed.

Ben wrote: "It looks like Pride and Prejudice is listed twice.... which means there is one book missing....."

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message 3: by Dave (new)

Dec 02, 2011 09:08PM

This must be a dynamic list. I printed it several years ago and started reading them and checking them off. Comparing it with this list there are numerous differences. I'm enjoying the reads anyway, up to 75. this difference will just give me that many more to read

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message 4: by Megan (new)

Jan 12, 2012 02:23PM

I'm at 33. And a whole bunch more are already on my to-read list!

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message 5: by Amy the book-bat (last edited Apr 03, 2018 06:04PM) (new)

May 09, 2012 09:51AM

currently at 24, and when I finish the one I am currently reading will be at 25... trying to cross several off the list this year... and I agree with Dave, the list has changed from the one I previously printed off

update 10/29/17: up to 45 from this list

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message 6: by Penelope (new)

May 29, 2012 01:26PM

This isn't working. Every time I try to add To Kill A Mockingbird it gives me Da Vinci Code. Anyway, I have read 51 of these books!

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message 7: by Louise (new)

Jul 31, 2012 04:51AM

I have seen several versions of this list with each one having slightly different books. In one version I had read 15/100 whereas in this version I have only read 9.

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message 8: by Sherrie (new)

Sep 03, 2012 07:25AM

Starting my 31st book according to this list...

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message 9: by Antonomasia (new)

Nov 08, 2012 01:00PM

Ooh, this is annoying. It messes up the shelves by having to mark as read things I've already got shelved as part of collected editions.

Also: history of a meme:
http://www.purplecar.net/2009/03/how-...

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message 10: by Lizzy (new)

Nov 08, 2012 01:50PM

18/100? That is, yet again, a shockingly low score for me.

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message 11: by Lisa (new)

Nov 08, 2012 07:27PM

What a strange list. Does any one know the rationale behind this particular grouping of novels and why the BBC compiled it?

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message 12: by Antonomasia (new)

Nov 08, 2012 08:20PM

Have a look at the link I posted above. It explains that this is an internet meme containing some books from an old BBC Big Read list, and some others.

It's been doing the rounds on Facebook, in the UK at least, for several years; this is the third or fourth time I've responded to it in some form.

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message 13: by Lisa (new)

Nov 08, 2012 08:36PM

Antonomasia wrote: "Have a look at the link I posted above. It explains that this is an internet meme containing some books from an old BBC Big Read list, and some others.

It's been doing the rounds on Facebook, in ..."

Thanks Antonomasia! I hadn't seen this on FB, but found the link interesting.

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message 14: by Dave (new)

Nov 08, 2012 09:19PM

Very interesting reading about the meme. I had never heard of that, helps me understand why I found a different list everytime I searched for it.

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message 15: by Bryn (last edited Nov 08, 2012 11:53PM) (new)

Nov 08, 2012 11:49PM

Unfortunately they won't always be on people's shelves. I've read 61 but have 10 shelved. That's bad for the stats.

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message 16: by Ebonny (last edited Nov 09, 2012 03:59AM) (new)

Nov 09, 2012 03:59AM

Between my husband and I we have read probably 7 of the books. Pretty dismal but I am of the impression that you read what you want to, not what someone thinks you should be reading. :)

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message 17: by 小さな N (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)⊃ [_|_] ♡ (new)

Nov 10, 2012 01:04AM

ah, well... 6/100. and three out of those I only read because I had to in english class. I liked them, though.

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message 18: by Suzanne (new)

Nov 10, 2012 04:39AM

Read 17 but not able to get the results without messing up my shelves.... (not all I have read are on there as they were read a long time ago)

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message 19: by Fatin (new)

Nov 11, 2012 06:55AM

I've read 25, and I have about 20 more at home, and I'm slowly getting around to reading them. And some of them I've just never been interested in.

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message 20: by Sharnie (new)

Nov 11, 2012 05:08PM

Only ten, I shall have to remedy that.

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message 21: by Marysue (new)

Nov 12, 2012 06:31PM

I have read 14, but none were on my shelves. I didn't add any books to my shelf that I read before I joined goodreads. It's funny how long ago I read some of them, dating all the way back to high school, more than twenty years ago.

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message 22: by M.C. (new)

Nov 27, 2012 03:45AM

Any list that has both To Kill a Mockingbird and The Da Vinci Code is... bizarre. Sorry, Dan, but it's true.

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message 23: by Samhy (new)

Nov 29, 2012 12:18PM

That's very interesting. I think I'll try to give a shot at half of that list, if I can. Some of them are in my room, waiting to be picked.

Even though my read shelf doesn't reflect it, so far I've read 13.5 of those books (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is done, but Through the Looking Glass has yet to be read).

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message 24: by Stephen (new)

Dec 22, 2012 10:55AM

Yeah! I've read 29 of the top 100! Though I feel like I should get some partial credit for a few others for which I've "only seen the movie" (sometimes multiple VERSIONS of the movie), a few that I've re-read a number of times, and a few that I've only partly read (How many people have read many or most of the Shakespeare plays but not the full canon, the same goes for the Bible)

BTW why is Frank Herbert's first volume of the Dune chronicles on the list rather than the full series?
(Philip Pullman got HIS full series on the list)

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message 25: by Belldandy (new)

Jan 03, 2013 10:42AM

38 so far!

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message 26: by Jessica (new)

Jan 09, 2013 07:22PM

I've read 39 so far. I guess I have a long way to go, but I'm only 24, so I think I have time. : )

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message 27: by Eszter (new)

Feb 15, 2013 12:56PM

Ha! I have read 25 books, but this will soon improve, as many of the books are on my TBR pile already!

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message 28: by dyanne (new)

Mar 07, 2013 04:01PM

28/100...i think...something like that...now I need to read the other 72 books that I haven't read that are on this list!

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message 29: by Jackie (new)

May 09, 2013 09:09AM

14/100. Will add a few to my 'to be read' list.

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message 30: by Mel (new)

Jun 11, 2013 01:53PM

20 read! not bad

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message 31: by Jai (new)

Jun 27, 2013 12:09PM

54 and the rest are on my to-read list.

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message 32: by Dave (new)

Jul 10, 2013 06:04PM

I must have way too much free time, I just finished the last one. All 100 plus since some are a series, total of about 132. Quite an adventure.

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message 33: by Donna (new)

Jul 19, 2013 12:43PM

I've read only 31 of these. I have to wonder why *these* particular books and not others. There are many wonderful, quality books that are not on this list.

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message 34: by Lolita (new)

Aug 25, 2013 12:58AM

I've read 57 :).

I want to read the other (original?) list.

I've read so many bc it was actually my goal to read all 100

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message 35: by Lori (new)

Sep 07, 2013 01:50PM

I have read 20 of these. Some I have and not read yet.

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message 36: by Ashley (new)

Sep 07, 2013 04:11PM

I've read 2 that's sad.

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message 37: by Marcus (new)

Sep 27, 2013 05:39AM

13. But I was positively surprised, considering I've only just started to take an interest in literature other than biographies, history, fantasy, or comic books.

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message 38: by Lilac (new)

Nov 06, 2013 01:58PM

28, which I think is okay. I'll be reading more in the future. :)
My problem with this list is that it's got the bible on it and that's not really fiction, like everything else on the list. I doubt I'll ever read the bible which means I'll never be able to read everything off the list.

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message 39: by Monnom (new)

Dec 16, 2013 04:58AM

11 = -_-
need to read more
I saw another list from BBC before too.
*reads more*

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message 40: by Amy the book-bat (new)

Dec 16, 2013 10:26PM

Antonomasia wrote: "Have a look at the link I posted above. It explains that this is an internet meme containing some books from an old BBC Big Read list, and some others.

It's been doing the rounds on Facebook, in ..."

First version of the list I saw was on Facebook about 3 years ago

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message 41: by Ebirdy (new)

Dec 29, 2013 12:41PM

Yay, I've read 47!

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message 42: by Tria (last edited Jan 04, 2014 08:53PM) (new)

Jan 04, 2014 08:51PM

I've read 35 of these in full, a few more in part. I really should go through and rate the ones here that I read before I joined GR, sometime. Not that I particularly fancy rating the King James Bible, since I'd only get dogpiled if I decided to rate it for quality of writing & storytelling (and I am not a Christian, and it's a tertiary source at best!).

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message 43: by Amanda (new)

Jan 04, 2014 09:27PM