World Book Night 2011 (UK) (25 books)

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On Saturday 5th March 2011, 20,000 people gave away a million books across Britain and Ireland. That's 40,000 copies of each of the 25 books in the list below. But which are our favourites? There's only one way to find out...

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1	Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman 4.03 avg rating — 1,625,179 ratings score: 1,270, and 13 people voted	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	A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 4.38 avg rating — 161,041 ratings score: 1,167, and 12 people voted	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	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,606,701 ratings score: 1,164, and 12 people voted	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	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.94 avg rating — 1,762,110 ratings score: 980, and 10 people voted	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	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.94 avg rating — 550,637 ratings score: 874, and 9 people voted	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	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.11 avg rating — 524,710 ratings score: 871, and 9 people voted	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 Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 164,289 ratings score: 779, and 8 people voted	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	Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.34 avg rating — 185,744 ratings score: 660, and 7 people voted	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	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 269,953 ratings score: 583, and 6 people voted	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 Spy Who Came in from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) by John le Carré 4.09 avg rating — 128,965 ratings score: 568, and 6 people voted	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	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.98 avg rating — 496,276 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	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	Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1) by Kate Atkinson 3.79 avg rating — 123,962 ratings score: 467, and 5 people voted	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	Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) by C.J. Sansom 4.06 avg rating — 62,175 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	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 Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 3.69 avg rating — 61,718 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	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	The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 3.73 avg rating — 84,845 ratings score: 371, and 4 people voted	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	Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 4.02 avg rating — 119,843 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	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	One Day by David Nicholls 3.88 avg rating — 412,890 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	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	The World's Wife: Poems by Carol Ann Duffy 4.11 avg rating — 11,075 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	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	Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1) by Lee Child (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 353,788 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	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	Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater 3.79 avg rating — 8,175 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	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	Rachel's Holiday (Walsh Family #2) by Marian Keyes 4.01 avg rating — 89,835 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	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	Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,150 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	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	Agent Zigzag: Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II by Ben Macintyre 4.15 avg rating — 20,648 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	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	A Life Like Other People's by Alan Bennett 3.92 avg rating — 1,527 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	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	New and Selected Poems; 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney 4.18 avg rating — 3,073 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	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 books · 34 voters · list created March 4th, 2011 by Phillip Edwards (votes) .

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People Who Voted On This List (34)

Phillip 5230 books
138 friends

Karen 4487 books
37 friends

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3388 books
851 friends

Bettie 15681 books
19 friends

Gemma 6683 books
64 friends

Leah 527 books
27 friends

Ben 1082 books
70 friends

Trevor 542 books
0 friends

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message 1: by Bettie (new)

Mar 05, 2011 09:13AM

And I'm getting one *does the happy dance with a kermit head bang*

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Mar 05, 2011 09:39AM

Which one are you getting?

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message 3: by Bettie (new)

Mar 05, 2011 10:07AM

Flister Overbylass is sending me A Fine Balance

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message 4: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Mar 05, 2011 11:46AM

Cool.

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message 5: by Bettie (new)

Mar 05, 2011 12:18PM

I'll send it on to you when I am done - spreading book love can only be good.

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message 6: by Ben (last edited May 14, 2011 04:03PM) (new)

Apr 09, 2011 05:50PM

This list seems somewhat random, so I wonder how they came up with it... of course it has my two favorite books (Life of Pi, Blind Assassin), so I'm not complaining!

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message 7: by Sian (new)

Jun 15, 2011 04:58AM

I won all of these books in a competition at my local book store! I can't wait to get started!

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message 8: by Kimberley (new)

Aug 22, 2011 08:04AM

I was one of the givers for this, I gave Northern Lights out on the train on my daily commute, was a great event and a few of those I gave books too are now a part of my local book group, supprisingly more is their age, they are all mid to late teens. I joined this event as I believe in promoting literacy and in this day and age it is something that is rapidly in decline, you only have to look at how many libraries and bookshops are closing. I would love to hear from other people that were either involved in giving or were lucky enough to receive a book from the event, I'm even putting my name down to do it again next year too.

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message 9: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 22, 2011 11:00AM

I believe it's coming to the U.S.

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message 10: by Kimberley (new)

Aug 23, 2011 02:52AM

I hope it goes international, it was a fantastic event here.

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message 11: by Phillip (new)

Aug 24, 2011 05:55AM

The organisers are asking everyone to nominate their favourite books for World Book Night 2012:

http://www.worldbooknight.org/your-bo...

(Not sure if this is UK only.)

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