THE BBC "BIG READ" TOP 21

(In alphabetical order)

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  1. 1984, George Orwell
  2. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
  3. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
  4. Catch 22, Joseph Heller
  5. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
  6. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
  7. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
  8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
  9. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
  10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
  11. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
  12. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
  13. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
  14. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
  15. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
  16. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
  17. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
  18. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
  19. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
  20. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
  21. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë