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BBC's The Big Read - Best Loved Novels of All Time

The Big Read was a survey on books carried out by the BBC in the UK in 2003, where over three quarters of a million votes were received from the British public to find the nation's best-loved novel of all time.
The BBC Book List Challenge, an internet meme created years later, was loosely based on this list. Here's a link to one version of that list: BBC Believes You Only Read 6 of These Books...
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The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
1
J.R.R. Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
3
Philip Pullman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
4
Douglas Adams
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5
J.K. Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
6
Harper Lee
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
7
A. A. Milne
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
8
George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
9
C.S. Lewis
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Brontë
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
11
Joseph Heller
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
12
Emily Brontë
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
13
Sebastian Faulks
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
14
Daphne Du Maurier
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
15
J.D. Salinger
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
16
Kenneth Grahame
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
17
Charles Dickens
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
18
Louisa May Alcott
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
19
Louis De Bernieres
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
20
Leo Tolstoy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
21
Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
22
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
23
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
24
J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
25
J.R.R. Tolkien
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
26
Thomas Hardy
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
27
George Eliot
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
28
John Irving
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
29
John Steinbeck
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
30
Lewis Carroll
The Story of Tracy Beaker (Jacqueline Wilson)
The Story of Tracy Beaker
31
Jacqueline Wilson
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
32
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
33
Ken Follett
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
34
Charles Dickens
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
35
Roald Dahl
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
36
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
37
Nevil Shute
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
38
Jane Austen
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
39
Frank Herbert
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
40
Jane Austen
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