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A Really Good Read

After the last booklist I completed on Facebook a friend commented it was full of books she wouldn't want to read. So I asked my Facebook friends for the works they reread with the greatest pleasure - not when they were trying to impress others, but the ones they went back to when tired, ill or feeling low. Poetry and plays were eligible as well as novels. As you can imagine there was a very wide range of nominations; what follows are the books and authors that received more than one vote. Pride and Prejudice was a clear winner, with Jane Eyre and To Kill a Mockingbird also ahead of the field; Shakespeare was easily the most popular author. I haven't read all of these myself, but I have some good ideas for where to go when I next need a literary pick-me-up.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
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King Lear
King Lear
6
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
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Discworld Series
Discworld Series
8
War and Peace
War and Peace
9
Hamlet
Hamlet
10
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
13
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers
14
Tess of the Durbervilles
Tess of the Durbervilles
15
Dracula
Dracula
16
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
18
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
19
The Box of Delights (John Masefield)
The Box of Delights
John Masefield
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The Jeeves Stories (PG Wodehouse)
The Jeeves Stories
PG Wodehouse
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
23
Brat Farrar (Josephine Tey)
Brat Farrar
Josephine Tey
24
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
25
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
26
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia
27
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
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The Great Shark Hunt
The Great Shark Hunt
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The BFG
The BFG
31
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
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The Silver Pigs
The Silver Pigs
33
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
34
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
35
Richard III
Richard III
36
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus
37
Henry V
Henry V
38
Othello (Shakespeare)
Othello
Shakespeare
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The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
Shakespeare
40
Bleak House
Bleak House
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