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20 Books Most People Lie About Reading

A study of the reading habits of 2,000 Britons commissioned by the BBC Store found that one in four bluffed about reading a classic when a TV adaptation of it was shown, with the most popular reasons being not wanting to miss out on the conversation and wanting to appear more intelligent.
There is a clear reason why one in three admitted they would not correct someone if they wrongly assumed they were better read than in reality – 60 percent of those surveyed said being well-read made a person appear more attractive.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1
Lewis Carroll
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
3
J.R.R.Tolkien
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
4
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
5
Leo Tolstoy
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
6
Arthur Conan Doyle
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
7
Harper Lee
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
8
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
10
Jane Austen
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
11
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Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
12
J.K. Rowling
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
13
Charles Dickens
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
14
Anne Frank
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
15
Charles Dickens
Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy (EL James)
Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy
16
EL James
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
17
Agatha Christie
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
19
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
20
J.D. Salinger
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