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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
1
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
2
Charlotte Bronte
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
3
Harper Lee
Lord of the Ring Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
4
J.R.R. Tolkien
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
5
William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Brontë
Discworld Series
Discworld Series
7
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
8
Leo Tolstoy
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
9
William Shakespeare
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
10
Jane Austen
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
11
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
12
Charles Dickens
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
13
Anthony Trollope
Tess of the Durbervilles
Tess of the Durbervilles
14
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
15
Bram Stoker
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
16
Louisa May Alcott
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
18
Kenneth Grahame
The Box of Delights (John Masefield)
The Box of Delights
19
John Masefield
The Jeeves Stories (PG Wodehouse)
The Jeeves Stories
20
PG Wodehouse
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
21
F. Scott Fitzgerald
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
22
Gerald Durrell
Brat Farrar (Josephine Tey)
Brat Farrar
23
Josephine Tey
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
24
Dodie Smith
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
25
T.S. Eliot
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
26
C.S. Lewis
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
27
George Orwell
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
28
E.M. Forster
The Great Shark Hunt
The Great Shark Hunt
29
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG
30
Roald Dahl
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
31
Donna Tartt
The Silver Pigs
The Silver Pigs
32
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
33
Neil Gaiman
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
34
Hilary Mantel
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
35
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus
36
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
37
William Shakespeare
Othello (Shakespeare)
Othello
38
Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
39
Shakespeare
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
40
Charles Dickens
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