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BBC's The Big Read - Best Loved Novels of All Time - Page 2

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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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
41
L.M. Montgomery
Watership Down
Watership Down
42
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
43
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
44
Alexandre Dumas
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
45
Evelyn Waugh
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
46
George Orwell
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
47
Charles Dickens
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
48
Thomas Hardy
Goodnight Mr. Tom (Michelle Magorian)
Goodnight Mr. Tom
49
Michelle Magorian
The Shell Seekers (Rosamunde Pilcher)
The Shell Seekers
50
Rosamunde Pilcher
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
51
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
52
John Steinbeck
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
53
Stephen King
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
54
Leo Tolstoy
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
55
Vikram Seth
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG
56
Roald Dahl
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Swallows and Amazons
57
Arthur Ransome
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
58
Anna Sewell
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
59
Eoin Colfer
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
60
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Noughts & Crosses
Noughts & Crosses
61
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
62
Arthur Golden
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
63
Charles Dickens
The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
64
Colleen McCullough
Mort (Terry Pratchett)
Mort
65
Terry Pratchett
The Magic Faraway Tree (Enid Blyton)
The Magic Faraway Tree
66
Enid Blyton
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
67
John Fowles
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
68
Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Guards! Guards!
69
Terry Pratchett
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
70
William Golding
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
71
Patrick Suskind
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
72
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
73
Terry Pratchett
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
74
Roald Dahl
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
75
Helen Fielding
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
76
Donna Tartt
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
77
Wilkie Collins
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
78
James Joyce
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
79
Charles Dickens
Double Act (Jacqueline Wilson)
Double Act
80
Jacqueline Wilson
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