BBC Big Read

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In April 2003 the BBC Big Read survey asked the public to vote for their 200 favourite books of all time. Three quarters of a million votes were received.
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BBC Big Read
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
34,262 members
435 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 27
17 Members
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Explanations
merrystar : duplicate
13
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
36,810 members
456 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 38
12 Members
roby72, merrystar, paruline, ALWINN, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, valeriepatton,sturlington
17
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
29,582 members
562 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 57
12 Members
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18
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
34,417 members
478 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 21
16 Members
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19
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
30,817 members
507 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 44
14 Members
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Explanations
merrystar : duplicate
21
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
24,365 members
240 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 62
12 Members
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22
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
35,550 members
545 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 28
13 Members
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23
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
24,980 members
472 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 55
12 Members
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25
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
36,705 members
562 reviews
4
Global Rank 124
8 Members
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27
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
19,799 members
340 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 66
10 Members
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28
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
26,588 members
401 reviews
4
Global Rank 43
14 Members
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Explanations
merrystar : duplicate
29
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
22,916 members
1,069 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 60
13 Members
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31
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
40,118 members
527 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 69
10 Members
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32
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
by Anna Sewell
18,143 members
208 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 92
7 Members
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34
Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
36,258 members
1,025 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 41
15 Members
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37
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
19,817 members
363 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 64
11 Members
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38
Emma
by Jane Austen
38,163 members
506 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 26
15 Members
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39
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
11,632 members
211 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 85
10 Members
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40
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
11,382 members
152 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 87
8 Members
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42
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
13,718 members
248 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 48
12 Members
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43
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
20,764 members
276 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 86
8 Members
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44
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
26,377 members
341 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 82
9 Members
roby72, merrystar, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, Arrowpolisher, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72,sturlington